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The switch

  • Curator: leoMc
  • February 22, 2018
  • 1 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

I am about to flick the switch,when I look at everyone's face and there expression. What do they look like?

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  • Authors:
  • Leo Mc Gowan
  • Sources:
  • Pictures used with written permission from esbarchives.ie. Not for further reproduction.
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  • Livelihood and Household support
  • The Community
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  • An Old Story
  • Historical Tradition

When the light came

  • Curator: saga
  • February 22, 2018
  • 1 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

This is a story about an old man who lives in Arklow in the time of the light.


  • Authors:
  • saga
  • Sources:
  • Pictures used with written permission from esbarchives.ie. Not for further reproduction.
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  • The Community
  • Human Life
  • Sub Categories:
  • An Old Story
  • Old Irish Tales

Getting In The Lite

  • Curator: christopher
  • February 22, 2018
  • 1 Pages
  • School: Rathfarnham Educate Together

My Story About The ESB

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  • The Amazing Christopher Admirand
  • Sources:
  • https://esbarchives.ie/
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  • The Community
  • Human Life
  • Historical Tradition
  • Sub Categories:
  • An Old Story
  • Old Irish Tales

The First Irish Coffee

  • Curator: Noel OConnell
  • July 19, 2017
  • 1 Pages
  • School: Scoil Na Mbraithre

A letter from a gentleman who sampled the first Irish coffee in Foynes, Co. Limerick.

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  • Authors:
  • Pádraig Vaughan
  • Sources:
  • Visit to Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Co. Limerick.
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  • Human Life
  • Sub Categories:
  • An Old Story

Stories from 'In-Home'

  • Curator: Aoife McDonnell
  • March 22, 2019
  • 11 Pages
  • School: Portumna Community School

Pages include the myths and stories of what it was like growing up in the place called 'In-Home' Narrated by father of interviewer. Born in 1950 and had 8 siblings older than him.

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  • Authors to the story have expressed a quest to remain unnamed.
  • Sources:
  • Verbal record from the man who wishes to remain without a name. Photography from the house visited.
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  • Livelihood and Household support
  • Sub Categories:
  • An Old Story

Changing Environment

  • Curator: AdamL
  • September 28, 2016
  • 5 Pages
  • School: Our Lady Of Wayside N S

Climate Change, urbanisation, and other factors are starting to have an effect on our natural world in 2016. This story covers elements of our natural environment, that we know are under threat and records them for revie ...


  • Authors:
  • AdamL
  • Sources:
  • Video, Internet, YouTube
  • Categories:
  • Settlement and Dwelling
  • Nature
  • Sub Categories:
  • Severe Weather
  • My Home District