Connecting Through Heritage with Leitrim County Council
The Connecting Through Heritage Podcast Series highlights much of Leitrim’s built, natural and cultural heritage from the people who know most about it.
In our latest Memory Meitheals episodes, Fionnuala Maxwell will be speaking to Leitrim residents about the heritage of their local area and their memory’s of growing up and living in Leitrim
The Connecting Through Heritage Podcast Series is an initiative of the Leitrim County Council Heritage Office and is part-funded by the Heritage Council.
Connecting Through Heritage with Leitrim County Council
Leitrim Memory Meitheals - Kilnagross Knitters
The 1960s were a challenging time in rural Leitrim, especially for women who faced limitations in earning money while juggling childcare, household responsibilities, and farm work. Despite these obstacles, Rose Hartigan, a mother of eleven, managed to lead a group of talented knitters in the Kilnagross area. These local women learned the aran stitches from her and went on to knit jumpers and cardigans that were sold at the famed Standún’s shop in Spiddal, allowing them to earn some “pin money” of their own.
Join Bridie McIntyre, Evie McNabola, and Patricia O’Reilly as they fondly recall those days and celebrate the strength and ingenuity of the women of that era and those who paved the way before them.