Archive (34 life histories found)

A photo of Frank Gaynor with the PMUP Team members taken in Korogwe, Tanzania in 1996

A photo of Frank Gaynor with the Providence Secondary School staff members, on Zomba Mountain in Malawi, 1985

A picture of Castleknock Boarding school that Billy Gallagher attended for his secondary education

A picture of Castleknock Boarding school that Billy Gallagher attended for his secondary education.

Billy Gallagher and his brother outside Castleknock boarding school.

A photo of Billy Gallagher with his family outside Castleknock boarding school, which he attended.

A photo of Billy Gallagher with his family outside Castleknock boarding school, which he attended.

The biggest item on the agenda for us growing up in the 1940s and 1950s was religion, not so much the love of God and certainly not the love of our neighbour but the avoidance of Hell. In first class (8 year olds) Fr Hearn came in one day to enquire…

The children had been going to a small private school, Avoca and Kingstown preparatory school. The teachers were quaint old ladies who spoke both nicely and kindly. I was paying by post-dated cheques to Eithne's great embarrassment but all the…

I moved out of the uncle's house in September 1962 and into a flat with four pals, all studying in UCD. This flat existed with all of us coming and going until 1972 at various addresses mostly in Rathmines. Although my formal education stopped at…