Diaspora Story Project

Molly O’Brien

Family story about relatives being harassed by Black and Tans

Killian Kingston

Family story about relatives being harassed by Black and Tans

Family Story about the Dunmanway Killings 1920

Family Stories of harassment from the Black and Tans

Mass rock on Garrane Hill

‘Nana Fehily’s’ memories of what life was like during WW2 in Ireland

Smuggling explosives off Bere Island

Great Grandfather in IRA & ‘never spoke about what he had done’

Overview of 1916 Rising and its leaders

Story of family emigration and ancestors’ daily lives

3 Great Grandfathers ‘involved in the build up to the 1916 Rising’

Child’s grandmother speaking about her own grandmother’s life and how she loved her

Tom Barry hidden in Caheragh farmhouse

Black and Tans would ‘storm into’ Great Grandparents’ house and demand food

Great Grandfather smuggled Flyer Nyhan on cart hiding under hay

Great Grandfather taken by IRA as driver; family terrified he’d never return

Grandfather was one of the workers to build Bantry Hospital

Story of Great Granduncles emigrating to America and family history

Description of family home which was once a priest’s house

Story of ancestors’ daily lives & Great Granduncle who became a priest