Barbara Dugan, Interview by Will O'Connor, 12 April 2018
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- Title:
- Barbara Dugan, Interview by Will O'Connor, 12 April 2018
- Date:
- 2018
- Interviewer:
- Will O'Connor
- Interviewee:
- Barbara Dugan
- Description:
- Barbara Dugan discusses her upbringing as part of an Irish-American family in New York City. Her grandparents emigrated from County Mayo and County Kerry around 1900. Her grandmother, Catherine, took care of janitorial duties in her apartment building while her grandfather, Patrick, became employed in steel works and helped to build several New York City area bridges. As a child, she had difficulty getting her grandmother to speak in detail about Ireland, which she suspects is because of the hardships the family endured before their move to the United States. Barbara grew up going to all-girls Catholic schools and was raised Catholic. She speaks glowingly of her travels in Ireland and discusses the various ways in which she passes a sense of Irish-American identity onto her children and grandchildren. Barbara recently relocated to Charleston to be close to her married son and grandchildren, who live in Mt. Pleasant.
- Collection Title:
- Irish Heritage Oral History Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Catholic Church
- Topical Subject:
- Irish, Southern States--History, Communities, Irish Americans, Irish American Catholics, Family histories, and Immigrant experience
- Geographic Subject:
- New York (N.Y.), Charleston (S.C.), Mayo (Ireland : County), and Kerry (Ireland)
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Date Digital:
- 2018-04
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Internet Media Type:
- audio/mpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright © College of Charleston Libraries
- Access Statement:
- All rights reserved. For more information contact Special Collections at College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George St., Charleston, SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 220860
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