Stories from Seatown – one of the oldest parts of Dundalk
Declan Mallon of Upstate Theatre Project recorded conversations with several residents over a number of months with contributors who reflected on personal and social histories of the area.
The project includes oral testimonies and reminisces from Aileen O'Donoghue, Alan Moore, Assumpta Gray, Brendan Lennon, Carlo Cristini, Eileen Connolly, Eileen McCann, Ian Bridges, Jinx Lennon, Martin Shields and Michael Stafford.
Brendan Lennon, who moved to Seatown when he was one year of age in 1929 says that 'we grew up acknowledging the fact that Seatown was somehow special. It was a very happy kind of an area. Neighbours used to come in and out. If you were short of a sugar or tea or butter or whatever. Neighbours would just say to them, you know, you just go across the road and get something there.'
The series of recordings covers a multitude of topics from work experience, schooling to social histories. Assumpta Gray talks about the day the descendant of the Jewish family who lived in her house called to the door and how she and Peter Kavanagh of the Dundalk Democrat delved into the history of 'Little Jerusalem' as Broughton Street was once referred to.
The recordings are being passed over to the Louth County Museum where they will be made available for the public to listen back to. Excerpts from the recordings will be broadcast on Dundalk FM on Saturday at 9am on June 21 and a further selection on Saturday June 28 (repeated on Sundays at 5pm).
Paul Hayes, Director of An Táin Arts Centre spoke about the hope that people in Dundalk might begin to add to this small collection and begin donating their own recordings to the museum.
"Oral histories hold a great wealth of knowledge and specificity that compliments the more general histories that are so well documented. But with each generation you find that those stories can be lost and simply not recorded. It is ironic that we have the technology literally in our hands but haven't used it in this way to any great extent. So start recording those recollections is the message'.
The project partnerships were crucial and special thanks go to Brian Walsh of Louth County Museum, Alan Byrne of Dundalk FM and Sophie Coyle for all their help in seeing the idea realised.
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Declan Mallon of Upstate Theatre Project recorded conversations with several residents over a number of months with contributors who reflected on personal and social histories of the area. The project includes oral testimonies and reminisces from Aileen O'Donoghue, Alan Moore, Assumpta Gray, Brendan Lennon, Carlo Cristini, Eileen Connolly, Eileen McCann, Ian Bridges, Jinx Lennon, Martin Shields and Michael Stafford. Brendan Lennon, who moved to Seatown when he was one year of age in 1929 says that 'we grew up acknowledging the fact that Seatown was somehow special. It was a very happy kind of an area. Neighbours used to come in and out. If you were short of a sugar or tea or butter or whatever. Neighbours would just say to them, you know, you just go across the road and get something there.' The series of recordings covers a multitude of topics from work experience, schooling to social histories. Assumpta Gray talks about the day the descendant of the Jewish family who lived in her house called to the door and how she and Peter Kavanagh of the Dundalk Democrat delved into the history of 'Little Jerusalem' as Broughton Street was once referred to. The recordings are being passed over to the Louth County Museum where they will be made available for the public to listen back to. Excerpts from the recordings will be broadcast on Dundalk FM on Saturday at 9am on June 21 and a further selection on Saturday June 28 (repeated on Sundays at 5pm). Paul Hayes, Director of An Táin Arts Centre spoke about the hope that people in Dundalk might begin to add to this small collection and begin donating their own recordings to the museum. "Oral histories hold a great wealth of knowledge and specificity that compliments the more general histories that are so well documented. But with each generation you find that those stories can be lost and simply not recorded. It is ironic that we have the technology literally in our hands but haven't used it in this way to any great extent. So start recording those recollections is the message'. The project partnerships were crucial and special thanks go to Brian Walsh of Louth County Museum, Alan Byrne of Dundalk FM and Sophie Coyle for all their help in seeing the idea realised.
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