Archive (31 life histories found)

This was Mary Dynan's grandparents' house and pub which was demolished in 1934/35 to make way for semi-detached houses.

A photo of Maisie McNailly with her brother and sister outside their home playing with a bicycle.

A photo of Maisie McNailly as a child with her older brother.

A photo of Maisie McNailly aged about ten with her older brother and younger sister.

A photo of Maisie McNailly with a friend on the steps of a large building.

This is a picture of the house Harry Browne grew up in. The steps in the front did not have the dividing fence.

A picture of Billy Gallagher's home in the snow.

Eithne more or less gave up work on having Patrick and became a full time mother of immense patience. Her contribution to our marriage would cover perhaps 80% of it; my only job was to earn the money. I went out to work, she ran the house and…

A year later we bought 16 Rowanbyrn in Blackrock for £9,800. We got the maximum mortgage of £7,000 (you were only allowed 70% of purchase price and also the husband's salary was only considered in calculating what repayments would be possible). At…

This is an image of Avril Patterson's home, Ballyhill.