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Collected Item: “Fred O'Gorman Oral History, 2021/05/09”

Title

Fred O'Gorman Oral History 2021/05/09

Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.

Fintan O'Gorman

Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.

Fred O'Gorman

Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.

fgogorman@dons.usfca.edu

If this oral history is related to research conducted in association with an institution (e.g. a museum, university, library), please include the name of the institution. If you are a faculty member or student conducting research, please provide the name of your school.

University of San Francisco, History 290

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

Ireland, government, vaccine, mental health, business closure

What is the format of your recording?

Video

In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.

Dublin, Ireland

What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*

Male

What is the age of the interviewee?

65 to 74

How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*

European -White/Caucasian

Describe the oral history.

Interview conducted by a nephew with uncle regarding the COVID response as it occured in the Republic of Ireland. Interviewee Fred O'Gorman discussed topics ranging from business closure and government response to personal and communal attitudes and behaviors in relation to pandemic in Ireland. The discussion also discussed ongoing vaccine roleout in Ireland and the dynamics of mental health through the course of the pandemic.

On what date did you record this oral history?

2021-05-09
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