Colette Sheridan: Memories of long ago come flooding back during house clearance
Colette Sheridan is full of memories as she clears out her family home.
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Colette Sheridan
CLEARING out a house that has accommodated the lives of six people on and off over six decades is a hard task.
We are trying to balance a certain ruthlessness with respect for our history, our treasured possessions and the items that remind us of our late parents. It’s a tall order.
I find myself deciding to keep a simple picture, painted onto a tile, of a figure in a currach pulling up at a shore with two thatched cottages in the background. It conjures up family holidays in the west of Ireland. I find it comforting. It is not fine art but as souvenirs go, it’s pretty and evocative of times past.
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