Cis Collins
Interview by Brendan Daly on October 8, 2010
Gender: Female
Birth date: 1929
Area: West Clare - Darragh North
Report date: October 25, 2010
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| File 1 00:00 - 01:44 | School days and the walk home |
| 01:44 - 02:25 | Emigration among her class |
| 02:25 - 03:20 | Local hurling rivalry: Tiermaclane and Darragh |
| 03:20 - 04:25 | Amateur dramatic society & fundraising |
| 04:25 - 06:15 | Pioneer Association |
| 06:15 - 07:15 | The Apostolic |
| 07:15 - 10:30 | Making priests' vestments: history, activities and roles |
| 10:30 - 14:30 | Amateur dramatic society: plays, venues and fundraising |
| 14:30 - 15:25 | Family life |
| 15:25 - 19:10 | Life & jobs on the farm |
| 19:10 - 20:05 | The rosary as an integral part of life |
| 20:05 - 21:05 | The half door and community life |
| 21:05 - 22:00 | Going to Ennis to shop |
| 22:00 - 23:30 | The 'American' turkey market: 'pin' money for housewives |
| 23:30 - 24:30 | Going to the fair |
| 24:30 - 25:20 | The radio as a source of news |
| 25:20 - 26:25 | Carmody Hotel tragedy |
| 26:25 - 30:16 | The Emergency and news of the war in England |
| 30:16 - 32:43 | Going to the cinema: 'Gone with the Wind', 'The Quiet Man', etc. |
| 32:43 - 37:11 | Dancing at Paddy Con's |
| 37:11 - 42:02 | School subjects and reunited with school friends after 60 years |
| 42:02 - 43:40 | Emigration |
| 43:40 - 46:23 | GAA & Ballyea winning 1944 county hurling final |
| 46:23 - 47:35 | Cissie in Boston meeting Irish emigrants |
| 47:35 - 52:38 | Emigration: remittances, claiming out relatives and no choice but to go |
| File 2 00:00 - 01:37 | Cissie's neighbours when she was growing up |
| 01:37 - 4:24 | Christmas customs (buried holly, killing the pig & the 'wren') |
| 4:24 - 9:23 | Electrification of her house in 1955 (revealing the 'dirt' of the house and buying conveniences (iron, cooker, etc.)) |
| 9:23 - 10:34 | Hallowe'en customs (fires, sparklers, snap apple) |
| 10:34 - 12:30 | Christmas gifts |
| 12:30 - 13:15 | May Eve (butter under the bush) |
| 13:15 - 15:55 | Dealings with the local priest ('Stations' in the house and the 'missions') |
| 15:55 - 19:25 | Fundraising for the first school in Ballyea (committee member and 'Silver Circle') |
| 19:25 - 21:44 | Butter and chicken instructor |
| 21:44 - 24:05 | Cures' for ailments: ringworm |
| 24:05 - 27:28 | Visits to Ireland: JFK, Jackie Kennedy, Princess Margaret and Pope John Paul II's visit |
| 27:28 - 33:51 | Cissie in Ãras an Uachtaráin (1990 & 2008) |
| 33:58 - 34:50 | de Valera and the Black & Tans in Darragh |
| 34:50 - 39:05 | History of local place names - how they got their names (Cholera Hill, Loughaleir & Darragh) |
| 39:06 - 43:48 | Cissie's house as a safe house during War of Independence (Brennan of Meelick took refuge for three months while Black & Tans visited the house, Cis's family's involvement in the War) |