Recording No: 164
Theme: Social History and Community
Interviewee: Mairead Kelly
Date of Birth: 1937
Interview location: Ennis, Co. Clare
Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore
Series Title: 1922-2022: A Century of Change (part 2)
Date Recorded: 08/06/2020
Recording Length: 56:29
Keywords: Joined Sisters of Mercy 1956; Teacher St. Ann’s Secondary School Killaloe 1963-70; Night Classes Home Economics Killaloe 1960s; Principal St. Joseph’s Boarding School Spanish Point 1970-73; Principal Colaiste Mhuire Ennis 1973-76; Religious schools system 1977; Clare Social Services; St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing 1970s; Kilmaley Ladies Club 1970s; Setting up Outpatients programme 1978; Minnesota CPE Model 1984; Opening of Bushy Park House, Addiction Treatment Centre; Manager 1991-2002; Fundraising for Bushy Park; Ryan Report processes