10 20 249 https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/160e30ba54b4811604099321d14763f2.jpg 231ee20281aab5a23a6206fb39694991 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ballyphehane Oral History Project Subject The topic of the resource Life history interviews with the inhabitants of the Cork City suburb of Ballyphehane about life in the area pre and post city corporation development. Description An account of the resource In June 2016 Contact was made by the<a href="https://19162016committee.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Ballyphehane 1916 Centenary Commemoration Committee</a> with the Cork Folklore Project to establish an oral history project to coincide with the events in Ballyphehane marking the centenary commemoration of the 1916 rising. The goal was to collect the memories of the residents and have a night in the community centre where these interviews would be played for the community. Ballyphehane is a suburb in the Southside of the city between Turners Cross and Togher. It was built between the 1940s and 1960s and inhabited by families rehoused from the city centre, much like Gurranabraher and Knocknaheeny in the north side. The significance of the 1916 rising to Ballyphehane is that the streets are named after the leaders of the rising. It was decided that CFP researcher and Ballyphehane resident, James Furey, would head up the project and assist volunteers in technical training and interview techniques: all interviews were carried out under the auspices of the the CFP. This interviewing project is ongoing, and there have been a number of community listening events in 2017 and 2018. Interviews have been carried out by CFP staff James Furey and David McCarthy, and by Ballyphehane resident Arnie O'Connell. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 and ongoing Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Hilary Lyons; Arthur Walker Snr; John Chute; Marie McAllen (with contribution from Liam Ohúigín); Elizabeth 'Lizzie' O'Sullivan; Tom Falvey; Kieran Edwards & Noreen Crowley Interviewers: James Furey; Arnie O'Connell; David McCarthy; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/72" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00586_lyons_2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/73" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00587_walker2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/76" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00592_chute_2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/77" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00617_mcallen_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/79" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00643_osullivan_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/80" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00665_falvey_2018</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/84" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00672_EdwardsCrowley_2018</a>: Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ethnographic interviews carried out with inhabitants of Ballyphehane detailing their lives pre and post corporation development (ca. 1930s to 2018). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 7.wav Files Relation A related resource Furey, Jamie (2018) ‘Boxcars, broken glass and backers: A Glimpse at the Ballyphehane Oral History Project’, The Archive 21: 24-25. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Archive21-WebEdition-1.pdf">http://corkfolklore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Archive21-WebEdition-1.pdf</a> Listening Events Library Lane Café Listening Event by <a href="https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/search?query=jamie+furey&query_type=keyword&record_types%5B%5D=Item&record_types%5B%5D=Collection&submit_search=Search" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Furey</a> and <a href="https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=2&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Kieran+Murphy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kieran Murphy</a> 15th June 2017 Tory Top Library Listening Event by <a href="https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/search?query=jamie+furey&query_type=keyword&record_types%5B%5D=Item&record_types%5B%5D=Collection&submit_search=Search" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Furey</a> Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview James Furey Arnie O’Connell Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed John Chute Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 69m10s Location The location of the interview Ballyphehane, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com JC: I got a job in Hickeys. I'd come around on a bike and see what was what. I didn't know where we were going. I'll tell you one thing, it was something else. It was a thrill to see it. The development where the houses were being built and all that. I was supplying the tiles. All them tiles of the fellas made over. Kent Road now, part of Kent Road was done. That's where you're going now isn't it? JF: No. Clark Road. JC: Clark Road. Same thing anyway. They weren't there at all. They only came later. I'm only going as far as I can think. JF: You're grand JC: The hill there now was built up as far as the cross only. We were continuing on down that and we were stopped by the green there. I was witness to this myself now in the 'Gurran' (Gurranabraher). From living in the Northside and going to school in the Northside. I was more interested then in this side of where we were going to live. We came out and we had a horse and car bringing out our furniture. They came along after and they had three boxcars. We used to have right craic over that. Three boxcars. That was the way life was like at that time. I'll tell you one thing. Do you know something about it? It was a great way to be. All the people were very down to earth. Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.00.00 - 0.01.40 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Pre-interview. John explains Irish the translation of his surname, and where it came from. And speaks of the recently elected American president Trump being a mutt. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.01.40 - 0.03.44 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Early life, on the northside in Knapps square, went Easons hill school. Father died young, mother raised 5 children. Moved to the middle parish ‘the marsh’. Hardtimes for her. He was the eldest boy 3 older sisters but he was the man of the house. He was in the Fianna boy scouts. Grew up around witty strong people. Happy looking back on life. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.03.45 - 0.15.16 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Schooling and Getting involved in music. Went to eason hill because his father and uncles went there. Had a teacher called Kate O’Conner beautiful soprano. She trained him to sing, his first step into music. Mother also very musical, concertina and harmonica, all Irish songs. Living on Sheares street, many good musicians there. In his building alone, 3 men went on to lead bands, 1 with the Barrack Street band, another with the army band and John himself. The 3 didn’t get on that well. Ex-service men from the 1st world war had a band in the ‘marsh’, amputees and other disabilities. A man called Hurley, thought in the workmen’s brass and reed band, and he saw the potential in john’s ability. Music teacher in the Fianna, but the teacher was no good. His friend Christy Gough suggested to join the Cork City pipe band down in Fr Mattew hall. Christy’s father was a piper. Tadgh Crowley was the teacher, again john was singled out for his ability to learn quickly. Himself and Christy start fianna band, asked the chairman of Sinn Fein (Jerry Cronin) for the instruments from the old fianna band down in Tomas Ashe hall, Volunteer Band not too happy, but they got the ok from the chair of Sinn Fein. Went for about 12 months with both bands. Recorded an album with the Cork City Pipe band in the old Goal. Very happy with that, Tadgh said that all that matters. Heard the recording in a chip shop (Julio’s) on north main street. When he went up North for competitions all the bands talked of that recording. Alfie(Kennedy) Christy, Tony Donovan, Jerry Hurley, Billy Halesy, Eddie Williams played in that band too. Of all the bands he played in it had the best players. Its sad, after that band ceased to be after Tadgh’s death, all the good player went to Carriagaline. Became pipe major of Band against his wishes, all the best player gone to Scotland. 