Browse Items (52 total)
- Tags: 2000s
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…
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
Margaret Newman: Greenmount, Cures, Working Life,
She got cocoa and buns at her primary school. She tells a story about finding out that…
Tags: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2000s, Christamas, Cures, Dancing, Food, Greenmount, Herbalism, Margaret Newman, McKechnie’s, Social Care, St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Working life, World War II
Marcus Bale: Argentina, Alcohol, Buenos Aires, Culture, Folklore, Hanukah, Irish Literature, Jews, Passover, Dance, Drink Culture.
Tags: 2000s, Alcohol, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Celebration, Cork 2005, Culture, Dances, Drink Culture, Festivals, Folklore, Hanukkah, Irish Literature, Jews, Marcus Bale, Passover
Mahbub Akhter: Bangladesh, Immigration, University
Mahbub recalls life a child and talks briefly about a game he played called carom [Carrom]. He describes the family’s diet, consisting often of rice. He studied…
Tags: 2000s, Alcohol, Bangladesh, Cork 2005, Immigration, Mahbub Akhter, University
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
Kieran Edwards & Noreen Crowley: Ballyphehane, Childhood, Community
Kevin Leahy: Gurranabraher, Irish Army, Docklands,
He remembers Blarney Street, and women who…
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, Childhood Games, Civil War, Confectionery, Courting, Crubeens, Damie Goggins, Dancing, Dock Workers, Dockers, Drinking, Farranree, Greenmount, Gurranabraher, Irish Army, Irish music, Kelly’s Lane, Kevin Leahy, Kick the Can, Langer, Milk and Cake Shops, Munster Selection, Pubs, Skating, Steering Cars, Steernas, The Congo, Women, Working life
Dr. John Curtin: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Healthcare
He remembers thinking St. Mary’s was a very progressive hospital but the layout…
James 'Jim' McKeon: Northside, Sport, Writing,
Isabelle Sheridan: English Market, Food, Culture
Geoffrey D’Sousa: Immigration, India, English Market, Food
Geoffrey came to work in Cork at the invitation of two Irish…
Tags: 2000s, Cork 2005, English market, Food, Geoffrey D’Sousa, Immigration, India
Finbarr Kiely: Loafers Bar, Homosexuality, Decriminalisation.
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Decriminalisation, Homosexuality, Loafer's, The Othe Place
Emeka Ikebuasi: Customs, Nigeria, Political Unrest, Stories, Refugee
Edmund Lynch: Irish Gay Rights Movement, Marriage Referendum, Activism,
Eddie Kay: Drag queens, Gay scene, Alternative Miss Ireland,
Denis Murphy: Blackpool, Pubs, Food,
Millfield Cottages were built near the mill houses that existed there since…
Dearbhla Kelleher: Clubbing, Slang, Social life, UCC,
She talks about going out socialising and the…
Christine Browne: Homosexuality, Lesbianism, Gay Marriage.
Tags: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Douglas Street, Gay life, Gay Marriage, Homosexuality, Lesbianism, LGBT, Loafer's