| Description | Track 1:'Jim McHugh' from Edenderry, County Offaly, a man from County Limerick, and an unidentified Irish man talk to Charles Parker. McHugh speaks about his family and having to leave Ireland to earn money to send to his family in Ireland. He speaks about working on peat bogs in Ireland and joining the Irish army. The man from Limerick speaks about his education in a village school in Limerick, and the farm work he had to do before and after school. He speaks about being taught Gaelic/ Irish in school although he did not speak it in his everyday life. He also speaks about conditions working on a farm (1950s), for example sleeping outside, and what sort of work he had to do.
Total: 16.47 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF571E0570980 |