Jane Duffy, Clip 4: My Father
Collection: Queens College Irish Studies Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Jane Duffy
Date: Time Period: 1948 - 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: 0:02:49
Creator: Jane Duffy interviewed by Eileen Sprague
Identifier: aql:23162 duffy-jane-clip4
Description: Jane’s father was involved in the IRA and was on the run from 1921-1922. The English tied him and his companions behind a truck and dragged them along the road. They were taken to Galway Jail for two years with just bread and water. They escaped from the jail and got a boat through Galway Bay and went to Canada.
Creator :
Jane Duffy interviewed by Eileen Sprague
Date :
Time Period: 1948 - 2015; 2015-02-01; Interview recorded: February 1, 2015
Summary/Description :
Jane’s father was involved in the IRA and was on the run from 1921-1922. The English tied him and his companions behind a truck and dragged them along the road. They were taken to Galway Jail for two years with just bread and water. They escaped from the jail and got a boat through Galway Bay and went to Canada.
Subject :
Irish Americans; Irish American families
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Woodside and Sunnyside, Queens, NY; Ireland Woodside (New York, N.Y.) Sunnyside (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: 0:02:49
Identifier :
aql:23162 duffy-jane-clip4
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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