Susan McMahon, Full Interview
Collection: This recording is part of the Queens College Irish Studies Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library and is available in digital audio.
Date: Time Period: 1950s - 2015; 2015-02-01; Interview recorded: February 1, 2015
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:08:06
Creator: Susan McMahon interviewed by Eileen Sprague
Identifier: aql:18498 susan_mcmahon_full
Description: [Full Interview] Susan McMahon, an Irish immigrant who came by plane by herself, grew up in a family of 11. She lived in Woodside and did housework in the city for a living. She then moved to the Bronx with her friends and came back to Woodside when got married. She recalls Woodside having a large Irish presence with bars and dance halls. She is an avid dancer because of her mother. Recorded for the Queens College Irish Studies Oral History Project. Only edited excerpts from oral history interviews are available online. For access to full interviews, contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org
Creator :
Susan McMahon interviewed by Eileen Sprague
Date :
Time Period: 1950s - 2015; 2015-02-01; Interview recorded: February 1, 2015
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[Full Interview] Susan McMahon, an Irish immigrant who came by plane by herself, grew up in a family of 11. She lived in Woodside and did housework in the city for a living. She then moved to the Bronx with her friends and came back to Woodside when got married. She recalls Woodside having a large Irish presence with bars and dance halls. She is an avid dancer because of her mother. Recorded for the Queens College Irish Studies Oral History Project. Only edited excerpts from oral history interviews are available online. For access to full interviews, contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org
Subject :
Irish American families; Irish American older people; Irish Americans; Emigration and immigration
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Locations discussed: Woodside, Queens, NY; Ireland Woodside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Ireland
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:08:06
Identifier :
aql:18498 susan_mcmahon_full
Subject:
Irish American families; Irish American older people; Irish Americans; Emigration and immigration
Irish American families; Irish American older people; Irish Americans; Emigration and immigration
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