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Una Lyons: Oliver Plunkett Street, Cinemas, English Market

Una (born 1960) grew up in a guesthouse, a Georgian building on Oliver Plunkett Street. She had two siblings. Her parents had an unusually cosmopolitan outlook. Her father was an engineer with CIE trains. The street was quite residential but she also…

Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Beasley Street, Childhood Games, Cinema, Cudmores, English market, Milk and Cake Shops, Oliver Plunkett Street, Una Lyons

Pat O'Brien: Northside, Pubs, Childhood,

Pat O’Brien, talks of various locations on the Northside. Pat describes what activities he would have taken part in as a child in these locations.
He talks briefly about the pub trade. The Holy Hour was observed within the city limits (a break…

Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Blackpool, Cork Docks, Fair Hill, Fairfield Green, Farranree, Mc Curtain Street, Murphy’s Rock, Nash’s Boreen, Pat O’Brien, Pubs, Ringabella, Ross’s Wood, Swan and Cygnet, Waterloo, Waterloo Woods

Noel Magnier: Gerald Griffin Street, Shops, Box Cars,

Noel has written a book about growing up in Cork in the 1940s and 1950s, called Is That You, Boy? He was born (1939) and reared in Gerald Griffin Street. He has 4 siblings. He recalls the shops and businesses on the street.
Denny’s cellar was a…

Mary Sheehy: Gurranabraher, Street Traders, Bonfire Night

Mary was born in Washington Street in 1948; when she was 6 her family moved to Gurranabraher. Her mother was a trader in second-hand clothes in Kyle Street and a barmaid, her father worked for Cork Harbour Commissioners.
As a child, she had to wear…

Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Bonfire Night, Childhood Games, Coal Quay, Community, Cork Harbour, Funerals, Ghost stories, Kyle Street dealers, Rubber Dollies, Schooldays, Street Traders

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