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- Tags: 1960s
Michael O’Connell: Faranree, Politics, Childhood,
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Andy Gaw, Blarney Woollen Mills, Churchfield, Cissy O’Connell, Emigration, Farranree, GAA, Gurranabraher, Inisfallen, Jagging, Madden's, Mayfield, Michael O’Connell, Pawn Shops, Politics, Poverty, Queen Elizabeth II, Sport, Sunbeam, The North Infirmary
Mary Sheehy: Gurranabraher, Street Traders, Bonfire Night
As a child, she had to wear…
Bernie McLoughlin: Turner's Cross, Ford's, UCC,
He remembers queues…
Derrick Gerrety: Douglas Street, Loafers, Dublin,
Peggy Kelleher: The Lough, Marriage, World War 2
Noreen Cronin: Shandon, The North Infirmary, Childhood
Liam Ó hUigín: Henry Street, The Marshes, Childhood
He recalls the practice of adding “a” to the end of some placenames, such as Pana for Patrick Street. There…
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Childhood Games, Churches, Clothing, Confectionery, Daly’s Bridge, Dunnes Stores, English market, Henry Street, Liam Ō hUigín, Mackey Gumboil, Mardyke, Milk and Cake Shops, Ogilvy and Moore’s, ohn Daly, Patrick Street, Pike family, Pike’s Marsh, Portney’s Lane, Pubs, Quakers, River Lee, Robert Day’s, Shaky Bridge, Sheares Street, Shops, Slang, Sport, Tenements, The Savoy, William Penn
Jim Horgan: Pouladuff, Theatre, Superstitions
Una Lyons: Oliver Plunkett Street, Cinemas, English Market
Helen Goulding: Shandon, Catholic Church, Childhood
She talks about her childhood. People had little but shared a lot. Boiled eggs were eaten at Easter time. Everyone was involved…
Pete Newman: Shandon Street, Unemployment, Machoness,
Cyclists going up Shandon Street used to hold on to the back of buses, which…
Creena O’Connell: Gurranabraher, Shawls, Allotments
She recalls a…
Joseph Lane: Gurranabraher, Milk and Cake Shops, Pranks
Joe recalls a childhood…
Mary Montgomery-McConville: Shandon Street, Peter and Paul's Church, Coal Quay
Michael O'Callaghan: Togher, Emigration, Summer Holidays,
Phil Corcoran: The Low Road, Slogging Apples, Chocolate Crumb
Tom Jones: Shandon Street, Emigration, Childhood
He remembers watching the Cork Opera House on fire in 1955. He recalls childhood games and explains the game of Kick the Can and Pitch and Toss. He talks about the nature of…
Patricia McCarthy: Shandon Street, War of Independence, Trades
Tom Jones: Shandon Street, Murphy’s Rock, Television
He mentions the arrival of televisions to Cork around 1963. Tom…
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, Childhood, Murphy's Rock, Shandon Street, Television, Tom Jones
Tony McGillicuddy: The Low Road, Jack Lynch, Ford's
Tags: 1960s, 1970s, Ford, Jack Lynch, The Low Road, Tony McGillicuddy