1962: with some players from the carraigaline band and the blarney street band john won the All-Ireland grade 2 John walked out of the Carraigaline band because of the way they treated the city boys. So he reformed cork city band, with member from blarney street band. Talks of his love of traditional music, especially from the north. Speaks of his children’s musical abilities, one packed it in because of johns hard line of teaching. His son Paul won world and European championship in bass drums. Regrets being so hard on children, but loves then and their talent. They used to playing banjo and guitar a 2 in the morning, the wife would want them to stop but john would tell her ‘never stop a musician’. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.15.16 - 0.17.35 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Talks of his wife Tilly. Vital cog in his life. She was the reason for his competing. It upsets him, shes in hospital for a long time (stroke), he visits every day. Super traditional woman. She used to look after all the bills (for his students) John would try and fiddle the books to get a few extra bob. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.17.35 - 0.22.43 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> His Son Isaac is a renowned tenor, lives in America, sings all over the country. Studied under Carlo Bergonzi in Rome. Isaac home recently and remembers everything. At a festival in Cobh in the 1970s, Isaac goes missing ‘I couldn’t even enjoy my drink’, find him at a sing song in the bar with Jack Lynch. He idolised Jack Lynch. One time in Musgrave park when the All-Ireland pipe championship was on, Isaac sleeping on his shoulders. Isaac and jack Lynch sent letter to each other. Jack was a Hurling Idol of johns, they lived near each other when younger. A lot in common. Carlo Bergonzi wrote asking if they could pay for Isaacs digs, 25000 a month. Can’t afford it, Go to the credit union. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.22.43 - 0.27.40 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Northside man. 22 years he spent up there. Teaching the blarney street band, taught many a band from cork to rathcoole. Very proud of teaching the all-girls band in Fermoy, won championships, every Christmas they all still send card to him. Set up the Ballyphehane pipe band 1980, but didn’t like the regiment of it. Won some championships, but fell out with them didn’t like the behaviour. They had the ability but they didn’t have the drive. About 6 of them were brilliant. Disappointed that there are some people in Ballyphehane that could teach the band but don’t. Thought in Cobh for a year or 2, really good students but had to give it up because his son, who drove him, moved to Kerry. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.27.40 - 0.35.15 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> If he had to live again, no piper would touch him. ‘I would do it for myself’. Spent his time teaching, was could at it, but disappointed that those he thought didn’t carry on the mantle. Christy said of Tadgh to John, ‘he’s a dud teaching you’ John said ‘he is the man that enlightened me’. Christy gave him the evaluation of the scale, has it upstairs still, it’s like a jewel to him. Best thing that did for him. Billy Hallesy, great piper, no patience to teach, fell out with him because he pointed out when billy played bad, didn’t speak for 4 years. Natural ability teach given from God. Brought a friend to help him teach, he couldn’t handle the students, no patience. Tim Keogh in Dublin played a selection, asked for his thoughts, and John told that he could have been better. They ended up being great friends. He wrote 4 tunes in honour of John, John told him they were no good. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 035.15 - 0.37.47 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Talks of his day. Visiting his wife. Going for a few pints. Only dinks half pints, used to drink gallons. Talks of a man who gave him a spin home and the connections to the ‘hall’ (Tomas Ashe) He thought this man’s sisters the pipes. Told him to tell his children to study instead of music, no money in it. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.37.47 - 0.42.41 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Ballyphehane Got the keys at Christmas 1949, one of the first to move in. all his side of the road was from the ‘marsh’. The other side came from abbey street in the south parish. Like the fact that his neighbours moved with him. Happy with move, only problem is that he was the only one who could paint the house. Had to work in the Hickeys cement factory on kinsale road. Had to sweep the place, suffocated with dust, then home to paint. All the stemper paint dripped of the walls. The mother said ‘john that’s the wall’. The cheapest paint. His friend bobby gave him more paint to finish it. That time people of Ballyphehane were very happy people. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.42.41 - 0.45.19 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Coming from the ‘marsh’ those people are the foundation of the city, they went north and south, very strong people. Night time in the ‘marsh’ 20 or 30 people would sit on the curb and sing in perfect harmony. One time a guard came and tried to clear them off the foot path, they battered the guard. Guard came again the next night and they battered him with spuds. Innocence. Lived in 5 sheares st, 6 excellent singer in the building, the balance of their voice was unreal. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.45.19 - 0.52.40 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Raising children in early Ballyphehane. Great neighbours, all got on. Denis Sullivan on the corner, he sold the land to the corporation, great wit in the street. Great talent. Everybody made the best of life. They would go out of there way for you. They’d go to town on you too. 2 years ago, he broke his collar bone. Went to sleep on the couch, fell off, couldn’t move with the pain. All the emergency services came and were going to break door, he told them ‘if you break the door you’ll have to deal with me.’ His friend went through top window, paramedics came in, and he wanted to go back to the pub after his big injection. You have to have a sense of humour. Talks of a noisy neighbour. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.52.40 - 0.58.30 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> First time in Ballyphehane was when he got job in hickeys. Thought it’s beautiful. He made all the roof tiles for the development. Some of Connolly road, Kent road not much else built. Had seen it happen up in Gurranabruhar. Moved their possessions on a horse and car. Neighbours had 3 box cars. That’s the way life was, it was great. Story of seeing the guards in a ford, take a horse from a house, then some wheels, then the cart, the neighbours had stolen it from the ‘knackers’. The guard asked him if he’s from here, john give a cheeky answer. Everybody round here looked out for each other, the same for the north side, all from the marsh and the south parish. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.58.30 - 1.05.00 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Sport in Ballyphehane. Started the fr Mathews hurling team. Then the soccer team. A lot of them from this terrace, very talented. He would blackguard them being older. One of then Larry died in the car by the cross. He had the iho cup for seven years, nobody knew where it was. Battle of Ballyphehane. Terrible grievances, the mulls, v the o’driscolls and the others from ballyphehane gaa. Sad time that should never had happened. Ballyphehane was offered the 3 fields (stephon naofa) but refused it. Biggest mistake ever. They were also offered land by the square, noel murphy (publican) stopped it thought it would ruin business. Ended up down the green ‘call it don’t fence me in’ Big fights over it. The barrs killed ballyphehane Gaa, took all the best players. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 1.05.00 - 1.09.10 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Finishes up by taking about his trophies, piping and pigeons, murder to clean. Tries to get people to clean them Misses the family, only for his tapes and his movies, one of the northsiders on the late late show. Interview Ends </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Chute: Ballyphehane Subject The topic of the resource Life History: Knapps Square, Middle Parish, Ballyphehane, Childhood, Music Description An account of the resource John talks about his early life, growing up on the northside in Knapps square, attending school in Easons Hill and being involved in pipe bands. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11th November 2016 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewer: James Furey; Arnie O’Connell Interviewee: John Chute Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00592_chute_2016 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; Middle Parish; Ballyphehane; 1930s - 2000s Relation A related resource <div class="element-text"><a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/72" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00586_lyons_2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/73" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00587_walker2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/76" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00592_chute_2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/77" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00617_mcallen_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/79" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00643_osullivan_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/80" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00665_falvey_2018</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/84" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00672_EdwardsCrowley_2018</a>:</div> <div class="element-text"> Furey, Jamie (2012) ‘Boxcars, broken glass and backers: A Glimpse at the Ballyphehane Oral History Project’, The Archive 21: 24-25. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Archive21-WebEdition-1.pdf">http://corkfolklore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Archive21-WebEdition-1.pdf</a></div> ; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .wav Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Ballyphehane Ballyphehane Oral History Project Barrack Street Band Battle of Ballyphehane Blarney Street Band Cork City Pipe Band Easons Hill Fianna Band Fianna Boy Scouts GAA Hurling Jack Lynch Knapps Square Sinn Fein Tadgh Crowley The Marsh Thomas Ashe Hall https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/ab49a541200abe0293c73b256b188c67.jpg 18106e276a42c57377f1bca3ae962d2d https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/92ba1dda5fb00cbea2a10edd279826e9.jpg a5080c2c3a36c9ad7d2077740530c69c https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/906934ff990907c851d8a49e321fc772.mp3 b91412b07b0046da9fd25b6b1f75a270 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Landscapes of Memory Subject The topic of the resource Interview collection exploring the people's connection to the River Lee. The collection is comprised of four audio interviews totalling 397 minutes. Description An account of the resource In 2017 CFP Project Manager Tomás Mac Conmara secured funding to undertake a collaborative oral history project with the University of Massachusetts Lowell and CFP, relating to the sustainability of rivers, specifically the Merrimack River in Lowell and the River Lee in Cork. The aim of the CFP part of the project was to capture stories, experiences, impressions and opinions from a variety of people relating to the River Lee. Many of the interviews focused on how individuals used and interacted with the river, particularly for leisure. There was also discussion of the industry, fishing, wildlife, history, place names, pastimes, slang, childhood memories as well as hopes and aspirations for the future of the Lee. Kieran Murphy conducted the four interviews for this collection. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewer: <a href="https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=2&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Kieran+Murphy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kieran Murphy</a>. Interviewees: Liam Ó hUigín; Tom Spalding; Pádraig Ó Duinnín; Daniel Tanner: Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/75" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00630_ohuigin_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/81" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00636_spalding_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/82" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00637_oduinnin_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/83" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00641_tanner_2017</a>. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; The River Lee; Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 4 .wav files Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Kieran Murphy Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Liam Ó hUigín Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 80 minutes 39 seconds Location The location of the interview Cork Folklore Project Offices Farranferris. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 48kHz/24bit Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com LOH: Most of the wide streets in Cork, the ships used to come up Patrick Street. And I mean they'd come up the North Channel, turn left now where the bridge is and come up Patrick Street and they'd come up then by where Argos is now. The Queens Old Castle there. But actually where the Queens Old Castle is was the Kings Castle and the Queens Castle was over by Castle Street. And the ships used to come up Patrick Street. There was a gateway there, that was another entrance into the city but it was through water let, the river. And the boats would go up Pana and up through the gate. And Castle Street was actually the Quay Side. KM: And what period are we talking now? LOH: Oh, the 1400s and 1500s KM: But you have memories of ships and boats and things on the river from your own time? LOH: I have. That used to come up. I mean, I can remember the Clontarf Bridge and the Brian Boru bridge going up and the ships actually coming up as far as Parliament Bridge. It used to open as well and the ships would come up onto Union Quay. KM: So these were bridges that opened up to let ships go underneath them is it? LOH: Exactly. Yeah. And just before, we'll go onto that, I just want to tell you that's where we got the Cork coat of arms from. The ship going through the two castles. That would be the ship coming up Patrick Street and going through the gateway by the Kings Castle and the Queens Castle. KM: So the coat of arms then for Cork is based on the Lee? LOH: Statio Bene Fide Carinis, a safe harbour for ships. That's the translation of it Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.00.00 - 0.04.02 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Liam speaks of being born in Henry Street and that the River Lee flowed through his parish. He remembers learning how to swim just outside where the Mercy Hospital is when he was from 9-14 years old. He recalls the waste coming from the hospital would be in the water and that they would just push it to the side and swim on. He says when they were a bit older they would go swimming a bit further away using their friend’s messenger bikes as transport. Inniscarra near a cemetery was one such place that was very popular to swim in. Another spot was called Hell Hole by the Angler’s Rest (in Carrigrohane), infamous for how dangerous it was with currents. Liam recalls hearing that a number of people drowning at that spot. Liam describes again how they’d go swimming at the Mercy Hopsital. