Heritage Week 2024: A Public Interview with Kitty Leyden, Sat 17 Aug 2024

For Heritage Week Cuimhneamh an Chláir will present a public interview with the vibrant, compellingly interesting and hugely entertaining 88 year old Kitty Leyden from Tulla. It’s a live recording for The Clare Oral History Podcast, hosted by Paula Carroll (https://tinyurl.com/y99ket3h) It’s free but ticketed. See booking details below 

It takes place in Cnoc na Gaoithe, Tulla on Sat 17 Aug. Doors open at 6.30pm. Refreshments will be served at 6.30.pm. Interview starts at 7pm sharp. 

Kitty embodies an important part of the social history of Co. Clare. She was the youngest of 11, born on a small farm in West Clare. She lived her young years in the exciting immigrant city of New York. Then she settled in Tulla, where she raised 8 children. Hers is a story of the ordinary joys and hardships of women’s lives in 20th century rural Ireland. The difference is that she tells it with great good humour, insight, compassion and a turn of phrase that only the gifted storyteller has.

This event is free but must be pre-booked. Bookings here: https://tinyurl.com/3h94m2r6

On the night we will also demonstrate Cuimhneamh an Chláir’s oral history collection at the Digital Repository of Ireland, and how to access the diverse oral histories of Clare life recorded in the last 15 years.  This archival project is supported byThe Heritage Council. More information here.

Oral History Mentoring Programme Showcase, Sat 29 June 2024

Cuimhneamh an Chláir runs an annual nationwide Oral History Mentoring Programme for Heritage and Community groups who wish to add an oral history dimension to their work. 

The 2024 trainees have been collecting stories around the country from Tallaght to the Galtees. Come along and listen to them at a celebratory event on Saturday 29 June in the Old Ground Hotel, Ennis. 

Refreshments served at 1.30pm. Showcase (livestreamed ) at 2pm sharp

If you can’t be with us in person, join us online at this link: https://vimeo.com/event/4408761/0f065fd0fc

This is a free event, all are welcome. No booking needed. More information here. Supported by The Heritage Council.

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Oral History Mentoring Programme 2025 for Community and Heritage Groups

Free nationwide Oral History Mentoring Programme for Community and Heritage Groups: April – June 2025. Plus free equipment for your group to keep.  Application Deadline Mon 31 March
Learn interview skills and how to record, edit and present your community’s oral histories. We provide free recording equipment which your group can keep. We’ll have you out in the field harvesting the stories that are important to your community and presenting them at a public showcase. There are 3 days of training: 10 April, 8 May and 13 June.
To apply simply e mail [email protected] by 31 March, tell us about your group, why you want this training, and what oral history project you want to work on in your community.
Full details here: https://tinyurl.com/2k34uumb.
Course content here: https://tinyurl.com/4dw9zeke
Short video about the Mentoring Programme here.
 
Cuimhneamh an Chláir is supported by The Heritage Council and Clare Libraries and is the only collective, county-wide, community-based oral history gathering initiative in Ireland. Through this mentoring programme we aim to use our 16 years experience to encourage collective, community-based safeguarding of oral heritage across many more counties.