Archive (4 life histories found)

Letter to 16 year old Mary.Dear Mary,I am getting in touch with you this morning to compare notes; sort of to let you know what is in store.What an exciting ride it has been, though things turned out very differently from what you thought would…

As I begin my retirement I wonder what else life has in store for me. I thank God for bringing me through the past, almost sixty five years, safely and for all I have learnt during that time. I thank Him, too, for my wonderful family and friends who…

Maybe the earliest branching point in my life was the arrival of my brother when I was just over 15 months old. Perhaps a lot of my view of myself stems from my being supplanted from my perch then. However, the most significant actual branching…

I fell and cut my knees on my first morning going to Johnstown national school. Johnstown school was in Delvin parish - it has since been closed. We were living in Taughmon parish. It was to Johnstown that daddy had gone for the full three years and…