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'The Things Around Us' - A Community Museum from Co. Wexford - Day 3
00:00 - Owen Dunbar: a bullet from ‘The Aud’; and a photograph of crinoids (an ancient fossil group) taken off Hook Head, County Wexford
3:27 - Fr Denis Browne: an 1881 Esmonde family photo album from Ballynastragh House, Gorey; and 1940 World War II prisoner of war (POW) tokens from ‘The Curragh’
8:21 - Pat Jones: an old ‘taggers’ for tattooing a pedigree herd; and a 1966 Hereford herd book
14:21 - Pat Meagher: a vintage turf-cutter, and memories of the ‘sleansman’ and days in the bog in 1950s Ireland; and an old wireless
27:31 - Mick Higgins: a grass seed fiddle; and a thatcher’s tools
34:30 - Peadar Mordaunt: a hand-powered meat slicer; an old blade or tool sharpener; a hurricane lamp; old telegrams and memories of delivering them as a young boy; a jack for removing wheels from an old cart; glasses owned by Sir Nevile Wilkinson, the creator of Titania’a Palace; and an old telephone ‘bell box’ from Ballynastragh House
47:54 - Aileen Jordan: photos, memories and old telegrams, including two about the tragic death of her great uncle, Michael, in the Kynoch munitions factory explosion in Arklow on September 21, 1917
57:36 - Sylvester Byrne: a hand-mower; and a butcher’s tools, including a poleaxe, a chopper and an old long-handle stun gun
1:09:39 - Maureen Kelly: old photographs; irons; a skillet; dresser delph; an old tin mug; old money; and old sweepstakes receipts
1:19:45 - May and Mary D'Arcy: a Mountmellick-embroidered tablecloth from the early 1800s
1:23:53 - Stephen Heffernan: telephone ‘call cards’ from the 1980s and 1990s; and an old rotary dial landline telephone
1:29:11 - Carmel Hughes: old teapots, cruet set, butter dish, salt cellar, old plates, and a water jug; and a sliotar signed by Wexford’s 1996 All-Ireland-winning hurling team
1:33:54 - Jimmy Murphy: an old 088 NEC mobile phone; a clay pipe in its case; a hand-held ‘Karate King’ arcade game from the 1980s; an old wine wire cutters and brush; an 1918 compass; ‘The Imeldist’ magazine from FCJ Bunclody; a cut-throat razor; a linen-backed Osram map of Ireland; ‘The Echo’ 1924 yearbook of County Wexford; linen-based round playing cards; an old chess set; an unusual American nickel; and two polaroid cameras
1:43:45 - Colm Brennan: a photograph of Asgard II; and a bronze casting of ‘Granuaile’, the figurehead of Asgard II, which was originally carved by Colm
1:49:37 - Mick Doyle: an antique (Stewart) ball-bearing horse and cattle clipping machine
1:56:39 - Margaret and Vincie Somers: an old Dansette record player; old delph; a large, framed picture of Vincie’s granduncle, Fr Peter Somers (who died in 1902 aged 32); and a photo from 1899 called ‘Little Love’ by noted English photographer, Anthony Percival
2:06:47 - John Gethings: an old block plane; an old lathe; an old hand-drill; and an old curve plane
2:10:32 - Margaret Boland Chapman: old skittles, pins and lobbers
2:17:25 - Denny Hanlon: a bed jar (and old hot water bottle); and an old Catholic Bible
2:19:24 - Byron Jones: trowels; a miniature Guinness bottle; a ‘Dustin The Turkey’ cassette tape; and some old coins
2:25:34 - Steve Earle: a miniature spinning wheel; a bed warmer; a Tilley lamp; receipts from old shops; and a summons from 1927 for an unlicenced dog!
About the Project:
The Things Around Us’ is a community-collection project exploring the objects in the hands of ordinary people that reveal the social history of Kilanerin and Co. Wexford. The project was been devised by artist/folklorist Michael Fortune in conjunction with David Williams and Conor Murphy from Kilanerin Tidy Towns, and during the month of June 2025 they hosted a series of pop-up road-show styled sessions in Kilanerin Hall and inviting people to bring their object along to tell Michael and the team all about it.
The project centred around people and the objects and Michael and the team created a space where they could bring forward objects to share their stories and spark memories and conversations with neighbours and friends.
The sessions took place over four days in June:
Sunday the 8th of June (12pm - 3pm)
Thursday the 12th of June (6.30pm to 9.30pm)
Sunday the 15th of June (12pm - 3pm)
Sunday the 22nd of June (12pm - 3pm)
The project was kindly supported by the Arts Department of Wexford County Council via their 'Creative Communities Scheme'.
