Pigtown Oral History Archive

"Pigtown – A History of Limerick’s Bacon Industry" by Ruth Guiry and co-edited by Dr Maura Cronin and Jacqui Hayes was released in 2016. This publication was a joint project with Mary Immaculate College.This project allowed people to understand the extent of the impact that the bacon industry had in Limerick through oral histories, and the testimonies of the many butchers and bacon company employees.

Their interviews can be found below

Joe Hayes

Audio

 

Eddie McNamara

Audio

 

Jim & Ollie O'Brien, Jerry O'Sullivan

Audio 

 

Jerry O'Sullivan

Audio

 

Tony Flannery

Audio

 

Charlie Quaid

Audio

 

Teresa Hayes, Paddy Bennis

Audio

 

Paddy Kiely

Audio

 

Nancy Breeda Hilda Olive Mary

Audio

 

Dermot Hartigan

Audio 1

Audio 2

 

Teresa Hayes

Audio

 

John Tierney

Audio

 

Ronnie Long

Audio

 

Michael O'Mara

Audio

 

Eddie McManus

Audio

 

Marie Madigan

Audio

 

Susan O'Mara

Audio

 

Michael O'Halloran

Audio

 

Liam Foley

Audio

 

Tony Sexton

Audio

 

Tom Fitzgerald

Audio

 

Terry Hayes & Joe Hayes

Audio

 

Joe Joyce

Audio