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There was a great sense of neighbourliness in the village. Patrick Oates who used to run a hackney service got a stroke and was sick for quite a while. Mammy used to take turns with other women to sit up all night with him. She would arrive in…

From a sickly start when I as young I'm still here and alive. My mother would be proud if she were alive. She always thought I was too sickly for marriage and children. She didn't realise I was more into the arts and always had my head in the…