'The Things Around Us' - A Community Museum from Co. Wexford - Day 3
00:00 - Owen Dunbar: a bullet from ‘The Aud’; and a photograph of crinoids (an ancient fossil group) taken off Hook Head, County Wexford
3:27 - Fr Denis Browne: an 1881 Esmonde family photo album from Ballynastragh House, Gorey; and 1940 World War II prisoner of war (POW) tokens from ‘The Curragh’
8:21 - Pat Jones: an old ‘taggers’ for tattooing a pedigree herd; and a 1966 Hereford herd book
14:21 - Pat Meagher: a vintage turf-cutter, and memories of the ‘sleansman’ and days in the bog in 1950s Ireland; and an old wireless
27:31 - Mick Higgins: a grass seed fiddle; and a thatcher’s tools
34:30 - Peadar Mordaunt: a hand-powered meat slicer; an old blade or tool sharpener; a hurricane lamp; old telegrams and memories of delivering them as a young boy; a jack for removing wheels from an old cart; glasses owned by Sir Nevile Wilkinson, the creator of Titania’a Palace; and an old telephone ‘bell box’ from Ballynastragh House
47:54 - Aileen Jordan: photos, memories and old telegrams, including two about the tragic death of her great uncle, Michael, in the Kynoch munitions factory explosion in Arklow on September 21, 1917
57:36 - Sylvester Byrne: a hand-mower; and a butcher’s tools, including a poleaxe, a chopper and an old long-handle stun gun
1:09:39 - Maureen Kelly: old photographs; irons; a skillet; dresser delph; an old tin mug; old money; and old sweepstakes receipts
1:19:45 - May and Mary D'Arcy: a Mountmellick-embroidered tablecloth from the early 1800s
1:23:53 - Stephen Heffernan: telephone ‘call cards’ from the 1980s and 1990s; and an old rotary dial landline telephone
1:29:11 - Carmel Hughes: old teapots, cruet set, butter dish, salt cellar, old plates, and a water jug; and a sliotar signed by Wexford’s 1996 All-Ireland-winning hurling team
1:33:54 - Jimmy Murphy: an old 088 NEC mobile phone; a clay pipe in its case; a hand-held ‘Karate King’ arcade game from the 1980s; an old wine wire cutters and brush; an 1918 compass; ‘The Imeldist’ magazine from FCJ Bunclody; a cut-throat razor; a linen-backed Osram map of Ireland; ‘The Echo’ 1924 yearbook of County Wexford; linen-based round playing cards; an old chess set; an unusual American nickel; and two polaroid cameras
1:43:45 - Colm Brennan: a photograph of Asgard II; and a bronze casting of ‘Granuaile’, the figurehead of Asgard II, which was originally carved by Colm
1:49:37 - Mick Doyle: an antique (Stewart) ball-bearing horse and cattle clipping machine
1:56:39 - Margaret and Vincie Somers: an old Dansette record player; old delph; a large, framed picture of Vincie’s granduncle, Fr Peter Somers (who died in 1902 aged 32); and a photo from 1899 called ‘Little Love’ by noted English photographer, Anthony Percival
2:06:47 - John Gethings: an old block plane; an old lathe; an old hand-drill; and an old curve plane
2:10:32 - Margaret Boland Chapman: old skittles, pins and lobbers
2:17:25 - Denny Hanlon: a bed jar (and old hot water bottle); and an old Catholic Bible
2:19:24 - Byron Jones: trowels; a miniature Guinness bottle; a ‘Dustin The Turkey’ cassette tape; and some old coins
2:25:34 - Steve Earle: a miniature spinning wheel; a bed warmer; a Tilley lamp; receipts from old shops; and a summons from 1927 for an unlicenced dog!
About the Project:
The Things Around Us’ is a community-collection project exploring the objects in the hands of ordinary people that reveal the social history of Kilanerin and Co. Wexford. The project was been devised by artist/folklorist Michael Fortune in conjunction with David Williams and Conor Murphy from Kilanerin Tidy Towns, and during the month of June 2025 they hosted a series of pop-up road-show styled sessions in Kilanerin Hall and inviting people to bring their object along to tell Michael and the team all about it.
The project centred around people and the objects and Michael and the team created a space where they could bring forward objects to share their stories and spark memories and conversations with neighbours and friends.
The sessions took place over four days in June:
Sunday the 8th of June (12pm - 3pm)
Thursday the 12th of June (6.30pm to 9.30pm)
Sunday the 15th of June (12pm - 3pm)
Sunday the 22nd of June (12pm - 3pm)
The project was kindly supported by the Arts Department of Wexford County Council via their 'Creative Communities Scheme'.
