Archive (4 life histories found)

Bevin Carlin Kelly - as she calls herself. Bevin fills our lives with joy and manages to brighten each day that we are lucky enough to see her. Like her mother (Fiona) she has an independent streak with an enquiring and challenging mind. She has…

In 1992 I started a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management at the Irish Management Institute. This course lasted for three years and I enjoyed the entire experience immensely, except for the examinations. It was about thirty six years since I last…

Going out to work was a great excitement for me. I was a housewife in most of my early part of life, looking after children and doing household chores. When the kids grew up and started the Grammar School, then I got my freedom, had my own car and…

I got married in 1959. My late husband owned a grocers shop,off the Crumlin Road. I helped in the shop,keeping books and running a very busy grocery shop until his death in 1971. I then started working in the Royal Victoria Hospital,Bacteriology…