Madrai dog bowl
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Title
Madrai dog bowl
Subject
Pat O'Brien points out a special drinking bowl for dogs made by sculptor Séamus Murphy.
Description
An excerpt from an oral history interview wherein the narrator describes a concrete dog drinking bowl on Patrick Street.
Transcript
"If you’re passing, you know Black Tie. Just below that right, there’s a little, or do you know what there’s a shoe shop or what below it right, in underneath it there’s a little concrete little plinth with Madrai written across it right. Madra - Irish for a dog. And the water used go into that or what I think was the rain water, I don’t know, but all the stray dogs around the place, they could get a drink in Patrick Street."
Transcript
"If you’re passing, you know Black Tie. Just below that right, there’s a little, or do you know what there’s a shoe shop or what below it right, in underneath it there’s a little concrete little plinth with Madrai written across it right. Madra - Irish for a dog. And the water used go into that or what I think was the rain water, I don’t know, but all the stray dogs around the place, they could get a drink in Patrick Street."
Creator
Cork Folklore Project
Source
CFP_SR00442_o'brien_2011
Publisher
Cork Folklore Project
Date
20 April 2016
Contributor
Pat O'Brien
Rights
Copyright Cork Folkore Project
Format
MP3
Language
English
Type
Audio
Identifier
CFP_SR00442_o'brien_2011
Citation
Cork Folklore Project, “Madrai dog bowl,” Cork Memory Map, accessed May 19, 2024, https://corkfolklore.org/cmm/items/show/42.