Irish – Shraheens

Growing Up in Westport, Ireland

Storyteller: Peter Listen to what it was like to in the west of Ireland in a large Catholic Family in the 1950s. Crowded dinner table, outhouse, and working parents were the norm. Meeting an American girl at a dance would change his life forever.

West Park circa 1955

Storyteller: Kevin Story about growing up on the west side of Cleveland in the 1950s. Describes what life was like a for a large Irish family in a working class household.