The Stations
Martin Monahan
Martin Monahan 21st July 2017 Deerpark Social Services Centre, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
The Stations
Interviewer: Clare Doyle (CD)
Interviewee: Martin Monahan (MM)
CD: And do you ever remember having the Station sin your house?
MM: I do
CD: That was a special occasion?
MM: It was a special occasion
CD: There was special food then for the visitors
MM: That’s right. They used to always be brought into the sitting room and we used to give breakfast…the mass would be on in the morning and all the people who came to the Stations would go into the living room and sit around the table and do have a meal with the priest as well
CD: And that was the good room?
MM: It was
CD: And would the priest get special food that you wouldn’t be allowed to eat?
MM: He’d be brought in on his own like and he used to get…I don’t know what he used to get but…
CD: But he got fed first anyway
MM: Yes, that’s right
CD: He was one of the special visitors
MM: He was
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