Browse Items (34 total)
- Tags: Cork 2005
Emeka Ikebuasi: Customs, Nigeria, Political Unrest, Stories, Refugee
Eileen Claffey: Childhood Games, Food, Farming, Festivals, Irish Language,
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Celebration, Childhood Games, Cork 2005, Eileen Claffey, Farming, Festivals, Food, Irish Language, West Cork
Dearbhla Kelleher: Clubbing, Slang, Social life, UCC,
She talks about going out socialising and the…
Brigid Carmody: Traveling Community, Tradition, Change,
Brigid talks about growing up quickly within an extended family. She describes adult life in a caravan and the difficulties of…
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Barrel Top Wagon, Change, Childhood Games, Cork 2005, Tradition, Traveling Community, Travellers
Billy McCarthy: Childhood, Catholicism, GAA.
Balaska O’Donoghue: Bulgaria, Cork City, Food, Music, Slovakia, Travel, Celebrations
Avreimi Rot: Customs, Food, Israel, Religion,
From…
Tags: 1990s, 2000s, Celebration, Cork 2005, Customs, Farming, Food, Israel, Jews, National Service, New Year, Passover, Religion, Spirituality
Andy Hawkins: Australia, Culture, Celtic Tiger, Coal Quay, Holy Communion, Inishfallen, London
Tags: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Andy Hawkins, Australia, Blackpool School, Building sites, Carpentry, Catholicism, Celebration, Celtic Tiger, Cinema, Coal Quay, Conscription, Cork 2005, Culture, Fairfield, Fishing, Gaelic football, Gardening, Holy Communion, Horses, Inishfallen, London, Nature, Perth, Pigeons, Ross’s Wood
Mícheál Ó Geallabháin: Family, Community, Social Class, Sport, Music, Emigration.
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Christy Ring, Coal Quay, Cork 2005, Cork Athletic, Disability, Education, Electricity, Emigration, Farming, Fitzgerald’s Park, Football, Gas Light, Hurling, Liam McCarthy Cup, London, Michael O’Geallabhain, Music, Musical Instruments, Opera, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Sean O’Riada, Social Class, Spirituality, Sport, The Inisfallen, The Middle Parish, Trinity College Dublin, UCC, Uileann pipes, University College Cork
Noreen Geaney: Childhood Games, Céilí, Halloween, School, The Stations.
Noreen was born in Cuileann Ui Chaoimh in Co. Cork. She had three sisters and one brother. She attended Owen na Bui National School. She lived…
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Céilí, Celebration, Childhood Games, Cork 2005, Corporal Punishment, Dublin, Farming, Fish, Food, Funerals, Halloween, Noreen Geaney, School, Teachers, The Stations
Alan Botan: Immigration, Iraq, Kurdistan, Ireland,
Alan is an asylum seeker. He came to Cork in 2002 and describes his efforts to integrate, and how he experienced Cork and its people. He…
Tags: 2000s, Alan Botan, Arran Islands, Cork 2005, Holidays, Immigration, Iraq, Kurdistan, Travel
Aimée Setter: Immigration, Music, Pirate Radio, Freak FM,
Aimée moved from London to Cork with her family when she was 8 years old. She says she…
Tags: 2000s, Amy Setter, Cork 2005, Cork City of Culture, Immigration, Music, Pirate Radio
Adam Skotarczak: Immigration, Poland, Weddings,
Note; This interview was conducted as part of the Cork 2005 Project
Tags: Adam Skotarczak, Celebration, Cork 2005, Immigration, Poland, Weddings
Stefan Wulff: Germany, Cycling, Currachs, Change,
Stefan was born in Dortmund, in the Ruhr Valley, Germany. He has one…