Ireland 16

Listen to Ireland 16, a 22-year-old woman from Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 22

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/11/1988

PLACE OF BIRTH: Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Irish/Caucasian

OCCUPATION: hotel reception manager

EDUCATION: business degree

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject was born and raised in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. She spent one year in New York City, from age 20 to age 21.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: David Nevell

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 17/07/2010

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

OK, I used to work in a castle; it was dated back to the eighteenth century. It was part of the Cromwell plantations, so, and family that owned it were the Coopers, and they were the original Cooper; Richard Cooper was his name. He was given the Markree Estate, which is over three-hundred acres, as part of payment for his work to the British Army, and he employed all the local Catholic poor people to work in the castle for him, as they did; uh, the family are still running the business; um, it’s a small hotel now just outside Collooney, and they’re just using the money that they’re making to renovate the place.

TRANSCRIBED BY: David Nevell

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 17/07/2010

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