'He could tell the weather by looking at the sky at night or deciding which direction the wind was coming from'

'He could tell the weather by looking at the sky at night or deciding which direction the wind was coming from'

Margaret remembers her grandfather.

Margaret McLoughlin

Trinity College Dublin

1940

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Margaret McLoughlin

Childhood and Early Life

Life Story

Dublin

1960s

My grandfather was a lovely caring man. He could tell the weather by looking at the sky at night or deciding which direction the wind was coming from. My grandfather's house was a c�il�_ house, where the farms would drop in at night to chat about the news of the day. I usually went out with my mother each night, as she went to milk the cows and bake the bread as at that time, there was no woman in the house, just my uncle and grandfather.

Irish Research Council for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS)

Dr Kathleen McTiernan (Trinity College Dublin)

Dr Deirdre O'Donnell (Trinity College Dublin)