Oct 29, 2021
See here for more stories from County Tyrone. Rose Shaw was governess to the Gledstanes of Fardross House, near Clogher, County Tyrone, during the early decades of the 20th century. Her employers were Captain (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Ambrose Upton Gledstanes,...
Oct 25, 2021
See here for more tales from the Vanishing Ireland archive. ***** The story of Betty Scott, who started work at Lisnavagh House, County Carlow, as a parlourmaid in 1941 and was the housekeeper from 1959 throughout my young life until she retired...
Oct 24, 2021
‘I’m all my life trying to improve the land, God help me’, says Eamonn. ‘All my life digging for gold, but I’ve not found it yet.’ The recollections of a cattle farmer and horse breeder from Farravaun, Glann, Oughterard, County Galway, from the Vanishing Ireland...
Oct 24, 2021
The fascinating memories of a butler and houseman who worked in various ‘Big Houses’ in Ireland during the 1950s-1980s, including Lisnavagh, from the Vanishing Ireland archive. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Oct 24, 2021
‘1995 was the year Kerry won the All-Ireland, but it was also the year we won the Pumpkin of the Year. And I tell you, there was more carry on about that pumpkin than there was over Kerry winning the Sam Maguire’. A classic from the ‘Vanishing...
