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- Tags: 1990s
Michael O’Flynn: Fire Brigade; Vandalism; Change;
Michael grew up in Turner’s Cross.
He works as a fireman. In the 1960s there…
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Bonfire Night, Celebration, Change, Christmas, Cork 2005, Fire Brigade, Halloween, Vandalism
Maura O’Connell: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Healthcare
Maura recalls that the nurses residents on the…
Mary O'Sullivan: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Kitchen Staff
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…
Mary Sheehy: Gurranabraher, Street Traders, Bonfire Night
As a child, she had to wear…
Mary O’Sullivan: Travelling Community, Education, Prejudice,
Mary was born in…
Marie-Annick Desplanques: Brittany, Breton, Coiffe, Crêperie, Foodways, France, Children's Games.
Tags: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Brittany, Childhood Games, Christmas, Cork 2005, Customs, Folklore, Foodways, France, Marie-Annick Desplanques, Newfoundland
Lorraine Twomey: Orthopaedic Hospital, Family Life
Lorraine was one of…
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Family Life, Gurranabraher, St Mary's Orthopeadic Hospital, Working
Liz Steiner Scott: America, Customs, English market, Children's Games, Maternity, Religion,
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, America, Celebration, Childhood Games, Cork 2005, Crawford Art Gallery, Customs, Education, English market, Festivals, Food, Hanukkah, Jewish, Liz Steiner Scott, Maternity, New Year, Religion, Rosh Hashana, Social Class, Spirituality, UCC, University College Cork, Women’s Movement, Yom Kippur
Liam Foley: Blackpool, Showbands, Arcadia
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcadia, Bill Haley, Bill Haley and the Comets, Blackpool, Blackpool National School, Clipper Carlton, Clothing, Commons Road, Donnie Collins Showband, Elvis Presley, ghost, Great William O'Brien Street, Joe Lynch, leper colony, Liam Foley, Music, Northside, Shane Fenton and the Fentones showband, The Devil, The Dixies showband
Kieran Edwards & Noreen Crowley: Ballyphehane, Childhood, Community
Dr. John Curtin: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Healthcare
He remembers thinking St. Mary’s was a very progressive hospital but the layout…
Joesph Fahy: Masonry, Working Life, Family
Jim Fahy: Masonry, Apprenticeships, Emigration
Jim Horgan: Pouladuff, Theatre, Superstitions
Isabelle Sheridan: English Market, Food, Culture
Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony: The Dixies, Christy O'Mahony
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Abu Dhabi, Arcadia, Ballyvolane, Betty O’Mahony, Blackpool, Blackpool Brass Band, Carnegie Hall, Christy O’Mahony, Churchfield, Fairhill, Farranree, Frances McCarthy, Gardiner's Hill, Glen Rovers hurling club, Mayfield Community School, North Presentation school, Northside, Second World War, St Patrick’s College, The Dixies showband, The Emergency, Tivoli
Finbarr Kiely: Loafers Bar, Homosexuality, Decriminalisation.
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Decriminalisation, Homosexuality, Loafer's, The Othe Place