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'An incredible portal to our past' The Sunday Times On 7 January 1922, Ireland became a free state. Born into that era of turbulence and hope were the twenty-six women and men whose stories and memories of a lifetime are captured by cherished Irish journalist Valerie Cox. From living memory come stories of the arrival of electricity, story-telling at 'rambling houses', raising a family in an earlier era, the scourge of TB, the big snow of 1932 and hiding out when the Black and Tans raided. These evocative pieces reflect both a simpler time and a tougher one, where childhood was short and the world of work beckoned from an early age. Growing Up With Ireland is a compelling portrait of an Ireland in some ways warmly familiar, and in others changed beyond recognition, from those who were there at the beginning. 'A comprehensive and evocative insight into a century of Irish life ... a valuable record' Irish Examiner… (more)
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-- 1920: Major Events
-- Bringing Home the Christmas, Martin Keaveny
-- 1921: Major Events
-- Romance at the Crossroads, Tom O'Mahony
-- A First Election, Anne Blake
-- Memories of the 1921 Troubles, Patrick Melinn
-- A Rambling House, Kevin Kealy and Sr Máire Kealy
-- Catching Roses, Anne Kennedy
-- 1922: Major Events
-- To School on the Pony and Trap, Tom Stack and Sr Dympna Stack
-- The Shoe on the Anvil, Bridget Josephine Maguire
-- 1923: Major Events
-- A Huguenot Legacy, Charlie Fitzmahony
-- The Bell-Ringer, Cyril Galbraith
-- 1924: Major Events
-- The Loveliest Butter, Dorothy Talbot
-- Civil War and Heartbreak, Marie Elliott
-- 1925: Major Events
-- A Fair Day to Remember, John Flanagan
-- A Missionary Life, Sr Cosmas Cullen
-- 1926: Major Events
-- A Pulpit for Haughey, Denis O'Callaghan
-- The Best of Linen, Rose Smith
-- Saving Michael Collins, Nora Ryan
-- Gathering the Hay and an Unwelcome Tariff, Sabina Tierney
-- 1927: Major Events
-- The Birth of a New Ireland, Eithne Lee and Maree O'Leary
-- Overcoming Religious Division, Pauline Hilliard
-- Spreading the Turf, James Mullin
-- 1928: Major Events
-- Memories of Eviction, Michael O'Connell
-- 1929: Major Events
-- A Border Crossing, Austin Dawe
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