Tony O'Reilly Clip 1: Journey for New Sites
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Tony O'Reilly
Date: Time Period: 1972 - 2017; 2017-04-10; Interview recorded: April 10, 2017
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension:
Total running time: 00:04:17
Creator: Tony O'Reilly interviewed by Pat McCluskey
Identifier: aql:27411 oreilly_tony_clip1
Description: Tony O'Reilly left home at a very young age. He didn’t want to continue his schooling so he left school. He went to Dublin and after that he went to London for a year. In 1972 his older brother Frank was getting married and wanted him to be his best man, so Tony went to Toronto. Tony was eighteen years old at the time. He later travelled to Detroit, Buffalo and then New York.
Creator :
Tony O'Reilly interviewed by Pat McCluskey
Date :
Time Period: 1972 - 2017; 2017-04-10; Interview recorded: April 10, 2017
Summary/Description :
Tony O'Reilly left home at a very young age. He didn’t want to continue his schooling so he left school. He went to Dublin and after that he went to London for a year. In 1972 his older brother Frank was getting married and wanted him to be his best man, so Tony went to Toronto. Tony was eighteen years old at the time. He later travelled to Detroit, Buffalo and then New York.
Subject :
Travel; Emigration and immigration; Opportunity
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Dublin, London, Toronto Dublin (Ireland) London (England) Toronto (Ont.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 00:04:17
Identifier :
aql:27411 oreilly_tony_clip1
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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