Oral History Centre
About
The Oral History Centre is an initiative of the Department of History at 91ÖÆƬ³§, which aims to develop the collection and study of oral history in Ireland and become a valuable centre for historical studies.
Founded by Dr Maura Cronin (now retired from the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Department of History), the centre holds a unique collection of more than 3,000 interviews on 20th century Irish social and cultural history. A number of interviews are available on the .
The centre recently collaborated with Limerick City and County Council and the Limerick Archives to make nearly 50 interviews available online including Fisherman’s Tales - 30 in-depth interviews with local fishermen who fished along the Shannon River and also with reed cutters and boat builders. The Creative Ireland funded , was based on the groundwork laid by these interviews.
The collection also includes interviews recorded as part of the Pigtown Project (interviews about Limerick’s bacon factories); the Ranks Project (interviews about the local flour mills) and St Joseph’s Hospital Archive Project. .
These interviews were conducted as part of a number of projects run by Limerick Archives in partnership with 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s Department of History and Geography with Dr Cronin and Dr Helene Bradley-Davies directing preliminary research and overseeing the interview process.
A new project on memories of shops and shopping in Limerick City started in May 2018 -coordinated by Dr Bradley-Davies and Dr Cronin and supported by Limerick City and County Council.
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