Thomas Butler lives alone in the oldest council house in Carlow, built in 1892. I recorded Thomas’s stories in front of the open hearth, where he amazed and delighted me with his local knowledge of past traditions. He served his time with a coachbuilder making traps, common cars and wheels in the workshop. He spoke about his days working for Duffy’s in Packetstown, as a lorry body builder, and for the Army Board of Works. He recalls how in 1937 he travelled to an All-Ireland final played in Killarney, when the long journey south was made with a group of local lads in the back of a truck.

Thomas Butler (aged 85)
Thomas Butler (aged 85)
€7.00 – €15.00
Additional information
Type: | Disk, MP3 |
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Audio series: | Carlow county, first series |
Bitrate: | 128 kbps |
Download time limit: | 48 hours |
File size(s): | 50.90 MB |
Number of files: | 1 |
Product ID: | CDCW01-19 |
Subject: | The first rural council cottage |
Recorded by: | Maurice O'Keeffe |