O'Brien ,Aloysius 1. Interview about the farm and its history
Aloysius talked about the farm and the life in the past. Topics include the acquisition of the land, the history of Irish immigrants, the neighbors, carts, horses, cows, etc. "0:00-5:00 introduction of the topic; the geography of the farm; the history of the geography of the farm; 5:00-10:00 th...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Other Authors: | , |
Format: | Audio |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1992
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6087 |
id |
ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_avalon/6087 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_avalon/6087 2023-12-31T10:18:23+01:00 O'Brien ,Aloysius 1. Interview about the farm and its history Shawyer Jo O'Brien,Aloysius 1915-2008 O'Brien Aloysius, 1915-2008, was born in St. John's, NL and the last descendant of the O'Brien Family. His mother's family came from Waterford and his father's family from Kilkenny in Ireland. He was a farmer and also taught himself the Irish Gaelic and botany. During his life, He was active in preserving and promoting the Irish-Newfoundland culture and traditions. Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador—St.John's Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador—St.John's 1992-09-30 audio/mp3 55:51 minutes; 63.9 MB http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6087 eng eng (8.24MB)--http://lib-lespaul.library.mun.ca/PDFs/ich_avalon/OBrienAloysius1.pdf Intangible Cultural Heritage - Avalon Peninsula http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6087 CC BY-NC 2.0CA Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Migration/settlement Work Farming O'Brien,Aloysius 1915-2008 Sound Audio 1992 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z Aloysius talked about the farm and the life in the past. Topics include the acquisition of the land, the history of Irish immigrants, the neighbors, carts, horses, cows, etc. "0:00-5:00 introduction of the topic; the geography of the farm; the history of the geography of the farm; 5:00-10:00 the boundaries of the farm; the names of the places in the farm; Wickham family; 10:00-15:00 the neighbors of the farm; the immigration of the Irish to Newfoundland; fishery; 15:00-20:00 John O’Brien and his business; his first dwelling place and the time he obtained the grant; 20:00-25:00 the land survey; the process of obtaining the land; the area of the land 25:00-30:00 the use of the land; cutting dinnage 30:00-35:00 rails; long carts; the making of wheels and long cart; the area of freshwater valley 35:00-40:00 the making of long cart; its size; the horse pulling the cart 40:00-45:00 working process of horse and long cart; “car men”; the hilly road in St. John’s 45:00-50:00 coal-hauling; difficulties in climbing the hilly roads for carts; the number of horse and cart in the farm; 50:00-55:51 milk wagon (Express); box cart; the names of horses and cows " Audio Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
op_collection_id |
ftmemorialunivdc |
language |
English |
topic |
Migration/settlement Work Farming O'Brien,Aloysius 1915-2008 |
spellingShingle |
Migration/settlement Work Farming O'Brien,Aloysius 1915-2008 Shawyer Jo O'Brien ,Aloysius 1. Interview about the farm and its history |
topic_facet |
Migration/settlement Work Farming O'Brien,Aloysius 1915-2008 |
description |
Aloysius talked about the farm and the life in the past. Topics include the acquisition of the land, the history of Irish immigrants, the neighbors, carts, horses, cows, etc. "0:00-5:00 introduction of the topic; the geography of the farm; the history of the geography of the farm; 5:00-10:00 the boundaries of the farm; the names of the places in the farm; Wickham family; 10:00-15:00 the neighbors of the farm; the immigration of the Irish to Newfoundland; fishery; 15:00-20:00 John O’Brien and his business; his first dwelling place and the time he obtained the grant; 20:00-25:00 the land survey; the process of obtaining the land; the area of the land 25:00-30:00 the use of the land; cutting dinnage 30:00-35:00 rails; long carts; the making of wheels and long cart; the area of freshwater valley 35:00-40:00 the making of long cart; its size; the horse pulling the cart 40:00-45:00 working process of horse and long cart; “car men”; the hilly road in St. John’s 45:00-50:00 coal-hauling; difficulties in climbing the hilly roads for carts; the number of horse and cart in the farm; 50:00-55:51 milk wagon (Express); box cart; the names of horses and cows " |
author2 |
O'Brien,Aloysius 1915-2008 O'Brien Aloysius, 1915-2008, was born in St. John's, NL and the last descendant of the O'Brien Family. His mother's family came from Waterford and his father's family from Kilkenny in Ireland. He was a farmer and also taught himself the Irish Gaelic and botany. During his life, He was active in preserving and promoting the Irish-Newfoundland culture and traditions. |
format |
Audio |
author |
Shawyer Jo |
author_facet |
Shawyer Jo |
author_sort |
Shawyer |
title |
O'Brien ,Aloysius 1. Interview about the farm and its history |
title_short |
O'Brien ,Aloysius 1. Interview about the farm and its history |
title_full |
O'Brien ,Aloysius 1. Interview about the farm and its history |
title_fullStr |
O'Brien ,Aloysius 1. Interview about the farm and its history |
title_full_unstemmed |
O'Brien ,Aloysius 1. Interview about the farm and its history |
title_sort |
o'brien ,aloysius 1. interview about the farm and its history |
publishDate |
1992 |
url |
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6087 |
op_coverage |
Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador—St.John's Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador—St.John's |
genre |
Newfoundland |
genre_facet |
Newfoundland |
op_source |
Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory |
op_relation |
(8.24MB)--http://lib-lespaul.library.mun.ca/PDFs/ich_avalon/OBrienAloysius1.pdf Intangible Cultural Heritage - Avalon Peninsula http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6087 |
op_rights |
CC BY-NC 2.0CA |
_version_ |
1786820497441292288 |