Archive (10 life histories found)

A picture of Rosemary McCloskey with her housemates who lived and worked with her in the Assisi mission in Zimbabwe

A picture of the St Francis of Assisi Mission taken by Rosemary McCloskey when she lived and worked in Zimbabwe

A picture of a woman with her child taken by Rosemary McCloskey when she lived and worked in Zimbabwe

Soon after returning from Korogwe I got involved in rebuilding the garage at the back of the house. I was accompanied by Adrian Kelly, who provided the necessary skill, while I did the digging, lifting and carrying. The project started as an attempt…

The college Principal, with assistance from the Ministry of Education, identified a team of 7 to work with me on the project, which became known as the Primary Mathematics Upgrading Project (PMUP). The oldest member of the PMUP team was Gasper, who…

My contracts with ODA entitled the two of us to annual leave in the form of economy flights up to a total distance of roughly 6,000km in whatever direction we wished to fly. With the help of good travel agents we were able to convert this into some…

We were called for interview to Gardiner Street in north Dublin in July 1969. There we met a man from Christians Abroad in London. He offered us the choice of Cameroon, Sierra Leone or Malawi. To help us decide he directed us next door to meet with a…

On day three Fr. Fintan arrived and brought me to the minor seminary at Matunda Catholic Mission, a couple of miles from Hoey's Bridge and 15 miles from Kitale. This area is part of the Eldoret Plateau, then known as the White Highlands. At roughly…

By the end of July 1963 I was beginning to get restless. Maynooth was now history and there was no future for me in Clondaliever. It was a great time to be young and free. Sean Lemass was leading Ireland away from a dull and conservative past into a…

A photo of Frank Gaynor with his motorcycle taken near Lake Nakuru, Kenya 1964