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dc.contributor.authorO'Keeffe, O'Keefeen_IE
dc.coverage.spatial---Kildareen_IE
dc.coverage.temporal2009en_IE
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-25T03:09:00Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-25T03:09:00Z-
dc.date.issued2009en_IE
dc.identifier.othercd05.mp3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10599/8323-
dc.descriptionLUKE DEMPSEY, BORN 1926: KILKEASKIN;Irish Life and Lore Kildare Collection, CD 5 Subject: A Kildare farmer reminisces Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe Date: 2009 Time: 61:23 Description: In the hours prior to this recording, Luke Dempsey, now in his 83rd year, had arisen at 6.00 a.m. and ploughed many acres of land. He is an agile and vibrant man who has many fine stories to relate. He explains how his present home and farm came to him, in a fascinating series of events. He recalls his maternal grandfather, Jim O’Keeffe who was a member of the IRB, who led a very interesting life. Luke’s father, who was also named Luke Dempsey, was a close friend of Frank Burke who was in the GPO at Easter 1916. Luke has a clear memory of Frank Burke calling to see his father, and the elderly men would sit and talk for hours about those stirring Easter days. Todd Andrews was a frequent visitor to the area to oversee the establishment of the briquette factory at Lullymore, and Luke remembers the huge sense of excitement and anticipation engendered by the opening of the factory He was also there to watch the factory being dismantled in more recent years. Page: 6 / 22 Maurice O'Keeffe © 2009 Irish Life and Lore Series Kildare Collection First Series Before the recording concludes he describes a vivid memory from his childhood. He would watch the inhabitants of the little thatched cottages which lined the banks of the canal close to his house, as they cut turf from the bog, stacked it and loaded it onto the canal boats, for transport to Dublin.en_IE
dc.formatMP3en_IE
dc.language.isoEnglishen_IE
dc.publisherMaurice and Jane O'Keefeen_IE
dc.relationIrish Life and Lore Series Kildare Collectionen_IE
dc.subjectLuke Dempseyen_IE
dc.subjectKildareen_IE
dc.subjectFrank Burkeen_IE
dc.subjectGPO 1916en_IE
dc.subjectTodd Andrewsen_IE
dc.subjectbriquette factory Lullymoreen_IE
dc.titleLUKE DEMPSEY, BORN 1926: KILKEASKIN;Irish Life and Lore Kildare Collection, CD 5en_IE
dc.typeSounden_IE
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