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.04.02 - 0.09.04 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The Lee Baths, the Pipe and the Weir He remembers going the Lee Baths when he was about 11. There was one place where it was 4.5 ft deep which was deep for them at the time. The Lee baths according to Liam were open air baths made of concrete with separate baths of different depths, with a diving board at one. These were built on the banks of the Lee to the rear of where the Kingsly Hotel is now (2017). They had different days for girls and boys to attend the baths when he was a child. They used to swim in ‘The Pipe’ (an area beside the Kinsgly where an underground pipe was just below the water) and in the weir just above the Kingsly which was very deep and you had to be a good swimmer for it. He says water comes over the weir continuously now. Just below the weir is where the Lee separates into the North and South channels according to Liam. He tells a story of how he was in an open air hot bath with a friend in the Kingsly Leisure Centre and looking out into the pipe and remarking if anyone had told him when he was a child that he’d be sitting in a hot bath looking into the Lee he would have laughed. [I’ve enclosed a picture in this file of the hot bath on top of the Kingsly Hotel and the view it provides for context] </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.09.04- 0.15.48 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Lee Fields, Games and the Lee Swim Liam recalls swimming in a place they called the sandy beach out by the Lee Fields on the side of the Corrighane (Straight) Road. He says that his parents wouldn’t have known where they were going most of the time. He remarks that in all the time he was swimming in the Lee in the 40s and 50s he never saw a girl swimming as well. He recalls the water being green it was so dirty out by the Mercy and that they’d have competitions to see who could dive in and swim under the water the furthest. They’d also swim from the Mercy, down under Vincent’s bridge, down to the North Gate Bridge [note: this bridge was replaced by the Griffith Bridge in 1961 but still referred to by many as the North Gate Bridge in 2017], climb up the steps on the North Mall side and run down the whole way to do it again. He tells us about the Lee Swim (or the Mile Swim) and how it was/is an annual event in June. The contestants would jump in by Wise’s bridge, just above Vincent’s bridge and swim down to below City Hall. Liam remembers various people who did the swim. He also recalls saying to his wife 7 or 8 years that he would try it himself as an adult but decided not to after hearing what was involved in applying </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.15.48 - 0.23.43 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Liam remembers sewage coming out of the Mercy hospital into the Lee and that lots of mullet would gather at that pipe. He says they would fish there and it was very easy to catch them. He also remembers some more professional fishermen who would wait on Vincents bridge for the salmon to come and that they’d catch one and head off. Liam and his friends would sell the mullet to a local chipper for a tuppence each. They’d also catch the occasional eel. He tells how they would catch the fish with no bait; by lowering a three pronged hook under the fish and yanking the line up. He speaks of the last time he swam in the Lee, 25 years ago down by Blackrock Castle but since the dam was built he reckons it would be too dangerous. Even still he sees youngsters swimming out there on a nice day. He remembers going to Youghal on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (29th of June) when he was s boy and no matter what the weather they would have to go swimming. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.23.43 - 0.31.01 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The Marshes Liam tells us about some of the history of Cork and how the old boundaries of the city were built by the Normans and that the areas outside those walls were referred to as the Western and Eastern Marshes. These were then claimed by the merchant princes though the areas were/are still colloquially known as The Marshes. Liam recalls living in a tenement house with his whole family on Henry Street. He remembers a house, 25 Henry Street (now called Abbey House in 2017), and that 10 families lived in that house in his time. He was very close to the Lee. He remarks that the city only started expanding in a big way in the 40s and 50s and names a number of communities that weren’t really in existence before then. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.31.01 - 0.42.32 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Nature, Industry + Ships Liam says that he used to have secret spots they called “planks” for the different things they’d pick up outside of the city i.e frogs, blackberries, holly. He remembers being told at school not to touch bird’s nests. He collected holly and ivy for Christmas and logs for bonfire night. Liam tells us that when he got married in 1961 he remembers a big flood in Henry Street but he doesn’t remember there being one in that area before that, although the city centre did flood frequently. He tells us about the many streets that are just rivers covered over and that ships used to come up many of those streets including Patrick’s Street in the 1400s. Liam tells us he remembers the Clontarf, Parliament and Brian Buru Bridges opening up and the ships going up onto Union Quay. Liam remembers Ford, Dunlop and Gouldings as businesses that employed thousands between them and laments that they are no longer in operation. He remembers that the river down by the old docks wasn’t as wide as it is now and being brought down to watch the ships with his father. He recalls going with his mother to the docks where his father worked and bringing stew or soup down to him. This is something many of the wives and daughters did according to Liam. Liam goes into some more history of the ships and bridges in Cork. Liam speaks of the Innisfallen ship where he went to a soccer match in Swansea. [This was likely the 3rd ship bearing this name which sailed from Penrose Quay to Fishguard every Mon, Wed and Fri from 1948]. He speaks of many who would go and get work in the Dagenham Ford. Liam says they were called the “Dagenham Yanks” because of the finery they would arrive back to Cork wearing. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.42.32 - 0.50.45 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Lee Wall, Liam’s Youth and Ideas for Today Liam tells us about the 3 dredgers that would come and clean the channel for the ships. He only recently (2017) submitted a suggestion to the “water crowd” [this is likely the Office of Public Works (OPW) in relation to the Lower Lee Floor Relief Scheme (FRS)]. He suggested dredging the riverbed so the water level would go down instead of building a wall which would obscure the river [the wall is part of a current plan to prevent flooding in the city area which there has been much controversy about]. He says he spent his whole youth between the Mardyke where they would play sports and the Lee Fields where they would swim. He speaks of Orchard Road and Jenning’s Wood (where in 2017 there is a car dealership) and how they would play various games in the wood. Liam says that he thinks there could be pleasure boats on the Lee and that they should open a maritime centre to take tourists out onto the river. Another idea he had which he told to a councillor was the cover over a part of the river opposite City Hall and have a big plaza there with seats and flowers etc. <h3 class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;background:#ffffff;">Liam recalls a regatta in Tivoli when he was younger. He also remembers a ferry down by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1irc_U%C3%AD_Chaoimh">Páirc Uí Chaoimh</a> in the 50s.</h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.50.45 - 1.00.57 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Fishing + More Swimming Locations + The Dam Liam recalls a number of fishing families that fished from the Lee and remembers one incident where 3 people died in an accident while fishing. People used to fish for salmon about as far as Blackrock Castle. He remembers the fishermen having a system for avoiding the bailiffs. He doesn’t remember any of them ever being arrested. Liam says that some of those fisherman served a dual purpose as they would know the currents in the river and be able to help find bodies if someone fell in and drowned. Liam lists off all the places he would go swimming including some he mentioned earlier in the interview. He recalls damming certain streams to make them deeper. He remembers that there were different gangs of boys from different areas. His gang was known as the 90s, but he remembers others like Broada (after Broad Street) and Grattana (presumably from Grattan Street). He recalls them all playing game against eachother. Liam remembers the dam coming in and gradually people stopping swimming in the Lee as much because of how dangerous it is. He remembers a life guard in the Baths (known as the Brown Bomber) but no such life guards anywhere else; this would have made swimming quite dangerous. He recalls that the dam also interfered with the fishing somehow and that lots of places flooded as well. He says the Gearagh in Macroom is one such place. Liam says that for him the Lee ended at Blackrock Castle. