”Talking With Denis O’Brien” recordings of conversations with son bob in 1984
Denis was not a man for the crack: words were not his daily tools and
never seemed to come easily at first. He was "not a great scholar",
preferring as a lad to wander the Galtees, rather than sit in school.
Often when he spoke, it was because Denis had locked in on some
point in the conversation, and now and then the words would start to
flow, and out would come a story. I suppose we came to realise over
time that Denis had a natural talent as a raconteur. So in 1984, Bob, his
second son, tried to capture something of his father on tape: the
conversations now available on two CD's are the result. Among the favourite
tales his father's early life Bob hoped to hear were his capture by the
Free State Army, and the burning of Tipperary Barracks, but Denis was
soon making suggestions about his next topic, about life at Glencusha-
binna, the family etc. His account of servant boys and girls and the
mowing machine came about in this way.
The recordings were first produced in this form at for the O'Brien family
reunion, held in August 2000 in the Glen of Aherlow.
The CDs have now been re-issued with an accompanying booklet, which includes a full transcript of the conversations.
For information on purchasing the CDs email Bob O'Brien at bob.obrien@virgin.net or telephone +44 116 239 3707
Click here to listen to a track from CD1 “Ambush at Kilfeakle” (if you don’t have a broadband connection
and loose the playback – wait a while - then hit the play button again on Windows Media Player)
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