For most of my early childhood my family of 6 lived in a one-bedroom flat on the 9th floor of a tower block in Inchicore. When I was 9 we moved to a new 3 bedroom house in Ballyfermot. Our new home was one of 5 new builds at the end of Rossmore Road. There… Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day Memories: Joanna Hill
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Ger Murphy’s Irish Dancing Costume 1970s
This is the Irish dancing costume that I wore when I was six years old in Ballyfermot, Dublin, over 60 years ago. I wanted so badly to be an Irish dancer and tormented my poor mother for a dress, as all the other girls in the local Irish Dancing class had one. My mother could… Continue reading Ger Murphy’s Irish Dancing Costume 1970s