Browse Collections (21 total)
Catching Stories (of Infectious Disease In Ireland)
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Catching Stories is a folklore-STEM collaboration project funded through the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Discover Programme. The project was…
Contributors: Interviewees: Lesley Cox; Evelyn Wainwright; Emma Conway Clarke; Michael Hussey; Paul O'Brien, James Hoare Nagle; Edward Tanner; Michael and Theresa O'Sullivan,
View the items in Catching Stories (of Infectious Disease In Ireland)
Westgate Collection
A series of interviews were conducted with participants in the Westgate Foundation in Ballincollig.
A social worker, Aishling Murphy, based in…
Contributors:
Interviewer: Kieran Murphy, Laura Murphy. Michael Moore, Mary Horgan, John Gibbons, Tomás Mac Conmara
Interviewees: Biddy Barrett, Felix Barrett, Anthony Hegarty, Denis O'Flaherty, Mary Healy, Aishling Murphy,
Grattan Street Stories: Memory of Place
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This collection focuses on a building on Grattan Street which has served as a Quaker Meeting House, a public Dispensary and as the Grattan Street…
Contributors:
Interviewees: Edith O’Regan, 'Mary', Sean Higgisson, Aoife O’Brien, Eileen Kearney, Imelda Cunning, Jane Ward, Liam Ó hUigín, Joe Scanlan, Mary Mulcahy, Philomena Cassidy, Don Morrissy, Derek O’Connell
,Interviewer: Kieran Murphy, (CFP Community Oral History Outreach Officer)
The Cork Shakespearean Company (The Loft)
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This collection of twelve interviews with nine interviewees concentrates on The Cork Shakespearean Company, also known as "The Loft". Founded in 1924…
Contributors:
Interviewees: Patrick Sexton; Patrick Horgan; Patrick Gunn; Carol Dundon; Finbar McGrath; Humphrey Twomey; Kieran O'Leary; Musetta Joyce:
, Interviewer: David McCarthy
Life Journeys: Living Folklore in Ireland Today
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27 oral history interviews focusing on the life of Cork city's Northsiders. This interviews in this collection were used in the Cork Folklore…
Contributors:
Interviewees: Willy Good; Margaret Farmer; Eileen O'Sullivan; Tina Noonan; Michael Murphy; Sheila Dalton; Eibhlis deBarra; Denis P. Long; Catherine McCarthy; Helen Donovan; Billy McCarthy; Maria Lopez; Nicholas Hennessy; John Connolly; Liam Foley; John Collins; Jack Byrne; Thomas McCarthy; Rev John Farris; Brother Higgins; Mary Healy; Helen Prout; Eddie Daly; Alan Kennefick; Kay Dunne; George Glendon; Colin Rynne:
, Interviewers: Stephen Hunter (16); Caroline Crowley (4); Caroline Cronin (3); Lorraine Cahalane (1); Catherine Fray (1); Valarie Kelly-Curtain (1); Liam Hurley (1); Martin O'Mahony (1):
View the items in Life Journeys: Living Folklore in Ireland Today
If the Stones Could Speak: More Stories of Cork’s Built Heritage (2015)
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9 interviews with 8 people This film project created the sequel to the 2013 CFP film ‘If the Walls Could Talk’. 9 audio interviews were carried…
Contributors: Interviewees: Patrick Walsh; Geraldine Healy; Maud Cotter; Roger "Ronnie" Herlihy;Fritz Spengeman; Sean Moraghan; Aisling Byron; Denise Gabuzda; Michael Lenihan:, Interviewers: Mark Wilkins (9); Annmarie McIntyre (3):
View the items in If the Stones Could Speak: More Stories of Cork’s Built Heritage (2015)
Stonemason Oral History Project
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This collection consists of 14 interviews with 12 people (11 male stonemasons and one female family member). It was carried out between November 2015…
Contributors: Interviewer: Michael Moore, Interviewees: Murty O'Sullivan; Jim Fahy; Joe Fahy; John Steele; Dan Jones; Joseph Fahy; Mary O'Sullivan; Jack Johnson; Mary O'Sullivan; Thomas Lysaght; Patrick Varian; Patrick Cooney; Tom McCarthy; Edward Buckley.
