Voices from a Vanishing World (1991)
The producer of The Curious Ear documentary series, Ronan Kelly, has been sent a selection of clips by RTÉ Radio Archives to help ease the isolation.
He's sharing some of them with the RTÉ Radio 1 Highlights page.
For radio documentary-lovers, this is an extract from a classic, Voices from a Vanishing World.
It was made by Jim Fahy and Julian Vignoles in 1991 and features three women from Big Houses in the West: Lady Molly Cusack-Smith (Bermingham House, Tuam, Co. Galway); Lady Olive Pakenham-Mahon, (Strokestown House, Co. Roscommon) and Lady Hemphill, (Tulira Castle, Ardrahan, Co. Galway).
Their accents are from another time in Ireland and, talking to Jim, the women are either brusque, resigned or distraught.
The music is Woodbrook by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
You can listen to the full documentary here.