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Handed Down Oral Histories

These recordings are from the “A Time of Change 2021” oral history project. Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, through their Good Relations programme with support from The Executive Office, funded the interviews and the A Time of Change project. We are very grateful to have been given permission to share these stories in our Hand Down Histories exhibition:

Young Men Off to War (Willie Brown)

First World War Family Ties (Marion Maxwell)

Missing-in-Action (Linda Swindle)

Spanish Flu/ The death of Willie Cassidy (Willie Brown)

Sounds of The Battle of Belleek (Fred Ternan)

Battle of Belleek (Joe O’Loughlin)

Border Stories (Joe O’Loughlin)

Cattle Smuggling on the Border (Joey Cox)

The Sugar Trains (Hazel McGuigan)

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  • Young Men Off to War (Willie Brown)
  • First World War Family Ties (Marion Maxwell)
  • Missing-in-Action (Linda Swindle)
  • Spanish Flu/ The death of Willie Cassidy (Willie Brown)
  • Sounds of The Battle of Belleek (Fred Ternan)
  • Battle of Belleek (Joe O’Loughlin)
  • Border Stories (Joe O’Loughlin)
  • Cattle Smuggling on the Border (Joey Cox)
  • The Sugar Trains (Hazel McGuigan)

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