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Breda McNamara: Orthopaedic Hospital
Breda details her earliest memories. She says her family moved to Templeacre when she was 1 or 2. There were not many houses around then. The houses were new and surrounded by lots of fields. The Orthopaedic Hospital was up the road in a field. They…
Breda McShane: Orthopaedic Hospital
Breda grew up in Dungarvan Co. Waterford. She moved to Cork in 1975 after getting a job as a clerical worker for the Southern Health Board. Breda moved to Hollyhill in 1980. Six years later she got a transfer to the Orthopedic hospital payroll…
Maura O’Connell: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Healthcare
Maura was matron of the Orthopaedic Hospital for 20 years until her retirement in 1997. In this interview Maura recalls the various roles she had in the hospital prior to her being appointed matron.
Maura recalls that the nurses residents on the…
Maura recalls that the nurses residents on the…
Mary O'Sullivan: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Kitchen Staff
Mary worked in the hospital kitchen for 35 years from 1973.
She describes the type of work that the kitchen staff had to preform, from cooking in the kitchen to scrubbing the walls in the corridors.
Mary says there there would be 7 staff on per…
She describes the type of work that the kitchen staff had to preform, from cooking in the kitchen to scrubbing the walls in the corridors.
Mary says there there would be 7 staff on per…
Dr. John Curtin: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Healthcare
John, worked at St Mary's Hospital from 1972 to 2003 when he took early retirement. Initially he worked as an orthopaedic register but from 1978 he was consultant.
He remembers thinking St. Mary’s was a very progressive hospital but the layout…
He remembers thinking St. Mary’s was a very progressive hospital but the layout…
Peter Sargent: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Healthcare
Peter moved to Cork in his early twenties when he had got a job as a typewriter mechanic. The job involved a lot of travel which did not suit him once he got married.
Peter left this job for a position at St Mary's Hospital as a theatre attendant. …
Peter left this job for a position at St Mary's Hospital as a theatre attendant. …
Tony Fitzgerald: Orthopaedic Hospital, Healthcare, Family
Tony, at the time of this interview was Lord Mayor of Cork.
Lorraine Twomey: Orthopaedic Hospital, Family Life
Lorraine grew up on the grounds of the Orthopaedic Hospital. Her father was the Gate Porter. Her father moved into the gate lodge in 1955 and a year later he married and it became the family home till his retirement in 1991.
Lorraine was one of…
Lorraine was one of…
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.
Murty O’Sullivan: Masonry, building Trade, Celtic Tiger
Murty O’Sullivan, who grew up in Blackpool, is the third generation in the building trade as a stonemason, with the fourth generation just starting. He describes the tradition of families passing on trades through the generations and the difficulties…
Jim Fahy: Masonry, Apprenticeships, Emigration
Jim Fahy is a stonemason who was interviewed in 2015 by Michael Moore from the Cork Folklore Project, also a stonemason. Jim Fahy comes from several generations of stonemasons on both sides of his family. He describes the ‘closed trade’ system, which…
Joe Fahy: Masonry
Joe speaks about his life in the trade. Joe's Father and Cousin were also interviewed for the project.CFP_SR00577_fahy_2016; & CFP_SR00566_fahy_2015;