The collection is comprised of field recordings of oral history interviews conducted by BIS student researchers in 1982 and 1983 with elderly Irish residents of PEI.
Project Background
These recordings were digitized and provided with metadata records at the UPEI Robertson Library during the Spring and Summer of 2018, with further editing and enhancement of metadata in 2020. Financial support for this project, facilitated by the Benevolent Irish Society, was generously provided through the Government of Ireland's Emigrant Support Programme. Special acknowledgment is also due to the late Mr. George O'Connor, Past-President of the Benevolent Irish Society, whose patient-but-persistent advocacy helped bring this project to fruition. Go raibh maith agat!
Benevolent Irish Society - Oral History Interviews Collection
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- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Duffy, Joe
- Contributor:Wallace, Stella
- Abstract:This is Stella Wallace interviewing Joe Duffy in Fort Augustus, PEI. Joe sings songs, plays the mouth organ, and shares stories of superstition from his childhood. Joe Duffy also discusses blacksmiths, community members: Peter Dunn, Jimmy Callaghan, Leo Garland, Jack Simpson, and tells other various stories.
- Date Recorded:1982-07-05
- Duration:00:56:19
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Cullen, Sister Ellen Mary
- Contributor:Wallace, Stella
- Abstract:This is Stella Wallace interviewing Sister Ellen Mary Cullen at Mount St. Mary's, discussing memories of Irish settlers, parishes on the island, and Father Fitzgerald. She also talks about old cemeteries and churches, Bishop Maceachern, sorts through and shares old family documents, and talks about various other memories of Irish More
- Date Recorded:1982-06-04
- Duration:00:45:20
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Cullen, Sister Ellen Mary
- Contributor:Doyle, Karen
- Contributor:Wallace, Stella
- Abstract:This is Stella Wallace and Karen Doyle interviewing Sister Ellen Mary Cullen at Mount St. Mary's, where they discuss the Sister's family's immigration, Scottish-Irish relations, family farming, education, and religion. She shares stories from her childhood, items found in a church in the 1950s, and other details of her childhood and More
- Date Recorded:1982-05-20
- Duration:00:43:54
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Berrigan, Artie
- Contributor:Doyle, Karen
- Contributor:Wallace, Stella
- Abstract:This is Stella Wallace and Karen Doyle interviewing Artie Berrigan at Sacred Heart Home in Charlottetown, where they discuss customs and Christmas dinners, religions, entertainment, relations with other groups, and celebrations.
- Date Recorded:1982-06-15
- Duration:00:26:09
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Berrigan, Artie
- Contributor:MacKenzie, David
- Abstract:This is David MacKenzie interviewing Artie Berrigan at Sacred Heart Home in Charlottetown, where they discuss his family leaving Ireland, their occupations, Scottish-Irish relations, religion, entertainment, graves, and marriages.
- Date Recorded:1983-06-09
- Duration:00:10:07