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Nora Williams' Stories - Tales From the Past

Nora was born and reared in a thatched cottage in Carrowmanagh. Tragedy struck her family in 1942, when at the tender age of 15, she and her siblings were orphaned. As she said herself, there were no handouts through the post and no state agency to look after them. They just had to adapt to their new situation and adapt they did. They became self-sufficient and worked outside the home when necessary.
She later married Mick Williams, Clogherboy and after a short stay in England they returned to the Williams family farm where she lived and reared 12 children until she passed away in 2016.
Before her death, Nora was a widow for a number of years.  she was a daughter, wife,daughter-in-law, mother, sister, aunt, granny, great-grandmother, neighbour and friend.
Nora began submitting her stories to local magazine Out and About in Killererin in 2000, hardly missing an issue until she passed away in 2016.  In 2016, the Magazine committed decided that they would gather all her stories together and publish them in a book Tales from the Past for her and her family. The book was a surprise for Nora and was presented to her at a small intimate function in The Red Gap arranged in her honour a few weeks before her sudden death.
Nora had given many pleasurable moments to their readers through her stories.
Thankfully, her memory stood the test of time and more importantly, she had the skill and talent to record them for posterity.

  • Grandma’s old Aprons

    Grandma’s old Aprons

  • Keeping Our Heritage Alive

    Keeping Our Heritage Alive

    Life in the late 18th/early 19th Century in Ireland
  • Lovely Patsy

    Lovely Patsy

    First published in Out and About 2006
  • Marriage in the Fifties.

    Marriage in the Fifties.

  • Our Irish Women - Nora Williams

    Our Irish Women - Nora Williams

    Writer and Storyteller
  • The Changing Times

    The Changing Times

    First published in Out and About 2001
  • The Country Wakes

    The Country Wakes

  • The Dowry

    The Dowry

  • The Family Rosary

    The Family Rosary

  • The Lime Kiln at Carrowmanagh

    The Lime Kiln at Carrowmanagh

  • The Missing Duck

    The Missing Duck

  • The Ritual of Shaving in the Past.

    The Ritual of Shaving in the Past.

  • The Thatcher

    The Thatcher

  • The Thresher

    The Thresher

  • The Thresher

    The Thresher

    Big event on the farming calender
  • The Year - Not so long ago

    The Year - Not so long ago

  • To be an orphan at 15.

    To be an orphan at 15.

  • Years Ago

    Years Ago

People
  • 1871 - Donations received towards repair of Church
  • Car Rallying in Killererin
  • Charles Bianconi
  • Church Records - Baptisimal Registry 1895
  • Dear James ....
  • Down Memory Lane
  • Eddie Ward
  • Elopement
  • Farming
  • Farrington and Cunningham families
  • Fashion through the Ages in Killererin
  • Final Resting Places
  • Final Resting Places - Old Cemetery Killererin
  • First Garda Barracks at Clogherboy
  • Fr. Thomas Wilson
  • Keanes Shop Photo Gallery
  • Killererin During the War Years
  • Killererin Heritage Society
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  • Lecture on Michael Collins by Nora Owen
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  • Mai and Patrick Coen
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  • Tall Tales by the late Pat Monaghan
  • Thank you for your prayers.
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  • 1937 Schools Folklore Collection
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