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 1.00.57 - 1.13.38 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Memories + Hopes for the Future + The Maltings Liam says when he hears the song “The Banks of my Own Lovely Lee” that he gets very emotional because it references many things he would have done in his childhood. He says he would have heard it for the first time when he was 15 at a Munster final match. He says he doesn’t think that the youngsters nowadays would relate to it at all. Liam says he thinks the Lee should be more utilised. He recalls reading in the paper that someone was planning to have a boat moored on the Lee that people could rent rooms in to stay the night. Liam says that barges would go up the Lee at high tide and stop above these wooden planks (which are still visible) so that when the tide went out they would be resting on those planks. He remembers seeing barley and the like being unloaded for the maltings. He remembers walking to St. Josephs’s school when he was younger and on the way looking into the maltings watching the men turning the barley with shovels. Liam remarks at how the current generation have everything at their fingertips in terms of information. Restricted content: 1.12.55 - 1.13.38 </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 1.13.38 - 1.20.39 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Liam speaks of various photographs he’s received over the years in relation to the Lee. He says that we have a lot to be thankful for from the British i.e the quay walls, although some are in a “bad state”. He remarks at how difficult it must have been to construct things like that in those times. He also says that it’s impressive that people got on so well in those days with so little. He remembers the floods in 2009 down by the Mercy Hospital and says something has to be done to prevent further damage. Liam’s only problem with the proposed walls is the height of them. He remembers the Mardyke and its beauty before there was traffic and before the elm trees had been cut down. Liam sings a few bars of “The Banks of my Own Lovely Lee”. Interview ends. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Liam Ó hUigín: The River Lee Subject The topic of the resource Liam OhUigín tells us about his childhood and how it relates to the River Lee. He tells us of all the areas he used to swim in along the river as well as events and some of the history of the river. Liam also discusses the potential future of the Lee including the proposed works [2017] to increase the height of the quay walls. Description An account of the resource Liam speaks of being born in Henry Street and that the River Lee flowed through his parish. He remembers learning how to swim just outside where the Mercy Hospital is. He says when they were a bit older they would go swimming a bit further away using their friend’s messenger bikes as transport. Inniscarra near a cemetery was one such place that was very popular to swim in. Another spot was called Hell Hole by the Angler’s Rest. He recalls the water being green it was so dirty out by the Mercy and that they’d have competitions to see who could dive in and swim under the water the furthest. They’d also swim from the Mercy, down under Vincent’s bridge, down to the North Gate Bridge. He tells us about the Lee Swim (or the Mile Swim) and how it was/is an annual event in June. The contestants would jump in by Wise’s bridge, just above Vincent’s bridge and swim down to below City Hall. Liam remembers sewage coming out of the Mercy hospital into the Lee and that lots of mullet would gather at that pipe. He says they would fish there and it was very easy to catch them. He also remembers some more professional fishermen who would wait on Vincents bridge for the salmon to come and that they’d catch one and head off. Liam and his friends would sell the mullet to a local chipper for a tuppence each. They’d also catch the occasional eel. He remembers going to Youghal on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (29th of June) when he was s boy and no matter what the weather they would have to go swimming. Liam tells us about some of the history of Cork and how the old boundaries of the city were built by the Normans and that the areas outside those walls were referred to as the Western and Eastern Marshes. These were then claimed by the merchant princes though the areas were/are still colloquially known as The Marshes. Liam recalls living in a tenement house with his whole family on Henry Street. He remembers a house, 25 Henry Street (now called Abbey House in 2017), and that 10 families lived in that house in his time. He was very close to the Lee. He remarks that the city only started expanding in a big way in the 40s and 50s and names a number of communities that weren’t really in existence before then. Liam remembers Ford, Dunlop and Gouldings as businesses that employed thousands between them and laments that they are no longer in operation. Liam speaks of the Innisfallen ship which sailed from Penrose Quay to Fishguard every Mon, Wed and Fri from 1948]. He speaks of many who would go and get work in the Dagenham Ford. Liam says they were called the “Dagenham Yanks” because of the finery they would arrive back to Cork wearing. Liam tells us about the 3 dredgers that would come and clean the channel for the ships. Liam recalls a regatta in Tivoli when he was younger. He also remembers a ferry down by Páirc Uí Chaoimh in the 50s. Liam sings a few bars of “The Banks of my Own Lovely Lee” Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09 August 2017 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Liam Ó hUigín Interviewer: Kieran Murphy Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00630_ohuigin_2017 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; River Lee; 1940s-2010s Relation A related resource Other Interviews with Liam in the CFP Archive <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/134" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00422_OhUigin_2012</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00439_OhUigin_2011</a>; <a href="https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_OhUigin_2015</a>; <a href="https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/248" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00727_OhUigin_2019</a>; Other Interviews in this collection: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/81" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00636_spalding_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/82" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00637_oduinnin_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/83" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00641_tanner_2017</a>. 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Title A name given to the resource The Ballyphehane Oral History Project Subject The topic of the resource Life history interviews with the inhabitants of the Cork City suburb of Ballyphehane about life in the area pre and post city corporation development. Description An account of the resource In June 2016 Contact was made by the<a href="https://19162016committee.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Ballyphehane 1916 Centenary Commemoration Committee</a> with the Cork Folklore Project to establish an oral history project to coincide with the events in Ballyphehane marking the centenary commemoration of the 1916 rising. The goal was to collect the memories of the residents and have a night in the community centre where these interviews would be played for the community. Ballyphehane is a suburb in the Southside of the city between Turners Cross and Togher. It was built between the 1940s and 1960s and inhabited by families rehoused from the city centre, much like Gurranabraher and Knocknaheeny in the north side. The significance of the 1916 rising to Ballyphehane is that the streets are named after the leaders of the rising. It was decided that CFP researcher and Ballyphehane resident, James Furey, would head up the project and assist volunteers in technical training and interview techniques: all interviews were carried out under the auspices of the the CFP. This interviewing project is ongoing, and there have been a number of community listening events in 2017 and 2018. Interviews have been carried out by CFP staff James Furey and David McCarthy, and by Ballyphehane resident Arnie O'Connell. