The road south from Berrings Cross takes one through Ballyanley near the site of Inniscarra Community Centre. The scenery southwards into the townlands of Magoola, Faha and Gurteen is picturesque. The land rolls up and down as it meets Inniscarra Reservoir and reminds me the rolling southern suburbs of Cork City such as Ballyphehane and Turners Cross but without the houses. Ballyanley or Baile Ui Ainle means 'Hanley's Habitation'.

Magoola or Magh Guala means 'Plain of the Shoulder' whilst Faha means 'lawn' or 'green'. I have enjoyed my time drifting through this area of the Lee Valley. The scenery is rich here, so much so that on a clear day you can look back to Sheha, the key mountain in Shehy Mountains range, where the River Lee rises. The field patterns and ditches of western Inniscarra clearly show evidence of how us humans have carved a niche for ourselves in the landscape and continue to use it productively. In this region also, I have encountered a number of people in travels. Below I present three more memories, which add to our exploration of the Lee Valley and which take us directly south back to Inniscarra Reservoir.

I wish to start with Sadie O'Callaghan (nee Corcoran) who I met last autumn and who lives in the Model Village, Dripsey. She was born in South Berrings in 1931. One of the many interesting aspects about Sadie and the mills is that she was captured on camera by local man Denis McCarthy tidying up on the last day of the mills in operation in 1988. The photograph is an important artefact in piecing together the great legacy of Dripsey Woollen Mills. The mills had a huge contribution to not only local and national industry but also how changed local people's ways of life and very much from my experience of people's memories rejuvenated and strengthened the sense of pride of place and ancestry, very much inherent in this area of County Cork.

Sadie worked in Dripsey Woollen Mills in the 1950s and early 1960s. She got married and had a daughter, Eileen. Sadie returned to work after raising Eileen and remained working in the institution until the mill's closure in 1988. She was employed initially as a cloth looms piece weaver and worked intensively as a blanket weaver making the cellular blanket (blankets with holes in them) and curtains. Her husband was Michael O'Callaghan who worked in the spinning department. Sadie finished up as a cone winder.

In the weaving shed, Sadie remembers a number of local people working with her– 'Baby' Mary Murphy, Johann McCarthy, Lower Dripsey, Mrs. Eileen Nolan, Nora May Lumbert, Jer Galvin, Mary Forde, Johnny Crowley, Pat McElroy. She also remembers the harpers Paddy Farrelly, Timmy McCarthy and Joe McCarthy. Her supervisor in early years was John Birmingham who lived in one of the mill houses. Joe O'Callaghan replaced him as the man in charge of the looms. Dan Maher eventually took over the position. Sadie remembers the noise of the machines in the mills. She can recall the 36 looms working in 1963 and the 4 working in the end in 1988.