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Interview with William Gregg, Ringsend, Dublin. Collected by Gerry Brady and Rónán Bourke.

In collection  Urban Folklore Project (Dublin)

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26 O'Rahilly House, Ringsend, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Type of Resource
sound recording-nonmusical
Physical description
1 sound recording (00:40:51) : digital — Reformating quality: preservation (audio/wav) — Digital origin: reformatted digital
An access file in MP3 format (audio/mpeg) is available.
Note
Age: 81 years
Languages
English  
Table of Contents
Name and age (00:00:00) -- Work with Irish Glass Bottle Company (00:00:45) -- Different types of glass (00:06:03) -- Union dispute that closed the factory around 1924 (00:06:23) -- Collecting sand, black and white glass (00:07:54) -- Work conditions (00:11:04) -- Blowing techniques for glass harps, bottles and tumblers (00:13:35) -- Apprenticeship (00:16:50) -- Blowing white bottles (00:18:35) -- Pay (00:19:50) -- Foremen (00:20:29) -- TB deaths, work conditions (00:21:55) -- Bottle making techniques (00:23:45) -- Sand for glass (00:25:17) -- Worked in Bray during Second World War, worked for Solas blowing bulbs (00:29:22) -- Closure of the bottle company (00:34:40) -- Workers in the company (00:35:47) -- Apprenticeship (00:36:16) -- Skills involved in glass blowing (00:38:18)
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Interview   linked data (lctgm)
Subject
26 O'Rahilly House, Ringsend, Dublin 4, Ireland
Bottling--Dublin (Ireland)   linked data (lcsh)
Work environment   linked data (lcsh)
Irish Glass Bottle Company --Employees   linked data (lcsh)
Irish Glass Bottle Company --History   linked data (lcsh)
Glass blowing and working--Dublin (Ireland)   linked data (lcsh)
Apprenticeship programs   linked data (lcsh)
Wages   linked data (lcsh)
Tuberculosis--Mortality   linked data (lcsh)
Labor disputes--Dublin (Ireland)   linked data (lcsh)
Solas (Manufacturers)
Gregg, William
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Interviews--Dublin (Ireland)   linked data (lcsh)
Location
UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics. UCD Delargy Centre for Irish Folklore and the National Folklore Collection. Urban Folklore Project (Dublin). UFP0099
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Age: 81 years
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Metadata creation date: 2007-02-26

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