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Dearbhla Kelleher: Clubbing, Slang, Social life, UCC,
She talks about going out socialising and the…
Patricia Manresa : Catalonia, Immigration, Irish Language, Spain,
Patricia describes her childhood. Her mother was Irish, her father Spanish. She visited Cork and decided to stay, getting a job. She compares how…
Tags: 1990s, 2000s, Catalonia, Cork 2005, Immigration, Irish Language, Patricia Manresa, Spain
Stephen Wimpenny: Leeds United, Soccer, Yorkshire,
Stephen visited Midleton in 2002 and settled in Cork in 2003, having met a woman who later became his wife.
He compares people in Yorkshire and Cork. He talks about…
Adam Skotarczak: Immigration, Poland, Weddings,
Note; This interview was conducted as part of the Cork 2005 Project
Tags: Adam Skotarczak, Celebration, Cork 2005, Immigration, Poland, Weddings
Owen: Buskers, Homelessness, The Worlds Ills,
The interview suggests…
Tags: 2000s, Buskers, Cork 2005, Homelessness, Society
Geoffrey D’Sousa: Immigration, India, English Market, Food
Geoffrey came to work in Cork at the invitation of two Irish…
Tags: 2000s, Cork 2005, English market, Food, Geoffrey D’Sousa, Immigration, India
Aimée Setter: Immigration, Music, Pirate Radio, Freak FM,
Aimée moved from London to Cork with her family when she was 8 years old. She says she…
Tags: 2000s, Amy Setter, Cork 2005, Cork City of Culture, Immigration, Music, Pirate Radio
Tim O’Brien: Cork Fire Brigade, Murphy’s Brewery, Murphy’s Rock,
Tim was born in Watercourse Road. His father worked in Murphy’s Brewery. His mother came from West…
Alan Botan: Immigration, Iraq, Kurdistan, Ireland,
Alan is an asylum seeker. He came to Cork in 2002 and describes his efforts to integrate, and how he experienced Cork and its people. He…
Tags: 2000s, Alan Botan, Arran Islands, Cork 2005, Holidays, Immigration, Iraq, Kurdistan, Travel
Mícheál Ó Geallabháin: Family, Community, Social Class, Sport, Music, Emigration.
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Christy Ring, Coal Quay, Cork 2005, Cork Athletic, Disability, Education, Electricity, Emigration, Farming, Fitzgerald’s Park, Football, Gas Light, Hurling, Liam McCarthy Cup, London, Michael O’Geallabhain, Music, Musical Instruments, Opera, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Sean O’Riada, Social Class, Spirituality, Sport, The Inisfallen, The Middle Parish, Trinity College Dublin, UCC, Uileann pipes, University College Cork
Sean Lucey, Terry McCarthy: Blackpool, Dixies Showband
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Aloys Fleischmann senior, Arcadia, Butter Exchange Band, Carnegie Hall, Cavern Club, Clipper Carlton showband, Dixies showband, Las Vegas, Leitrim Street, Lonnie Donegan, Lower Glanmire Road, Music, Northern Ireland, Northside, Radio Luxembourg, Rory Gallagher, Shandon Street, Showbands, Taste (band), The Sunset (band)
Tommy Rooney: Second City Jazzband, Cork Academy School of Music
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcadia, Clipper Carlton, Cork Academy School of Music, Cork Opera House, Crosshaven, Donny Collins, Glasheen, Irish Defence Forces, Jazz (music), Joe McGrinty, Lonnie Donegan, Michael O’Callaghan, Music, Northern Ireland, Northside, Pat Crowley, Rory Gallagher, Royal Showband, Sean Lemass, Second City Jazz Band, Shandon Street, Showbands, Skiffle (music), Sunbeam, Taste (band), The Dixies, The Emergency, Tommy Rooney, Unionists
Pat Nolan: Northside, Cork Academy School of Music
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Boom Boom Room, Clipper Carlton, Cork Academy School of Music, Irish Defence Forces, Michael O’Callaghan showband, Michael O’Mahony, Music, North Mon, North Monastery school, Northern Ireland, Northside, Pat Nolan, Rory Gallagher, Showbands, Sunbeam, UCC, Viceroy Showband, Victor Showband
Vincent Power: Send ‘em Home Sweatin’
He talks in detail about the showband scene. Irish audiences had no access to rock’n’roll and its performers, but showbands were copycat…
Tags: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Albert Reynolds, Brendan Bowyer, Brendan O’Brien, Butch Moore, Capitol showband, Clipper Carlton, Elvis Presley, Grand Parade, Horan’s Ballroom, Jutland ballroom, Las Vegas, Limerick city, Majestic Ballroom, Mallow, Mayo, Music, Radio Luxembourg, Rory Gallagher, Royal Showband, Sexuality, Stardust ballroom (Cork), The Devil, The Dixies, The Magic Band
Liam Foley: Blackpool, Showbands, Arcadia
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcadia, Bill Haley, Bill Haley and the Comets, Blackpool, Blackpool National School, Clipper Carlton, Clothing, Commons Road, Donnie Collins Showband, Elvis Presley, ghost, Great William O'Brien Street, Joe Lynch, leper colony, Liam Foley, Music, Northside, Shane Fenton and the Fentones showband, The Devil, The Dixies showband
Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony: The Dixies, Christy O'Mahony
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Abu Dhabi, Arcadia, Ballyvolane, Betty O’Mahony, Blackpool, Blackpool Brass Band, Carnegie Hall, Christy O’Mahony, Churchfield, Fairhill, Farranree, Frances McCarthy, Gardiner's Hill, Glen Rovers hurling club, Mayfield Community School, North Presentation school, Northside, Second World War, St Patrick’s College, The Dixies showband, The Emergency, Tivoli
Ed Hinchy: Beamish & Crawford
Tags: 1800s, 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, Ale, Bass, Beamish and Crawford, Beer, Brewer’s Guild, Brewery, Bushmills, Canadian Breweries, Carlsberg, Charringtons United Breweries, Cork, Ed Hinchy, England, Group Theatre, Guinness, Ken Richards, Les Auchincloss, Lloyd George, Mark Wilikins, Richard Beamish, Roy Hammond, Sharman Crawford, South London Brewery, South Main Street, Stout, Tied Houses, United Kingdom, University College Cork
John O'Leary: Sir Henry's
In this interview, John…
Tags: Aisling Byron, Alan Jones (DJ), Alternative Music, Bill Twomey (Chicken), Cork Rocks, Dave Fanning, Frank and Walter's, Freakscene, Gigantic, Gorby's, Indie Music, John O’Leary, Liberty pub, Mercury Rev, North Main Street, Sir Henry’s, South Main Street, Sultans of Ping, Sweat, The Pogues, Therapy?, Tight on a Friday Night, Top of the Pops, Turnip Fish