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 and ongoing Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Hilary Lyons; Arthur Walker Snr; John Chute; Marie McAllen (with contribution from Liam Ohúigín); Elizabeth 'Lizzie' O'Sullivan; Tom Falvey; Kieran Edwards & Noreen Crowley Interviewers: James Furey; Arnie O'Connell; David McCarthy; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/72" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00586_lyons_2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/73" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00587_walker2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/76" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00592_chute_2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/77" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00617_mcallen_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/79" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00643_osullivan_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/80" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00665_falvey_2018</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/84" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00672_EdwardsCrowley_2018</a>: Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ethnographic interviews carried out with inhabitants of Ballyphehane detailing their lives pre and post corporation development (ca. 1930s to 2018). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 7.wav Files Relation A related resource Furey, Jamie (2018) ‘Boxcars, broken glass and backers: A Glimpse at the Ballyphehane Oral History Project’, The Archive 21: 24-25. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Archive21-WebEdition-1.pdf">http://corkfolklore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Archive21-WebEdition-1.pdf</a> Listening Events Library Lane Café Listening Event by <a href="https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/search?query=jamie+furey&query_type=keyword&record_types%5B%5D=Item&record_types%5B%5D=Collection&submit_search=Search" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Furey</a> and <a href="https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=2&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Kieran+Murphy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kieran Murphy</a> 15th June 2017 Tory Top Library Listening Event by <a href="https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/search?query=jamie+furey&query_type=keyword&record_types%5B%5D=Item&record_types%5B%5D=Collection&submit_search=Search" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Furey</a> Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview James Furey Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Arthur Walker Sr Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 65m57s Location The location of the interview Ballyphehane, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com AW: But, ‘twas there it all started. The apples, and my going down to Friar’s Walk and finally Ballyphehane and going into Paddy O’Halloran’s orchard. That’s where the church is now and the school above it, then. They built the school eventually. After building the church, then, the building of the church, there was no one that I knew around that time working on houses and friends that we knew very well and a lot of people then that got work, got houses in Ballyphehane, down the lower end, they were getting work above in the building of the church, like, it gave great work to locals and no outsiders, ‘twas all local direct labour in Ballyphehane. After that, then, it progressed, the church was packed, packed, packed and the Corporation, there was two priests arrived, and they had no house, so the corner of Joe Murphy Road in Friar’s Walk, there was two houses hadn’t been given out yet to any family or anything and they gave the priests one each, one of the houses and they lived there for years, and eventually they built four houses, eventually, we ended up with five priests, years after, we had so many priests that time, and they were all good men. They built four houses then, on the grounds of the church, there alongside of it there below. That was the beginning of it, then. And then, after that, things were picking up with the building of the roads in Ballyphehane, so to me, the greatest thing of all, there was a meeting called for everyone in the parish, and the churches used be packed that time, they were starting a credit union. ‘Twas the first in Cork. Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.00.00 - 0.07.30 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Early Life: Evergreen Street. 3 brother and 3 sisters. Father worked in England. Mother was an invalid. The house had 1 little room. Bad conditions, no work in Cork. Would only see father once a year or once every second year. Telegram boy would come with wages every now and then. Eldest sister looked after them. No room for 2 eldest siblings in the house. Mattress on the floor. Remembers the talk of his eldest siblings and cousin from Turners cross deciding to emigrate to England. The travelled on the InnisFallon. They were 17 or 18, embarrassed to bring friends back to the house. Arthur thinks that this may have been the deciding factor to leave. The Grandmother lived next door, she knitted down quilts from peoples woollen jumpers and sold them to her neighbours. She also sold apples from a barrel from her front window to the school children for a penny. The apples came from an orchard on the end of Friars Walk were Ballyphehane church is now. It was Arthur’s job on the weekend to go and collect the apples. He often cried, had a boxcar with 2 pram wheels, he would go all the way to the orchard, half way down Friars walk where the Marian Pharmacy is now was a was 4 cottages and a water pump with a cup attached where Arthur used to stop to get refreshed. Where the orchard was there was also a farm house belong to Paddy Halloran with a big country yard with a lot of fowl. Get the bag of apples from him, wouldn’t get back home till 8 in the evening. He used to give Arthur an apple on the sly. The corporation decided to build up Ballyphehane, so he had to sell his land to the corporation, and opened the Bull McCabe pub on the Kinsale Road, his son had it after him. The collecting of the apples was Arthur’s first experience of Ballyphehane. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.07.31 - 0.09.01 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The building of Ballyphehane: there was no building work at the time, so those who had been moved out here were given work on the church, all local direct labour. The church used to be packed with parishioners. 2 priests were assigned to the area, they were firstly given corporation houses on the corner of Joe Murphy road and Friars walk, eventually they built four house at the rear of the church. The parish ended up with 5 priests, ‘all good men’. After that thing were picking up with the building of the roads in Ballyphehane. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.09.02 - 0.14.40 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The Credit Union: was the greatest thing that happened. Ballyphehane was the first Credit union in Cork, could have been the first in the country (First outside Dublin). Meeting called in the school hall about setting it up. Bishop Lucey had been in America and had met people there that told him about the credit union movement which had begun in Germany. The New Cannon in the church, Cannon Henchy was told by Bishop that it would be a good idea to set up a credit union in the area to bring people together. Great interest from the beginning, a few men volunteered to take it on, and it grew. Due to the speed at which Ballyphehane was built, the houses got dishevelled quite quickly, with doors off hinges etc. The Corporation had a repair unit on Friars walk in a tin shed, that is still there (the pipe band is there now) and can’t be moved with out permission, it was originally a part of a market garden. The corporation weren’t very reliable when it came to repairs. The credit union filled this void and enabled the locals to afford to maintain their house. At first the credit union was based out of the church. Arthur volunteered on Saturday with the Children’s bank. It picked up with everybody saving locally. To buy a mattress or anything one would have to go to Sean Jennings on grand parade where the park is now, you would be paying off for one item but when that was nearly paid off they would get you to buy something else and people would get further into debt. The credit union made these purchases easier and more affordable. In Arthur’s case, he was able to get a loan to build some garden walls at the back of his house, eventually he was able to buy a car for £80, which was an awful lot of money, couldn’t have afforded it without the assistance of the credit union. