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We had a song about Cloughmillss Fair. Delia Murphy sang it. I must confess it was not one of her better known renditions but we thought it was great to have her singing about Ballylig and the fair on the 9 June. It wasn't much of a fair, but we got…

There were other fairy places like Loughareema, the vanishing lake near Fair Head, not to mention the fairy forts and fairy thorns that were all around. (One never brought hawthorn into the house, even though it was usually out in all its glorious…

I don't think, as a child, I would have been too surprised to 'meet a lochrey man' such as the one mentioned in Seosamh 0 Cathmhoill's song which was a favoriteMy father and mother were IrishAnd I am Irish too.I bought a wee fidil for…

Oft in the stilly night ere slumbers chain has bound meFond memories bring the light of other days around meOft in the Stilly Night is an appropriate song to start with, because in thinking about my childhood I have become conscious of many fond…

While growing up neighbours played a huge part of our life.We had moved the area the normal miscellany of eccentrics or oddballs. Mr. F next door kept his wife confined life a prisoner. He never gave us a hint of a smile. We always had a huge…

When I think of my years at secondary school (no free education then) they were only the beginning of my adult education. But I would have liked to continue because I was open to learning and would have been challenged to try and reach my…

My values are treat everyone with respect. I think it is a word which should be taught early on in life. We are all going in the one direction even if we take different paths. One realises only when one is older.I was taught by my mother and even…

From a sickly start when I as young I'm still here and alive. My mother would be proud if she were alive. She always thought I was too sickly for marriage and children. She didn't realise I was more into the arts and always had my head in the…

Retirement, but then I actually retired many years before, so I had a long standing practice of things to occupy me. Different when my husband retired. Then we had two in the kitchen. He was trying but wondered how I ever managed. He soon…

It was a turbulent time and a great time. Learning to adjust to someone and especially with a new baby and illness. However, it passed quickly and both of us were delighted with the new baby.Within distance of my parents and brothers and sisters…