The photograph is of me and my sister in the schoolyard where our grandmother, Mamie, used to teach. I am now older than she was then, and my two granddaughters are not unlike the two [...]

  After a few months of workshops, storytelling, and sharing memories, we are now all set to launch our Stories of Stoneybatter, in partnership with An Siol, as part of the Stoneybatter [...]

Every morning, Tommy would go to the market.  

A night watchman once persuaded a very young Joe not to run away from home…  

Did Malachy ever see President Kennedy?  

In my 20s, I danced up to the day before I was married.  The night before, I sneaked out to the dance, the National or one of them.  I couldn’t stop, I loved to dance.  

“It’s the cows I remember most, I used to be terrified.” Deirdre was born and still lives in Stoneybatter, and remembers the cows…

An intriguing visit from St Anthony to Tommy’s childhood home…

Gretta takes us for a walk through the streets of Dublin of her childhood, in the 30s and 40s.  

Tony will read his story, “Walking to school on a winter’s morning” on Sunday at 2.15pm, in Smock Alley theatre, as part of the Silver Thread event for the International [...]