Archive (31 life histories found)

The college started and I had been suffering badly with a back problem ever since I had left home. It was getting worse and so bad was it that I was getting Voltarel injections from the sister in St Anne's hospital in Avondale. Harare. They sent the…

While teaching the postulants in Nharira Mission, I became very friendly with them, particularly Simon Mutsenhure. Looking back I can see why I was in Zimbabwe, as part of God's plan. Simon entered the Franciscans and got as far as the novitiate with…

I returned to Waterford in September 1974 to begin my second year of novitiate. Of the four who had been in the year ahead of us, three had made first profession in their various convents and Rosemary O'Leary had left, as had Doreen Brosnan, before…

It was during my years at St Dominic's that I developed a great love for the Irish language. I believe this was partly due to the good teachers we had for this subject. We had Miss Clare Grant from Rathfriland who subsequently became Sr M Eusebius OP…

Christmas and Easter were my favourite times and were spent one day in our house, another in a family members house and so the holiday time was passed. Our holidays were spent in a mobile home in Mullingar. We spent years going there and the fun…

Being part of a choir became in reality a lifetime commitment. We all grew up, we all reached the age of twenty-one and all of us gathered to celebrate that milestone. They were referred to then as all night parties and held in the birthday…

My work was as a cashier for a wholesale grocery company. Every morning I arose at 7.30 am and I cycled or walked to work, depending on the weather. My first job was in a shop in Grafton Street. As far as I remember, the wages received was between…

I met my husband Michael at a dance in the Crystal Ballroom in South Anne Street, Dublin. He with his friends and me with mine. We danced quite a lot together over the weeks, resulting in both his and my friends eventually sitting and chatting…

Growing up I didn't have a favourite toy apart from some games like _�� snakes _��n' ladders or ludo'. Neither did I have a pet! My most significant relationships and memories of my childhood were being a member of a choir, a junior one…

I have always had a thirst for knowledge so one of the first things that I did when I reduced my work load was - I joined the U3A. Now, that was a good decision. I love the two classes I joined, the 'Life Story writing Group' and 'Radio for…