by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Stories - Rural Life
Tales from the ‘Plain People of Ireland’ From a series of stories about Life In Rural Ireland in the first half of the 20th century. Jim Crehan reminisces about his father,family and the harsh reality of emigration. ...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Stories - Rural Life
Tales from the ‘Plain People of Ireland’ What is often forgotten today is that up until the 1950s, there was a vast difference in lifestyle between Irish farming communities and those that lived in the towns and cities of Ireland. In this episode, town dweller...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Stories - Rural Life
Tales from the ‘Plain People of Ireland’ From a series of stories about Life In Rural Ireland in the first half of the 20th century. In this episode Cork city girl Phil Lally remembers the sweet sounds, smells and sights of idyllic summer holidays working in...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Stories - Rural Life
Tales from the ‘Plain People of Ireland’ From a series of stories about Life In Rural Ireland in the first half of the 20th century. In this episode, Jim Crehan talks of growing up on a small family farm in east Galway during the 1930s and 1940s where he...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Stories - Rural Life
Tales from the ‘Plain People of Ireland’ Women are the great unsung heroes of human history, Their stories were seldom written but it was they who prepared the food for the table, kept the home fires burning, made the clothes for the family and reared the...
by Irish Beo Author | Jul 25, 2017 | Stories - Rural Life
Maisie Sherlock’s life encompasses the history of modern Ireland. She was born in 1921 when the country was still part of the British Empire, grew up on a small farm where the seasons dominated the economic and social life of society, where the Catholic Church...