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.14.40 - 0.17.07 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The Car: in question was a Morris Minor which had to fit a family of seven and whoever else was tagging along. The car opened up things to the family, they would go to red strand or Youghal every Sunday. One Sunday a friend of his daughter Pat’s was with them on a trip, he was teaching Pat to drive, got to Bandon and she wouldn’t drive through the town, so they swapped seats Arthur drove through the town and swapped back again after the town, on the way home same thing happened again but this time there was a hitchhiker on the road, while they were swapping seats the hitchhiker thought they had stopped for them and sat in the seat ‘Jesus, you’ve a big crowd in here’ he said, Arthur had to explain what was going on and the hitchhiker didn’t take to kindly to being removed from the car. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.17.08 - 0.18.53 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The Credit union Cont.: progress was made through the credit union, the council was always putting you on the longer finger, so you’d go to the credit union for money and get a local to the job in the house. Back door, windows, today he says he wouldn’t have anything if it weren’t for the credit union. The council owe them a big honour, the beauty of Ballyphehane house and upkeep of gardens is due to the CU, and the CU gets little recognition for this. Footballers and hurlers and anyone gets honoured by the council but not the CU. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.18.54 - 0.21.20 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> FR Matthew, the Graveyard and the GAA: They started a hurling club called the Fr Matthews due to him being buried in St Joseph’s cemetery. His grave was a famous site where people would go for cure, they would do rounds of his grave in hope to cure cancer. The comedian Ignatius Commerford lived across the road from Arthur and he used to do rounds of the grave every morning after he had a stroke, trying to get his speech back. Back to the GAA club, the locals weren’t happy with name, so called a meeting in turners cross school and had a vote, which passed the name Ballyphehane Hurling and Football club. They set up street leagues for the young fellas under 12, each street had its own teams which competed against each other. They played first at Tory Top park. Casement Soccer club then set up street leagues too </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.21.20 - 0.23.11 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The Battle of Ballyphehane: One Sunday the GAA club and the Soccer team’s finals clashed. Both were to be played at Tory Top park. It was known as the battle of Ballyphehane. The men on Connolly Road were setting up soccer goal post and men on the other side were putting up the Hurling goal post, there was children and the Sinn Féin pipe band waiting to play, the nest thing they men started arguing ‘ye can play after’ and Paddy Mahoney took off his coat and shirt, they had to call the priest to settle the matter, Fr Fitzgerald came up told one group to play next week and the other to play the following week and the final should be played on these days for every year. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.23.11 - 0.25.12 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Neville’s Lane at the side of the Marian Pharmacy, the side gate to the park used to be a massive house belonging to the Neville family. They gave the pitch to the children. We used to take a picnic to the cemetery on Sundays and look at the grave, nothing else to do, no TV or radio, you’d have go through that lane way, no Derrynane road at the time no Doyle’s road to Connolly road. Connolly road was just stones and earth. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.25.13 - 0.33.08 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Getting the house in Ballyphehane: you needed a contact to get a house in the area, ‘you’d have to know the Lord Mayor’, ‘some councillor had pull’ Dino was a fierce man in those days’. Arthur had to go to the tinny shed with the form and house would be given out the following week. Was told to pick a house on Joe Murphy Road and come back and tell them. Picked No. 52 because the sun was shining in the back garden. Got the key the following Monday. The road was not yet finished, no fences and earth and rubble everywhere. There a lot of families worse off, Arthur by then had a job in Murphy’s Bacon Factory on evergreen road (a job he kept for 33years). The Walkers were the first to move in the road, in 1957. He had been living in a flat in Washington street, above the Washington inn looking over the roof of the court house. MacDonald’s from Bishopstown owned the pub. After he got married he had nowhere to go, a fella told him to go to Oliver Plunket street and see John Mcasey (pub by the market) he gave him a small flat as a stopgap. They were in a 1 room attic sweatbox, 4-5 flights of stairs. His sister was home, her brother -in-law was a housing officer in the city hall. They were out for a drink and a chatted about family and Arthurs situation came up, the brother in law came to assess the flat, he discovered that the Jim Barry’s (boxer and cork hurling coach) tailor was on a lower floor and had four men working and one toilet which Arthur had to share with them. He said that’s illegal, later got the call from the council and got the bungalow on Joe murphy road. Very happy on Joe Murphy road. ‘I’d go back there today’ lived there for nearly 10 years. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.33.09 - 0.36.03 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> Collecting the church dues: Fr Fitzgerald called to the houses chatting to people and tell of the churches debt. He appointed Arthur and his neighbour Timmy Cooney to call to the house on their road very Sunday to collect a shilling from each and mark it in a jotter, and return the money to the sacristy. Some would pay, others would skip it. Cooney used say ‘don’t go in there now, the young fella will come out and he’ll say ‘me mam said she’s gone out’’ did that for years. Was then roped in to the credit union, for the children’s bank on Saturday mornings from 10 to 12. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.36.04 - 0.42.46 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The move to Nuns Walk: He was told that his family was too big for the house on Joe Murphy road and that he would have to move to Togher. He had 5 kids at this stage. They were all upset. No reasonable time to leave. Told a chap in the credit union and he said ‘I’ll be leaving my house on nuns walk shortly, I’ll have a word with the Fr Fitzgerald’ (he had great pull, he was known as Lord Fitzgerald, he inherited Fitzgerald Park and the Cork cricket grounds and Fitzgerald’s place by the south infirmary.) Fr Fitzgerald got on to Jimmy Dineen the housing officer who was also a founding member of the credit union and he helped out again and got Arthur and his family into the house on Nuns walk. Got the house but was to tell no one because there was loads of interest in houses at the time, but he got it through his volunteering with the church and the credit union. The previous owner used to do shoe repairs in the house. He had worked for Hanover Shoe company where the dole office is now on Clarkes bridge, that closed down and himself and a fella named Jack Dwyer (the sunbeam dywers) decided to rent the store on Pouladuff road (ucc use it now). He was exporting boxes of shoes to Italy, in the end he wasn’t getting anything back, found out that they were going to a false address, and he lost all the whole business. He then started a repair shop here in the house. So there was smell of leather in the house from him. His wife used to give out about it, so he rent a shop on Peasre square, later he packed it in, the wife said he was over worked. He moved from here to where SuperValu is on the Togher Road. Only Fr Fitzgerald, jimmy Dineen and Arthur knew of the move. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.42.46 - 0.47.50 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The buses in Ballyphehane 1960s: they came up as far as the church, turned up friars walk and turned by the tinny shed and go around the corner, that house had massive trees. Arthur describes trees of Ballyphehane which re-date the suburb being built. The Carroll’s had a house over by where the harp bar is and got to pick a house wherever they wanted in the area and moved to Connolly road. The big weeping willows on Derrynane road (recently cut down), the bus would turn there, the conductor would sit on the wall and have a smoke or go to the toilet, and the driver and the school kids would be waiting for the conductor, the young fellas would hit the bell and the driver would head off without the conductor, and more fella would get on and hit the bell again, the conductor would be running after and the driver would have to turn back to get the conductor. The trees at lynches (Katheleen Lynch the TD, her family fierce Sinn Féin man and a Bowl player, Dinny) house were older than Ballyphehane. