Date: Time Period: 1964-2015; 2015-04-26; Interview recorded: April 26, 2015Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder.Dimension:
Total running time: 0:17:17
Creator: Mary Brigit Maguire interviewed by Eileen SpragueIdentifier: aql:23151 maguire-mary-brigit-full
Description: [Full Interview] Mary Brigid came from Kinvara, County Galway, Ireland, a coastal town. Her father was a farmer, and her mother stayed home with the children. Mary Brigid enjoyed school and the open spaces of Ireland. Mary Brigid first came to America for her sister’s wedding in October, 1971. At the time, two sisters were living in the Bronx. One would later move back to Ireland. Two months after the wedding, Brigid immigrated to the United States and lived with her two sisters, and she enjoyed the busy city. She later moved to Flushing where she lived and worked until meeting her husband, Tom Maguire. They married in 1974 and moved to Sunnyside, Queens, where their daughter was born. Eleven months later, the couple purchased a home in Woodside, Queens, and had two sons. Brigid has happy memories of the neighborhood. She enjoyed spending time with their Irish neighbors as their children would play together.
Creator : Mary Brigit Maguire interviewed by Eileen Sprague
Date : Time Period: 1964-2015; 2015-04-26; Interview recorded: April 26, 2015
Summary/Description : [Full Interview] Mary Brigid came from Kinvara, County Galway, Ireland, a coastal town. Her father was a farmer, and her mother stayed home with the children. Mary Brigid enjoyed school and the open spaces of Ireland. Mary Brigid first came to America for her sister’s wedding in October, 1971. At the time, two sisters were living in the Bronx. One would later move back to Ireland. Two months after the wedding, Brigid immigrated to the United States and lived with her two sisters, and she enjoyed the busy city. She later moved to Flushing where she lived and worked until meeting her husband, Tom Maguire. They married in 1974 and moved to Sunnyside, Queens, where their daughter was born. Eleven months later, the couple purchased a home in Woodside, Queens, and had two sons. Brigid has happy memories of the neighborhood. She enjoyed spending time with their Irish neighbors as their children would play together.
Subject : Irish Americans; Emigration and immigration
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Coverage : Locations discussed: Kinvarra and Galway, Ireland; Woodside, Sunnyside and Flushing, Queens, NY Woodside (New York, N.Y.) Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Kinvarra (Ireland) Galway (Ireland)
Type : Oral history
Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder.; Total running time: 0:17:17
Identifier : aql:23151 maguire-mary-brigit-full
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