If the Stones Could Speak: More Stories of Cork’s Built Heritage (2015)
Title
If the Stones Could Speak: More Stories of Cork’s Built Heritage (2015)
Subject
Built Heritage:
Description
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 out with 8 people, and 3 video interviews with 3 people. The Cork Folklore Project was commissioned by Cork City Council as part of Cork Heritage Open Day to create a film exploring the relationship between some of Cork's most historic buildings and the people who use them.
The project carried out a series of interviews with local historians, people associated with the buildings, and Cork residents (the interviews in this collection were carried out by Mark Wilkins), and drew on existing audio and video interviews.
Interviews in this collection featured in the DVD discuss St Anne’s Shandon, Collins Barracks, Heineken Murphy’s Brewery, the Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork City Hall, the Imperial Hotel, Cork Synagogue, the Crawford Art Gallery, the Unitarian Church, the Quaker Meeting House, the Lifetime Lab at Old Cork Waterworks, and Fota House and Gardens. An interview on Cork City Opera House, carried out for the project If the Walls Could Talk, also features in the film.
The film is available on the Cork Folklore website
The DVD by Mark Wilkins was edited by Tim McCarthy, and featured music by Mark Wilkins and photography by Gráinne McGee.
The project was co-ordinated by CFP Project Manager Mary O’Driscoll.
Support: This project was part-funded by Cork City Council.
This film project created the sequel to the 2013 CFP film ‘If the Walls Could Talk’. 9 audio interviews were carried out with 8 people, and 3 video interviews with 3 people. The Cork Folklore Project was commissioned by Cork City Council as part of Cork Heritage Open Day to create a film exploring the relationship between some of Cork's most historic buildings and the people who use them.
The project carried out a series of interviews with local historians, people associated with the buildings, and Cork residents (the interviews in this collection were carried out by Mark Wilkins), and drew on existing audio and video interviews.
Interviews in this collection featured in the DVD discuss St Anne’s Shandon, Collins Barracks, Heineken Murphy’s Brewery, the Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork City Hall, the Imperial Hotel, Cork Synagogue, the Crawford Art Gallery, the Unitarian Church, the Quaker Meeting House, the Lifetime Lab at Old Cork Waterworks, and Fota House and Gardens. An interview on Cork City Opera House, carried out for the project If the Walls Could Talk, also features in the film.
The film is available on the Cork Folklore website
The DVD by Mark Wilkins was edited by Tim McCarthy, and featured music by Mark Wilkins and photography by Gráinne McGee.
The project was co-ordinated by CFP Project Manager Mary O’Driscoll.
Support: This project was part-funded by Cork City Council.
Date
2015
Identifier
CFP_SR00509_walsh_2014; CFP_SR00510_healy_2014; CFP_SR00511_cotter_2014; CFP_SR00512_herlihy_2014; CFP_SR00514_spengeman_2014; CFP_SR00523_healy_2014; CFP_SR00525_moraghan_2014 ;CFP_SR00526_byron_2014 CFP_SR00527_gabuzda_2014; CFP_VR00540_herlihy_2015; CFP_VR00541_lenihan_2015; CFP_VR00542_healy_2015
Coverage
Cork: Ireland: 1700s-2010s:
Relation
Source
Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive
Rights
Cork Folklore Project
Language
English
Type
9 Audio
3 Video
Format
.wav
.mov
Collection Items
Patrick Walsh: Cork Waterworks, Cork Prison and Cinemas
Patrick talks about the history of some of the buildings of Cork and about the personal memories associated with them.
He talks about Cork waterworks and being awed as a child by its workings, and about Cork Prison, which he and his parents visited…
He talks about Cork waterworks and being awed as a child by its workings, and about Cork Prison, which he and his parents visited…
Geraldine Healy: Personal memories of Cork in the 1960s, 70s & 80s
Geraldine Healy recounts her personal memories of going to the Everyman Palace Theatre in the late 60s, early 70s. She gives brief accounts of changes to the UCC campus from the mid 70s and early 80s. She mentions brief facts about Collins Barracks,…
Maud Cotter: Crawford Art Gallery, Crawford School of Art
Maud explains how she came to study at Crawford School of Art in 1972. She praises her tutors but notes that many of them were fired when a new teaching regime was brought in to support a new Diploma qualification. She says the college had an air of…
Roger Herlihy: Imperial Hotel, South Mall, Commercial Buildings
Roger talks about the Imperial Hotel, South Mall, formerly the Commercial Buildings and the famous people who attended the hotel.
He explains that South Mall used to be a channel of the River Lee and that is why some buildings on the street have…
He explains that South Mall used to be a channel of the River Lee and that is why some buildings on the street have…
Fitz Spengeman: Unitarian religious tradition, and the Unitarian Church
Fritz discusses the Unitarian religious tradition, and the Unitarian Church [in Princes Street].
He mentions a number of notable Cork men who were Unitarians. Temperance movement founder Father Mathew had a connection to the building, and slavery…
He mentions a number of notable Cork men who were Unitarians. Temperance movement founder Father Mathew had a connection to the building, and slavery…
Geraldine Healy: Jewish community in Cork
Geraldine shares her knowledge of the Jewish community in Cork.
She describes how Jews arrived in two distinct waves in the eighteenth century and the nineteenth century, scattering after the Second World War. She describes the Cork synagogue and…
She describes how Jews arrived in two distinct waves in the eighteenth century and the nineteenth century, scattering after the Second World War. She describes the Cork synagogue and…
Sean Moraghan: Fota House and gardens
Sean Moraghan talks in depth about Fota House and gardens in specific and the evolution of the country house in general. He talks, inter alia, about the role of the garden, food preparation and storage, class, status and gender distinctions.
Aisling Byron: Architectural conservation work at Fota House
Aisling talks about her architectural conservation work at Fota House, Cork.
She describes the purpose of some of the rooms and of the layout of the house. She comments on the difference between conservation work and renovation work, emphasizing…
She describes the purpose of some of the rooms and of the layout of the house. She comments on the difference between conservation work and renovation work, emphasizing…
Denise Gabuzda: Quakerism and the Cork Quaker Meeting House
Denise Gabuzda briefly discusses Quakerism in general and the Cork Quaker Meeting House.
Ronnie Herlihy
The local historian Ronnie Herlihy was interviewed on video for the film If The Stones Could Speak. This is one of three video interviews carried out for the collection. This interview generated two video files of a combined length of (put in length…
