Tadhg O’Treasaigh
Great Great Grandfather fought in 1916 Rising and later experiences in IRA; his sister was in Cuman na mBan and was in GPO in 1916
Rowan O Leathlaoibhir
The burning of Dunboy Castle in 1921
Orna Ní Bhriain
Guns and ammunition stored in Uncles ancestral home
Louise Ní Mhuireáin
Great Great Grandfather took part in 1916 Rising in GPO; Great Grandmother on other side related to Sam Maguire
Lara Nic Suibhne
Movie Director John Ford sent money to IRA-neighbour Micheál O droignean
Kaya Wild
Great Great Grandfather’s life as a fisherman in Belgium & enlisting in WW1
Joe Grannaghan
Story of Creagh Railway Station
Jim O’Halloran
Story of Great Great Gran Uncle Ernest Blythe’s life
Jamie Ryan
Kids’ games during the Revolutionary period; story of Bloody Sunday & Schull and Skibbereen railway
James Ó Coileáin
Story of grandfather’s uncle being blown up in WW2
Isabel Nic Suibhne
‘Experiences of a child during troubled times’ including bullets coming through school windows
Ewan Stuart
Story about stones in Norrie Blue’s Lane off Townshend Street Skibbereen
Dylan MacMahon
Great Great Grandfather stopped at ‘Tans checkpoint as a 9-year old and terrified
Daniel Greenham Taylor
Godfather’s uncle’s IRA experiences including being thought dead by family
Ciara Nic Cormaic
Multiple stories from Leap area including executions, house burning, IRA members and ambushes
Ailíse O’Sullivan
Great Great Grandfather fought in Civil war against his cousin