Up until the early 1970s, Ireland was primarily a rural economy characterised by small family farms, market towns and industries based on natural resources. Listen here to the stories of the people who grew up in this society that has all but disappeared from our modern landscape.
Click on the titles below to hear the stories of life in the Irish towns in days gone by.
My Father the Handy Man
Tales from the ‘Plain People of Ireland’ In this episode, Tony Lowry talks of the...
The Miller’s Daughter
Tales from the ‘Plain People of Ireland’ From a series of stories about Life In Rural...
A War-time Ulster Childhood
Tales from the ‘Plain People of Ireland’ In this episode we hear from Meta...