A family memoir, covering Irish grandparents, great grandparents and the stories of their descendants.
Latest episodes
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1 h 28
Episode 12 - David Crampton talking about John Joseph Wilson
In this episode David Crampton talks about our grandfather, John Joseph Wilson and his life from his birth in Corran, Leap, West Cork on 25th September 1884 through his emigation t…
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41 min
Episode 12 - David Crampton talking about John Joseph Wilson
In this episode David Crampton talks about our grandfather, John Joseph Wilson, from his birth in Corran, West Cork on 26th September 1884 through his emigration to America, return…
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54 min
Episode 11 - David Crampton (Part 2)
In this episode David continues the story of our grandfather, John Joseph Wilson's siblings. They were the children of Allen Wilson (1843-1925) and Catherine (Kate) Grace (1851-192…
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57 min
Episode 10 - David Crampton
In this episode David Crampton talks about our paternal Wilson great grandparents and their forebears, and introduces us to their children (including our grandfather, John Joseph W…
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26 min
Episode 9 - Olive & Iris
In this episode olive and iris talk about the stories they heard growing up in Ireland in the immediate aftermath of the Irish war of Independence (1919-1921) and the Irish Civil W…
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32 min
Episode 8 - Olive & Iris
In this episode Olive and Iris continue to tell us about the Weir family (well, mainly Olive does!). The story of the Weirs that we're telling starts with Olive and Iris's grandpar…
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49 min
Episode 6 - Olive & Iris
Olive Leslie and Iris Colin, the two eldest children of Robert Edward Weir and Annie Bird, discuss their recollections of their parents, grandparents and aunts and uncles and their…
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40 min
Episode 7 - Olive & Iris
Olive and Iris continue with the background to the Bird family. Here is the family tree, starting with John Bird and Elizabeth Good, who were first cousins. John and Elizabeth Bird…
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1 h 10
Episode 5 - John Colin
In this episode John Colin talks about growing up in Irishtown during the war (when his father was away on active service as a Chaplain in the RAF). He also tells about his trips t…
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54 min
Episode 4 - Richard Bird
John Wilson is talking to Richard Bird about his life in the Army and his father, Jason Grant Bird, a doctor, who after service in the RAF at the end of World War 1, settled in Rea…
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1 h 01
Episode 3 - John Christopher Bird
In this episode John Wilson talks to John Christopher Bird, his first cousin, once removed about growing up in Ireland, his memories of holidays in Ballydulea, his career and his m…
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1 h 34
Episode 2 - David Bird
David Bird talks about the history of Ballydulea, the Bird family and his life and times.
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59 min
Episode 1 - Introduction
John Wilson providing a brief introduction to four strands of his family - Bird, Weir, Greene and Wilson.