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Tom is the author of several books on design history relating to Cork City such as “Cork City: A Field Guide To Its Street Furniture and “Layers”.

Tom speaks about how he was born in England and came to live in Cork aged seven when his father got…

Padraig O Duinin was interviewed regarding vanished channels of the River Lee. He explains the origins and development of Meitheal Mara, the disappearance of traditional fishing canoes and the history of traditional boats. He discusses traditional…

Pádraig Ó Duinín and Harry Moore speak about the community boatyard in Crosses Green Cork city which Pádraig founded and which continues to build and repair traditional irish boats including naomhógs or currachs as well as other boats.
The people…

Pádraig is one of the founders of Meitheal Mara and the Ocean to City race

Pádraig says he grew up in Coolcower, Macroom on a peninsula between the rivers lee and Sullane. He says it had a formative influence on his life. His father was a bus…

A detailed interview with German born Stefan Wulff. He gives a really rich account of building currachs, of trips down the Lee and his impressions of Cork from the river side.
Stefan was born in Dortmund, in the Ruhr Valley, Germany. He has one…