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Part 6: London
Carmel talks about moving to London and the differences between there and Ireland. She also talk talks about employment opportunities
Part 5: Returning to England
Carmel talks about why she decided to return to England in the 1980s
Part 4: Education and Opportunities in Rural Tipperary
Carmel talks about her education and employment opportunities that she received in Fethard
Part 3: Rural Life in Tipperary
Carmel talks about the change she faced with moving to a rural area
Phil Spellman Interview Part 4
Phil Spellman talks about her working life after university where she emigrated to England and the United States only to return to Ireland where she spent most of her working life.
Phil Spellman Interview Part 3
Phil Spellman speaks about the accommodation and academic aspects of life as a medical student in UCC, as well as her early experience as a trainee doctor working with some of Cork’s poor families.
Jim Byrne Interview Part 2
Jim discusses the sports he played, the levels of respect shown to him, and how a career with the Gardai was a career for life.
Jim Byrne Interview Part 1
Jim explains when and why he joined An Garda Siochana, where he trained, and where he was first stationed.
Grace O'Callaghan Interview Part 6
Grace gives a description of what it was like working in O'Donovan's in the later years. She talks of the shop closing and moving on as Cork changes.
Mary Barrett Interview Part 6
Mary describes her life building a family of her own, and her husband's business.
Mary Barrett Interview Part 4
Mary speaks of working in Dunlop's, the gender differences, and their Union Representatives. She also describes the perception of the representatives, and opportunity in Dunlop's
Mary Barrett Interview Part 3
Mary talk of her job in-between work of sewing before moving from the Hanover to Dunlop's working as an inspector. With her father back to work, the family were getting on better.
Donal O'Donovan Interview Part 3
Donal speaks about his different roles during his time in the Garda Siochana, up to his retirement in 2007.
He describes his first impressions of Blarney and what influenced his decision to return to the village.
He describes his first impressions of Blarney and what influenced his decision to return to the village.
Donal O'Donovan Interview Part 2
Donal discusses the issue of respect and how it doesn't automatically come with the uniform. He also recalls an incident early in his career where a colleague was murdered.
Small mention to the topic of pay and job stability.
Small mention to the topic of pay and job stability.
Donal O'Donovan Interview Part 1
Donal answers when and why he joined An Garda Siochana, referring to the selection process and how he dealt with living away from home for the first time.
Mary Barrett Interview Part 2
Mary speaks about getting work, her first job, the working life and conditions in Hanover. She also briefly touches on her continued education.
Grace O'Callaghan Interview Part 5
Grace discusses what social life had been like for her in Cork in the late '40s and through the '50s. She also describes the changes in O'Donovan's over the years as modernity pushes to develop Ireland.
Grace O'Callaghan Interview Part 4
Graces discusses her job in O'Donovan's Provisions in detail. She speaks of the wages for various staff, the unions they were a part of, and how they compared to other stores.
Grace O'Callaghan Interview Part 3
Grace moves from difference of at school between boys and girls, and the differences between rich and not as wealthy. She then talks about starting off working in a prestigious shop within the heart of Cork City.