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'In the country area where I lived we did not have mains electricity or running water until the mid 60's'
In the country area where I lived we did not have mains electricity or running water until the mid 60's. Prior to that people had Tilley or Hurricane lamps which were fuelled by paraffin oil and mentholated spirits and had little paper globes and…
Tags: Country, Electricity, Hurricane, Lighting, Tilley
'The taste of that hot soda bread with loads of homemade butter still lingers in my memory some sixty years later'
My Mother's Mother came from Co. Wicklow and her brother had the small family farm so that each year, when we were old enough we were packed off to the country for the summer holidays. Her brother, Tom Quinn was married to Judy Burke and they were…