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full_archive 3000 4000 archive 63 disk0/00/00/04/21 2026-05-21 09:02:24 2026-05-21 09:02:24 2026-05-21 09:02:24 data_collection show Beecher Ruth Birkbeck, University of London 0000-0003-2957-8474 http://www.loc.gov/loc.terms/relators/NRT Swan Jenifer http://www.loc.gov/loc.terms/relators/IVR Rodwell Pat HS public Rural, Mayo, Nursing, Dublin, Protestant, Russia, Father’s death, Mental health Jen was born in North County Mayo in 1981. She describes her rural childhood as idyllic, growing up on a farm as the youngest of eight children. Her family was Protestant and regular churchgoers and the church provided their social network outside the family. Jen describes the impact on herself and her mother of her father dying suddenly when she was thirteen. She relates her interest in counselling and psychology to this and her belief that talking is good for mental health. She describes herself as a cautious, quite naïve teenager who was shocked when a friend became pregnant. She talks about pop music including the boy bands of the time. On finishing school, Jen moved to Dublin to begin nurse training and shares her excitement about living in the city and meeting people from different backgrounds. Jen describes the amazing, and occasionally overwhelming, experience of her placement with a Children’s charity in Russia during a break from nursing in Ireland. She talks about her relationship with her now husband. 2026-05-11 Birkbeck College, University of London yes metadata_and_data_files yes staff Úna Gan A Gúna Irish Women’s Oral History Collective Interviews with a range of women born in Ireland during the twentieth century or those with Irish connections. The aim was to gather the stories, memories and opinions of Irish women born in each decade of the twentieth century, about their experiences between the approximate ages of 15 and 25. The sample was found simply through women with whom volunteer interviewers had a connection or through Irish organisations. Interviews were recorded and participants checked and approved the transcripts and recordings. See website https://unaganaguna.org/ Republic of Ireland; United Kingdom The research proposal was ethically approved by the School of Historical Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. 2025 2025-09 1981 2025