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- Tags: 1990s
Yossi Valdman: Israel, Jaffa, Jews, Customs,
Yossi’s father lived in Israel and then moved to Jaffa where he opened a shop. Yossi lived in Jaffa and Israel and then travelled…
Vincent Power: Send ‘em Home Sweatin’
He talks in detail about the showband scene. Irish audiences had no access to rock’n’roll and its performers, but showbands were copycat…
Tags: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Albert Reynolds, Brendan Bowyer, Brendan O’Brien, Butch Moore, Capitol showband, Clipper Carlton, Elvis Presley, Grand Parade, Horan’s Ballroom, Jutland ballroom, Las Vegas, Limerick city, Majestic Ballroom, Mallow, Mayo, Music, Radio Luxembourg, Rory Gallagher, Royal Showband, Sexuality, Stardust ballroom (Cork), The Devil, The Dixies, The Magic Band
Tony Henderson: Canada, Music, London
His father was Irish, his mother English. He talks about growing up in Canada, where he learned the guitar and played in a band. He came to…
Tags: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Canada, Celtic Tiger, Cork 2005, London, Music, Tony Henderson
Tony Doherty: Rainbow Ramblers, Cork Gay Mens’ Cooperative, Cruising.
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, CAT Club, Cork Gay Mens’ Cooperative, Cruising, David Gordon, Decriminalisation, Dogging, Grindr, Hilton Edwards, Iron Toilet, Le Chateau, LGBT, Marriage Referendum, Michael Mac Liammoir, Mother Gordon, Rainbow Ramblers, The Other Place, Tony Doherty
Tommy Rooney: Second City Jazzband, Cork Academy School of Music
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcadia, Clipper Carlton, Cork Academy School of Music, Cork Opera House, Crosshaven, Donny Collins, Glasheen, Irish Defence Forces, Jazz (music), Joe McGrinty, Lonnie Donegan, Michael O’Callaghan, Music, Northern Ireland, Northside, Pat Crowley, Rory Gallagher, Royal Showband, Sean Lemass, Second City Jazz Band, Shandon Street, Showbands, Skiffle (music), Sunbeam, Taste (band), The Dixies, The Emergency, Tommy Rooney, Unionists
Tim O’Brien: Cork Fire Brigade, Murphy’s Brewery, Murphy’s Rock,
Tim was born in Watercourse Road. His father worked in Murphy’s Brewery. His mother came from West…
Noel Dempsey: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Healthcare
Tommy Lysaght: Masonry, Horticulture,
He mentions the ‘lads’ in Dingle, The west of Ireland have a special…
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arran Islands, Blackwater Valley, Britanny, Dingle, Fermoy, Horticulture, Stonemasons, Trades
Stephen Dee: Gay life, LGBT, Loafers Bar, Coming Out.
Tags: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Coming Out, Gay life, GayCork.com, Homophobia, Instinct, Lesbians, LGBT, Loafer's, The Other Place
Stephen Wimpenny: Leeds United, Soccer, Yorkshire,
Stephen visited Midleton in 2002 and settled in Cork in 2003, having met a woman who later became his wife.
He compares people in Yorkshire and Cork. He talks about…
Sean Lucey, Terry McCarthy: Blackpool, Dixies Showband
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Aloys Fleischmann senior, Arcadia, Butter Exchange Band, Carnegie Hall, Cavern Club, Clipper Carlton showband, Dixies showband, Las Vegas, Leitrim Street, Lonnie Donegan, Lower Glanmire Road, Music, Northern Ireland, Northside, Radio Luxembourg, Rory Gallagher, Shandon Street, Showbands, Taste (band), The Sunset (band)
Sandra Byrne: Commons Road, Tucker's Field, Family Life.
Karina Abdulbaneeva: Art, Russia, London, Spirituality, Nature, Nationality, New Year’s Day, Religion,
Robert Fourie: Hiberno-English, Holy Communion, Language, South Africa,
Robert (b. 1969) is from a gold-mining town in South Africa. He talks about mining conditions there. He comments that South Africa has…
Rob Stafford: Aboriginals, Australia, Fiddle, Racial Prejudice, Traditional music, Willy Clancy
Describes his neighbourhood as forested where the main source of income was…
Peter Sargent: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Healthcare
Peter left this job for a position at St Mary's Hospital as a theatre attendant. …
Paul McCallister: Homosexuality, Catholic Church, Decriminalisation
Patricia Manresa : Catalonia, Immigration, Irish Language, Spain,
Patricia describes her childhood. Her mother was Irish, her father Spanish. She visited Cork and decided to stay, getting a job. She compares how…
Tags: 1990s, 2000s, Catalonia, Cork 2005, Immigration, Irish Language, Patricia Manresa, Spain
Noreen Hannover: South Main Street
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Bishop Lucey Park, Christchurch, Coal Quay, Cove Street, CP shoes (free social welfare shoes), Enterprise Bar, Godsil’s (Castle Street), Grand Parade, Hadden’s Bakery, Hadden’s shop, Kilgrew’s, Killgrew’s, Nicholas Church Place, Noreen Hannover, North Cathedral, North Main Street, Roman House, Sean Jennings, Shandon, Social Class, South Main Street, The Brown Derby, The Flying Enterpris, Triskel Arts Centre
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