100 Years of Change - Mabel Wallace in Film

As Mabel Wallace marked 100 years in 2023, local filmmaker Nicholas Ryan Purcell produced a feature-length documentary dedicated to her in '100 Years of Change.'

As we approach Mabel's 101 celebration, Shinrone Heritage Group are delighted to host the documentary in Shinrone Community Centre, with Mabel attending on the evening, The evening will provide us with a living link to an Ireland which is often now written about in modern history.

As Mabel explains: ' I am excited to have the film showing in the Village I was born, raised and lived my whole life in'


Mabel was born in September 1923 and she was raised in Shinrone and has lived there all her married life. Her late husband Hume passed away in 2000. The documentary details many of Mabel's life experiences such as her memories of the first family car in 1930, cycling to Thurles races, travelling by horse and trap to Punchestown Races, when rural electrification first arrived in 1950s and the rationing of food during WWII.

The main topics that Mabel discusses are the old agricultural methods that she remembers such as a horse-drawn reaper and binder pulled by horses, making butter and watching a neighbour making bread in an open hearth fire. There is a more recent focus on Mabel's extensive community work as she has been involved with Meals on Wheels and Daffodil Day.

We invite you to this special evening which is free to all. Light refreshments afterwards.