| Title: |
Betty Coughlan
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
National University of Ireland, Cork. Irish Center for Migration Studies
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| Collection: |
Breaking the Silence
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| Description: |
Betty Coughlan was born outside Schull in West Cork and remembers working on the family farm at home as a young girl. She used to work before school in the morning and help out after school as well. She remembers her mother rearing turkeys for Christmas and selling eggs at the creamery to make ends meet when times were not so good. Betty was the eldest and recalls being relied on for everything at home. She talks a good deal throughout the interview of being asked to go to the USA to her cousins, but her mother did not want her to go. She never ended up going as her sister went to work in Cork and she felt that she was needed at home to work on the farm. She still thinks about America and what might have been different in her life had she gone. Her mother's sisters would have educated her and her future prospects might have been a lot better. However Betty is still very happy with her life and the way things worked out for her.
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| URL: |
http://migration.ucc.ie/oralarchive/testing/breaking/narrators/Betty%20Coughlan/summary.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Coughlan, Betty
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker place of birth: |
County Cork, Munster, Ireland; Munster, Ireland; Ireland; Europe
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Farmer
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| Document location: |
Ireland
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Doherty-Mulligan, Zena
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| Locations discussed: |
Europe; Ireland
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Europe; Ireland; Ireland--Civilization; Ireland--History; Ireland--Social conditions; Irish--Ireland; Oral history
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0024306-25930
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