Archive (14 life histories found)

I started work at the end of August. It entailed training women to work in Irish medium play groups and help them to attain the NVQ levels two and three.I did not realise how much hard work would be entailed in this job. I had groups in Belfast in…

It then became apparent that the salaries of the other two sisters were inadequate to support a third person-me! I decided to look for paid work. The Franciscan mission work was not working out very well for me and I was very frustrated with wasting…

I had some very happy years in Mercy Primary and became a bit complacent, thinking that perhaps this was going to be my niche, for the rest of my life. How wrong I was!My mother became very ill with colon cancer and for five years she suffered with…

My father purchased a bar called The Old House, in Albert Street the year I went to St Mary's.(1965) Because of his good nature and generosity he almost bankrupted himself and so he leased it out, before it was eventually knocked down in slum…

I started Nurse training on 10th March 1975 at Craigavon Area Hospital - Southern Area Group School of Nursing. There were almost fifty in our intake, girls and fells from both sides of the border, mostly from Armagh, Monaghan and Louth. I made many…

At seventeen I got the Civil Service exam and came to Dublin. I started work in the GPO on the 8th August 1949. I stayed with my Aunt in Blackrock for a few months. I remember having to memorise different areas on the route in and out of the city.…

This certificate was awarded to Rosemary McCloskey in 1989 upon completion of a course in social care.

Rosemary McCloskey's Diploma in the Advanced Study of Education awarded by Queens University Belfast

Rosemary McCloskey's Bachelor of Education certificate awarded by Queen's University Belfast

Rosemary McCloskey's teacher's certificate which was awarded to her by St Mary's College of Education, Belfast