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Breda Sheehan: Blackpool, Childhood games, Lido cinema, Spring Lane.
Breda grew up in Spring Lane, off Thomas Davis Street, Blackpool. She grew up with five sisters. Her father was a soldier in the Irish Army and was away a lot.
She grew up in a row of cottages that she believes dated back to the Seventeenth Century.…
She grew up in a row of cottages that she believes dated back to the Seventeenth Century.…
Paul McCallister: Homosexuality, Catholic Church, Decriminalisation
Paul talks about the challenges of being gay in Ireland, coming out, family reactions and the evolution of social attitudes toward homosexuality in Catholic Ireland. He talks about the club scene in late 1990s Cork and the legalisation of…
Ken Curtin: Marriage Referendum, Political Activism, Marriage Equality,
Ken was the campaign director for the Yes Equality! which campaigned for a yes vote in the marriage equality referendum in 2015. Ken, a heterosexual man, outlines his relationship to the gay community. en then explains his background in politics and…
Finbarr Kiely: Loafers Bar, Homosexuality, Decriminalisation.
Finbarr Kiely describes life in Cork for a gay man through the early ‘70s, the ‘90s up to the present. He recalls first realising that he is gay and how he blends this part of his personal life with social and professional lives. He relates stories…
Clive Davis: Gay life, The Other Place, South Main Street
Clive talks about his experience coming out as a gay man. He comments about helping others with their difficulties or with coming out but regretting that once out he would never see them again.
He talks about the role and history of The Other Place,…
He talks about the role and history of The Other Place,…
Paul O'Brien
Paul was born in 1935. His father worked for Great Southern Railway which meant the family moved a lot during Paul’s youth. Paul would call Military Hill in Cork City his ‘home. Paul attended Christians Collage on Wellington Road. Here he was class…
Michael Hussey
This interview was completed for the Catching Stories of infectious Disease in Ireland project.
Mick spoke of his father having TB and the effect that had on his family life. His father contracted TB when Mick was 8 or 9 (1967-68). Mick mentions…
Mick spoke of his father having TB and the effect that had on his family life. His father contracted TB when Mick was 8 or 9 (1967-68). Mick mentions…
Pauline Matthews
Pauline Matthews was born in 1950 in the Ballintemple area of Cork city. When she was an infant her mother contracted tuberculosis and was confined to the chest hospital in Mallow. Shortly afterwards, Pauline contracted the disease, leading her to be…
Emma Clarke Conway
Emma is the Communications and development officer for Polio Survivors Ireland. She spoke about the history of polio in Ireland, about the work PSI do and the current state of polio in Ireland.
Mary O’Donovan
Mary is an elderly woman who recalls her life history. She feels that her memory is not so good, but she clearly recalls personal rather than more general events. Mary was born (circa 1901) in Sarsfield Terrace. Her aunt was ‘a lady’s companion’ to…
Evelyn Wainwright
Evelyn was born in the 1940s. Her parents were living in England prior to her birth. Father worked for Ford in Dagenham. Evelyn only met her father a handful of times. After her parent’s relationship ended Evelyn’s mother and her older brother Barry…
Kathleen O’ Driscoll
Born in the 1920s Kathleen (Kitty) O’Driscoll recalls memories of the Coal Quay and its vicinity. She remembers shops including Mrs Twomeys and Mrs Punch’s. Speaks of the shawls worn by the women there. She also mentions Andy Gaw a well-known Cork…
Lesley Cox
Lesley Spoke about her father’s life as a polio survivor.
Frank Steele and John Steele
This interview, with two brothers, spans from 1943 to the present. They describe their idyllic childhood on Lower Road in Cork during the ‘50s and ‘60s, local people and community mores, swimming in the river, taking the train to Youghal (Sea Breeze…
The Rory Gallagher Memorial
This recording consists of an introductory remarks and a brief speech on the occasion of the presentation of a posthumous award to Rory Gallagher from UK-based Blue Print magazine.The event took place in Murphy’s Brewery, Ladyswell, Cork.The speakers…
Donal Ring
Donal speaks about his career in music with the Donal Ring Ceili Band. How his interest in music stemmed from his father, a melodeon player. His first band with Donal Coleman from Grenagh. The Celtic Ceili Band from Mallow. Accordian player Noel…
Michael O'Sullivan and Theresa O’Sullivan
Michael and Theresa are husband and wife and live on Fairhill on the north side of Cork city. Michael is 87 years old and Theresa is 85 years old. In this interview they both talk about their experiences of TB in Cork during the 1940s and the 1950s.…
Derek O'Connell: Grattan Street, Healthcare, Working Life
Originally from Winter’s Hill, Derek describes his home and family: siblings, grandmother, his GP mother and his father who worked in insurance. He outlines his mother’s tasks and equipment as a GP.
He describes his routine on school days,…
Don Morrissy: Grattan Street, Healthcare, Working Life
Don recalls his entrepreneurial great-aunt who owned the Grand Hotel in Fermoy.
Recounts early years in the Grattan Street Dispensary building where his father was the pharmacist.
Describes growing up on the Mardyke close to St Joseph’s School and…
Philomena Cassidy: Grattan Street, Healthcare, The Marsh
Phil grew up in a tenement on Grattan Street and worked in O’Gorman’s Hat Factory and Dunlop’s before getting married and starting a family. She gives a very detailed description of the lanes, houses, shops and families on Grattan Street and the…