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'At certain times of the year the travelling players came to the village. That was a magic time'
There were always characters in the village. The Daly's lived opposite. He was a former RlC officer and Mrs Daly came from Frenchpark. Every now and again there would be a big bust up and he would fling every bit of furniture out on the street and…
'TB in that period was rampant and everyone was terrified of it'
There was a great sense of neighbourliness in the village. Patrick Oates who used to run a hackney service got a stroke and was sick for quite a while. Mammy used to take turns with other women to sit up all night with him. She would arrive in…
Tags: community life, neighbourliness, radios, sickness, TB