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Kay O’Carroll: The Northside, Emigration, Childhood Games, Music, Tenements,

Kay O’Carroll describes her early life growing up in Gurranabraher giving engaging and colourful detail about childhood games and activities, the community spirit, women’s work, going out to the cinema and show bands as a young woman.

Kay was…

Erin O'Brien: Historic Spine

Erin O’Brien is originally from Nebraska but has lived in Ireland since 1993. She is a planner at the Planning Department at City Hall and she also lives on North Main Street. In this interview, she takes an in-depth look mostly at North Main Street,…

Tags: Barrack Street, Beamish and Crawford, Castle Street, City Centre Strategy, Coal Quay, Cork City Hall, Erin O’Brien, Historic Spine, Living Above the Shops Scheme, MacCurtain Street, Medieval, Munster Furniture, North Main Street, Oliver Plunkett Street, Patrick Street, Shandon Street, South Main Street, Vision Centre, Washington Street

Una Lyons: Oliver Plunkett Street, Cinemas, English Market

Una (born 1960) grew up in a guesthouse, a Georgian building on Oliver Plunkett Street. She had two siblings. Her parents had an unusually cosmopolitan outlook. Her father was an engineer with CIE trains. The street was quite residential but she also…

Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Beasley Street, Childhood Games, Cinema, Cudmores, English market, Milk and Cake Shops, Oliver Plunkett Street, Una Lyons

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