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:LePage, Geoff
- Contributor:Morrison, Clint
- Abstract:Clint Morrison is interview by Geoff LePage. He speaks about the Boyle family tree and the large family of lot eleven. He mentions three family names that he believes to be are the true Irish settlers and speaks about the Absentee Landlords along with the Walsh family. He also makes mention of some old early Irish homes.
- Date Recorded:1983-07-19
- Duration:00:25:26
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Kelly, Joseph
- Contributor:Kelly, Loretta
- Contributor:Stordy, Paul
- Abstract:This is Paul Stordy interviewing married couple Mrs. Loretta Kelly and Mr. Joseph Kelly at the Senior Citizen's Home. Mr and Mrs Kelly discuss Joseph's career as a fiddler, and Joseph plays fiddle tunes for the interview. They discuss processing flax and making things by hand, Father Duffy and his grave, the naming of Kelly's Cross More
- Date Recorded:1982-05-21
- Duration:00:40:52