The lovely Hillary Collins explains her family connections with South America. Wonderful to share family history to keep the memories of those past alive.
Family History
Frakkar á Íslandsmiðum (The French in Icelandic waters – Local Museum)
Frakkar á Íslandsmiðum, minjasafn (The French in Icelandic waters – Local museum)
Frakkar á Íslandsmiðum, minjasafn
(Icelandic)
Frakkar á Íslandsmiðum er minjasafn sem staðsett er á Fáskúðsfirði í Fjarðabyggð. Safnið segir sögu franskra sjómanna sem unnu, lifðu og létu lífið á þessum tíma hérna. Frakkar byggðu spítala og læknishús, Sjúkraskýli, Litlu kapelluna og Líkhúsið. Húsin reistu frakkar upp úr aldamótunum 1900, fyrir sjómennina sína og sýnir safnið lifandi mynd af hversdagslífi þeirra og við hvernig aðstæður sjómennirnir lifðu.
The French in Icelandic waters – Local museum
(English)
The Museum is located in two houses in Fáskrúðsfjörður, one of the towns in Fjardabyggd munisipalities. The museum tells the story of the French sailors that worked, lived and died in those times here. The French built a hospital, a doctors house, a sick shelter, a chapel and a morgue. around the 1900 century for their sailors, and the museum shows a very vivid picture of their everyday life and under what conditions the sailors lived.
‘Not Too Young’- An Irish song
Music
We live in times where technology is ever changing; as part of his ‘Show and Tell’ Des explains to the young people how he accessed and listened to music when he was their age. The first time some of the young people had ever seen a vinyl record.
The Cart
A talented dad handcrafts 16 traditional Irish Donkey carts, one of each of his 16 children.
The Cart
Michael Collins in the Turf Shed
The project demonstrated the importance of listening to the stories of our older generations, in sharing the memories. by doing this we can preserve our families’ history and immortalise our loved ones.
In Shame, Love in Shame – A Song
Peg Kelly and Mary Sexton share a passion for music and song. This wonderful video shows Mary interviewing Peg about a song called In Shame, Love in Shame, Peg then sings the beautiful song.
The song was written by by Sean McCarthy. Recorded by Peggy Sweeney and by Red Hurley originally. Recorded in the 1960’s by Olive Bayle. The song is about having a baby and not being married, which was a big deal in Ireland up until recently. It is believed to be a true story.
The original lyrics:
They whisper their stories and they glance with the eye,
They look over my shoulder when I pass them by,
My father and mother they treat me the same,
Hear the Nightingale crying in shame love in shame.Cling to me tight love hold my hand,
The road it is long love, and harsh is the land,
That’s the cross we must carry for having no name,
Hear the Nightingale crys now in shame love in shame.I have wings on my feet and of love I have dreamed,
The moon and the stars, oh how friendly they seemed,
The touch of his hand in the soft summer rain,
But the Nightingale crys now in shame love in shame.Once in the starlight when he held me close,
Down by the green meadows, where grew the wild rose,
The wind sang of love, oh how soft it’s refrain,
Hear the Nightingale crying in shame love in shame.Now hush little darling we soon will be there,
A blanket of love will surround you with care,
No vile tongues will whisper you will never feel pain,
Hear the Nightingale crying in shame love in shame.How mute are the birds now, my bonny young boy,
How deep is the river, how silent your cry,
Let the water baptise you, then we’ll both hear a name,
Hear the Nightingale sing, there’s no shame, there’s no shame.
Elverstown Little Forge and Family History
The forge was an integral part of every town and village across Ireland for centuries. This project created by Richard Nolan and Shane Copse focuses on the importance of the forge in Irish society and on Richards family connection to a forge in Elverstown.
Click this link to view Richard and Shane’s project:
Place EE Richard Nolan and Shane Copse- Family History of the Forge
This short video shows Richard explaining his family connection to the forge:
Community Activisim in Southhill, Limerick
Irish History 1917-1922
The revolutionary period in Irish history was the period in the 1910s and early 1920s when Irish nationalist opinion shifted from the Home Rule-supporting Irish Parliamentary Party to the republican Sinn Féin movement. There were several waves of civil unrest linked to Ulster loyalism, trade unionism, and physical force republicanism, leading to the Irish War of Independence, the creation of the independent Irish Free State, the Partition of Ireland, and the Irish Civil War. Noreen and Megan are very interested in history and created this interesting project based on Irish History 1917-1922.
Please click this link to view their project:
This short video shows Noreen sharing her wisdom with her friends:
