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Eddie Daly: Road Bowls
Eddie plays road bowling. He talks about the sport, about how he became involved in it, and about some of the players and characters associated with it.
Eddie (born circa 1949) grew up in Cloghroe, where road bowling was popular and started playing…
Eddie (born circa 1949) grew up in Cloghroe, where road bowling was popular and started playing…
Eddie Kay: Drag queens, Gay scene, Alternative Miss Ireland,
Eddie Kay was interviewed for an article on the Alternative Miss Cork competition that will feature in the Archive Magazine Issue 18. He was chosen as an interviewee because of his experience of organising and co-founding the Cork event. The…
Ed Hinchy: Beamish & Crawford
Ed talks about his involvement with Beamish and Crawford
Donnie Walsh: Gardiner's Hill, Sport, Republicanism,
Donie was born in 1948. His family lived in Stream Hill, and then in Gardiner’s Hill. He used to visit his grandmother’s house in Carrigadrohid, which had no running water nor electricity. He talks about going to the well and collecting…
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…
Derrick Gerrety: Douglas Street, Loafers, Dublin,
Derrick was born in 1950. He grew up in St Joseph's Square, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, in a working-class enclave within a middle-class area. He describes his childhood as idyllic. The houses in the square were rented from the Sisters of Charity;…
Denise Gabuzda: Quakerism and the Cork Quaker Meeting House
Denise Gabuzda briefly discusses Quakerism in general and the Cork Quaker Meeting House.
Denis Murphy: Blackpool, Pubs, Food,
Denis was born in Dublin Street, Blackpool. [1960s.] His family owned a pub there called the Bowler’s Rest. His parents were from West Cork. He went to school in Rathpeacon.
Millfield Cottages were built near the mill houses that existed there since…
Millfield Cottages were built near the mill houses that existed there since…
Denis P. Long: Working Life; Balckpool; Austrailia
Denis grew up in Blackpool. His father was a train driver.
He worked for the ESB (Electricity Supply Board) but wanted to earn better money and went to Australia in the 1950s. He tells a funny story about visiting a rocket range and meeting someone…
He worked for the ESB (Electricity Supply Board) but wanted to earn better money and went to Australia in the 1950s. He tells a funny story about visiting a rocket range and meeting someone…
Dearbhla Kelleher: Clubbing, Slang, Social life, UCC,
Dearbhla is from Ballyvolane . She is interested in music and drama and has appeared in several productions. Her father was from Sheare’s Street, and she briefly relates some of his childhood escapades.
She talks about going out socialising and the…
She talks about going out socialising and the…
David Walker: Family, Cinema, Holidays, Scotland,
David talks briefly about his childhood in Scotland.
David’s father was the manager of a country estate. He talks about the idyllic life there and recalls childhood activities such as going to the cinema.
Note; This interview was conducted as…
David’s father was the manager of a country estate. He talks about the idyllic life there and recalls childhood activities such as going to the cinema.
Note; This interview was conducted as…
David Ryan: Christchurch, Siege of Cork, Sir Henry Browne Hayes, Triskel Arts Centre,
David talks about the history and use of Christchurch and the adjoining Triskel arts centre.
He describes the Siege of Cork in the 1690s when the church was badly damaged.
He relates the story of Sir Henry Browne Hayes, who kidnapped Quaker heiress…
He describes the Siege of Cork in the 1690s when the church was badly damaged.
He relates the story of Sir Henry Browne Hayes, who kidnapped Quaker heiress…
David J. Butler: Elizabeth Aldworth, William Henry Beamish, David J Butler, Anderson Cooper, Freemasonry, Elizabeth St Leger, Tuckey Street
David is a member of the Freemasons and talks about the Masonic Hall building on Tuckey Street. It dates back to the late 1700s when it was used as a meeting place for several different groups until it was bought by the Freemasons in 1844. He lists…
Daniel Tanner: River Lee
Daniel grew up in Carragaline. He went to college and studied Physics first in Trinity and then in UCC because he missed Cork. He says he is now a post doctoral researcher in the Mardyke. He talks about how knowledge contained in folklore is superior…
Dan Jones: Stonemasons, Family Life, Poetry
Dan, who describes himself as the ‘third oldest [stone]mason left in Cork’ at the time of this interview - outlines his youth in Bandon and Cork city, family background, married life and his wife’s early death, jobs, bowl-playing, ballroom dancing,…
Dan Jones: Masonry, Family, Retirement
Dan talks in detail about his life as a mason. This is one of two interviews conducted with Dan for this project.CFP_SR00595_Jones_2016;
Creena O’Connell: Gurranabraher, Shawls, Allotments
Creena was born in 1932. Her family were one of the first to get a house in Gurranabraher, an estate built in 1934. Her father was able to get part-time employment with Cork Corporation working on the roads; he died when he was 58.
She recalls a…
She recalls a…
Pat Speight: Northside, Childhood Games, Schooldays,
Cork Storyteller Pat Speight (b. 1940s) was born near the North Cathedral, known by locals as the North Chapel. His first house in Cork he thinks was a kind of tenement, with three families living in one house; his father later bought out this…
Colin Rynne: The Butter Museum, Archaeology,
Colin was born in Liverpool, England. His parents were both Irish. In 1975 they returned home to Ireland to his father's townland in Co. Limerick.
As a child, he used to spend his summers in Co. Meath.
After his schooling, Colin studied…
As a child, he used to spend his summers in Co. Meath.
After his schooling, Colin studied…
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,…