HSE Orthopaedic Hospital Oral History Project (d'Orthopaedic)
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This collection project was a collaboration between the CFP and the Cork North Community Work Department, Cork Kerry Community Healthcare, Health…
Contributors: Interviewees: Noel Dempsey; Breda McNamara; Breda McShane; Maura O'Connell; Mary O'Sullivan; John Curtin; Peter Sargent; Tony Fitzgerald; Loraine Twomey;, Interviewers: Joanne McNamara (8 Interviews): Kieran Murphy (1 Interview)
View the items in HSE Orthopaedic Hospital Oral History Project (d'Orthopaedic)
The Cork Memory Map Collection
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A place-based interviewing project exploring everyday life in Cork City, with excerpts disseminated on a series of online digital maps. In 2010, the…
Contributors: Interviewees: Breda Sheehan (2 Interviews); Geraldine Healy: Johnny 'Chris' Kelleher; Marie Crean; James 'Jim' Mckeon; Brenda Twomey (RA); Breda St Leger; Pat Speight (1 Audio, 1 Video); Sean Lane; Pat O'Brien (O'Leary); Eileen Jones; Pat Saville; Noel Magnier; Mary Marshall; Paddy Marshall; Denis Murphy: Helen Prout (2 Interviews); Donie Walsh; Margaret Newman (4 Interviews); Kevin Leahy; Marie Finn; Pádraig Ó'Horgáin; Michael O Connell; Mary Sheehy; Bernie McLoughlin; Derrick Gerety; Peggy Kelleher; Sandra Byrne (RA); Noreen Cronin; Liam Ó h-Uigín (2 Interviews); Nicole Meacle; Una Lyons; Helen Goulding; Bernard Casey; Dragan Tomas; Pete Newman (Duffy); Brenda Stillwell; Creena O'Connell; Joseph Lane; Mary Montgomery McConville; Michael (Mick) O'Callaghan; Phil Corcoran; Thomas Jones (2 Interviews); Patricia (Pat) McCarthy; Fergal Crowley; Pat O'Brien; Tony McGillicuddy; Alice Delay; Barry Murphy; Patrick Fitzgerald, Interviewers: Breda Sheehan (6 Interviews); Gráinne McGee (7 Interviews); Cliona O'Carroll (12 Interviews); Stephen Dee (3 Interviews); Geraldine Healy (2 Interviews); Michael Daly; Helen Kelly (6 Interviews); Gearoid Ó'Donnell (6 Interviews); Tom Doig (2 Interviews) John Elliot (3 Interviews); Alvina Cassidy; Eanna Heavey: Majella Murphy; Mark Wilkins; Richard Clare; Louise Ahern; Ian Stephenson; Annmarie McIntyre;
LGBT Collection
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The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) collection was launched and created in August 2014 by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, researchers at the…
Contributors: Interviewees: Derrick Gerrety; Eddie Kay; Christine Browne; Stephen Dee; Dermot Casey; Padraig McCarthy; Clive Davis; Finbarr Kiely; Ken Curtin; Paul McAllister; Jonathan Neville; Tara Whelan; Edmund Lynch; Tony Doherty; Cathal Kerrigan; Barra O’Donnabhain, Interviewers: Alvina Cassidy; Stephen Dee; Dermot Casey
Landscapes of Memory
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In 2017 CFP Project Manager Tomás Mac Conmara secured funding to undertake a collaborative oral history project with the University of Massachusetts…
Contributors: Interviewer: Kieran Murphy., Interviewees: Liam Ó hUigín; Tom Spalding; Pádraig Ó Duinnín; Daniel Tanner:
The Ballyphehane Oral History Project
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In June 2016 Contact was made by the Ballyphehane 1916 Centenary Commemoration Committee with the Cork Folklore Project to establish an oral history…
Contributors:
Interviewees: Hilary Lyons; Arthur Walker Snr; John Chute; Marie McAllen (with contribution from Liam Ohúigín); Elizabeth 'Lizzie' O'Sullivan; Tom Falvey; Kieran Edwards & Noreen Crowley
Interviewers: James Furey; Arnie O'Connell; David McCarthy;
Cork’s Main Streets Collection
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This collection of eight interviews concentrates on Cork City’s historic spine, North and South Main Streets. These streets link the island of the…
Contributors:
Interviewees: Erin O'Brien; Rosarii Comber; John O'Leary; Liam Ohiugin; Tom Spalding; Noreen Hanover; Michael Creedon; Patrick Leader;
, Interviewers: Aisling Byron; Tara Arpaia; Dermot Casey; Stephen Dee; Margaret Steele; Mark Wilkins;
Showbands
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In 1996-1997, researcher Stephen Hunter interviewed a range of musicians, family members and one author on their memories of the ‘showband era’ in…
Contributors: Interviewees: Seán Lucy; Terry McCarthy; Tommy Rooney; Pat Nolan; Vincent Power; Frances McCarthy; Betty O’Mahony., Interviewer: Stephen Hunter
Cork 2005 Project
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The Cork 2005 Project was carried out and funded as part of Cork’s tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2005. Building on the theme ‘City of…
Contributors:
Interviewees: Billy McCarthy; Mary O'Driscoll; Eileen Claffey; Noreen Hanover; Marie-Annick Desplanques; Marcus Bale; Isabelle Sheridan; Liz Steiner-Scott; Avreimi Rot; Rob Stafford; Balaska O Donoghue; Andy Hawkins; Kay O'Carroll; Emeka Ikebuasi; Mícheál Ó Geallabháin; Noreen Geaney; Stefan Wulff; Karina Abdoulbaneeva; Musa Gunes; Robert Fourie; Tony Henderson; Yossi Valdman; Brigid Carmody; Mary O'Sullivan; Vitaliy Mahknanov; Michael O'Flynn; Dr. Mahbub Akhter; David Walker; Dearbhla Kelleher; Patricia Manresa; Stephen Wimpenny; Adam Skotarczak; Lode Vermeulen; Owen (homeless); Geoffrey D'Souza; Aimee Setter; Tim O'Brien; Alan Botan:
Interviewers: Jennifer Butler; Lee Cassidy; Sean Claffey; Diane Hoppe; Dolores Horgan; John Mehegan; Clíona O’Carroll; Mary O’Driscoll; Noel O’Shaughnessy: Frances Quirke.