“In the second edition of Morning Ireland Extra’s podcast on Tuam Mother and Baby Home, we meet two survivors with vastly different perspectives on their time in Tuam.” Read the story and listen to the podcast here.
Tag: Ireland
Ireland in 1963
Kevin Kearns says: I am an explorer, seeking discoveries long uncharted, unchronicled – people, places, events, missed or dismissed over the years. See more here.
1918 Flu Pandemic in Ireland
Oral history has become important to my work on the history of this influenza pandemic in Ireland, to understand what happened to families. Without the human voice, the statistics for death and sickness from disease are dry, skeletal bones of the story. Newspapers add in the sinews, the connectivity showing how and when it arrived, and where it spread next, and how the government, the health system and communities were coping. Read the full story here.
Ireland Defence Forces
The history of Ireland’s Defence Forces has become vividly accessible in recent years as the Military Archives make more material easily accessible to the public. For full story and videoed interview excerpts, click here.
Easter Rising Oral History Project
There was standing room only in the basement of the National Library of Ireland for the launch of The 1916 Rising Oral History Collection. Not since 1966 have so many relatives of those who fought in the Easter Rising gathered under the same roof. For full story click here.
Boston College Project – arrest of Gerry Adams
There has been a lot in the news this week about the arrest of Gerry Adams as a result of disclosures in the Boston College Project. This project interviewed both sides of the conflict in Ireland during what some call "The Troubles". Here is a list of articles including an ABC radio interview which will give you a good picture showing what has happened and why:
ABC radio interview with Ed Moloney
Lessons Learned – transcript of web chat
Gerry Adams' arrest threatens peace