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EPISODE · Apr 6, 2025 · 24 MIN

S01 E04: 95 Years in Raheny: Christiana’s Life in the Village That Raised Her

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Christiana Carbery was born in a cottage near Hilltop in 1929 and she’s been in Raheny ever since. In this episode, she takes us on a vivid, funny, and heart-warming walk through nearly a century of village life.She shares memories of sliding down cliffs in the quarry, watching eels in Edenmore ponds, where her school was!, and sledding down frozen roads in winter. There are tales of hoolies, horse-drawn carts, and the time you could see Howth from your kitchen window.Christiana doesn’t just remember Raheny - she is Raheny. This is history told through lived experience, full of love, humour, and a wild childhood lived to the full.

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