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.47.51 - 0.49.30 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The first shop in Ballyphehane: was down Kilreendowney avenue was owned by the Carrol family. Used stay open late, people used to get milk and cigarettes. A work colleague of Arthur’s, Sammy Forde married one of the Carroll’s daughters, and the family gave her a gift of what is now Fordes shop on Pearse road. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.49.31 - 0.53.42 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The Club House? Tory Top park The Club house? Could be Neville’s house in the park, people did have meetings there, but it got vandalised. Or it could be the Club house on the corner of ST Patrick’s road, Deer park, across the road from the shop, was Nemo Rangers first club house. There was a public toilet in Ballyphehane park. In the side gate off Neville’s lane, behind where the goals would be there was a square red bricked house and it was a gent’s toilet. ? Arthur Jnr has no recollection of these, must be early 1960s. 2 characters used to work with Arthur, Connie Bennett (Joe Murphy Road) and Tommy Kelleher (pauladuff Road) fierce for the drink, they could end up anywhere. They were coming home late one night from Mountain bar on Evergreen Road, everyone used the park as shortcut, the lads were going through the park and Tommy was bursting for the toilet, rushed over to the gents and tommy went in and ran out quickly shouting with his pants down round his knees, he had walked in on a young couple embracing. Connie told all of Cork about it. The Bandstand used to have a band every second Sunday, great place for the kids. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 0.53.43 - 1.01.23 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> The Explosion at the republican plot in St Finbarr’s Cemetery: The monument. Timmy Cooney said that they should go out to the cemetery on Glasheen road to see de Valera unveil a plaque to the old IRA, there will be a band at 3pm. The night before there was an explosion out there. You could hear it all around. Some Sinn Féin guy’s had set a bomb at the monument to get de Valera. They had been at a dance in the Tomas Ashe hall (Sinn Féin hall) on Fr Matthew quay. Mick Collins from Evergreen Road, Madden from Upper Fr Matthew Road, and a young fella Swanton, from Blackrock. Arthur knew them, had worked in some capacity with Swanton and was quite friendly with him. They decide to have a smoke before they left the plot. Whatever happened, the bomb went off, three of them went up, one of Madden’s arms was found a distance away, he is still alive on turners Cross. Collins ran off to England. Swanton died in the blast. Timer on the bomb set wrong. This had a fructuous effect on the IRA in the city and led to factions being set up. Sinn Féin members who attended the funeral was expelled from the party. Arthur attended the Funeral. Swanton worked for Sisk and used to do lot of jobs in the Bacon Factory. Mr Mulcahy: form Nuns walk, took park in the boarder Campaign in the late 1950s early 1960s in the North. He was arrested in an ambush where Séan South killed. (He roped Barry Doyle into Sinn Fein). He was arrested and jailed for 12 years, wouldn’t sign out or let the family visit. Fr Fitzgerald visited him. He died and they buried in St Finbarr’s, Guards and army presence to stop the gun salute from happening. But later in the school playing field in Ballyphehane they did the gun salute, even though unmarked cars were monitoring the area. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0.19cm;"> 1.01.24 - 1.05.57 </td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000;padding:0cm 0.19cm;"> What Ballyphehane means to Arthur: The greatest thing ever. It gave him a place to live and to enjoy. Never met so many great people anywhere. Wouldn’t live anywhere else, the most pleasant place. It used to all bog land, used to pick blackberries, there used to be a train line, he was on the last train to Courtmacsherry 1963. Used to pick birds nest. Would walk out to the viaduct, he was there for the lofting of the bowl by the German on the ramp. It was done it with a 16 inch bowl, the normal weight is 28. The German did it with the 16inch while Mick Barry did it with the 28. They had a ramp to help get extra height. Murphy’s brewery gave him £1000 pounds to do it. The bishop said that Barry’s bowl only actually went through a gap and didn’t really scale it. INTERVIEW ENDS </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Arthur Walker Snr: Evergreen Road, Ballyphehane Subject The topic of the resource Life History: Evergreen Road, Ballyphehane, Childhood, Poverty, Emigration Description An account of the resource Arthur tells of his early life on Evergreen road and the move to Ballyphehane in the 1950s Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 13 September 2016 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Arthur Walker Snr Interviewer: James Furey Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00587_walker_2016 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; Ballyphehane; Evergreen Road; 1950s - 2000s Relation A related resource <div class="element-text"><a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/72" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00586_lyons_2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/73" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00587_walker2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/76" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00592_chute_2016</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/77" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00617_mcallen_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/79" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00643_osullivan_2017</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/80" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00665_falvey_2018</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/84" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00672_EdwardsCrowley_2018</a>:</div> <div class="element-text"> Furey, Jamie (2012) ‘Boxcars, broken glass and backers: A Glimpse at the Ballyphehane Oral History Project’, The Archive 21: 24-25. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Archive21-WebEdition-1.pdf">http://corkfolklore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Archive21-WebEdition-1.pdf</a></div> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .wav Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Arthur Walker Snr Ballyphehane Ballyphehane Oral History Project Ballyphehane Pipe Band Bandon Battle of Ballyphehane Bishop Cornelius Lucey Bull McCabe Pub Canon Henchy Credit Union Eamon de Valera Emigration England Evergreen Street Fr Theobald Matthew Hanover Shoe Company Innisfallen Neville’s Lane Nuns Walk Sean Jennings Sinn Fein St Finbarr’s Cemetery Youghal https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/0c0040f7e871cf21054372108b6599b6.JPG 277b3a38608d11e5aba1b49b2cb4f07b https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/92b71f298d7f7273e7e57abec481ab5d.mp3 77218cacd8741e8ba516059e7057c50a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cork’s Main Streets Collection Subject The topic of the resource Cork city's North and South main Streets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Erin O'Brien; Rosarii Comber; John O'Leary; Liam Ohiugin; Tom Spalding; Noreen Hanover; Michael Creedon; Patrick Leader; Interviewers: Aisling Byron; Tara Arpaia; Dermot Casey; Stephen Dee; Margaret Steele; Mark Wilkins; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork City's North and South Main Streets. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8 .wav files Description An account of the resource This collection of eight interviews concentrates on Cork City’s historic spine, North and South Main Streets. These streets link the island of the city centre with the North and South Sides of the city. They form a shopping and business area, which has also served a residential purpose down through the years. Although our broader collection contains much description of and stories from the area, these interviews (carried out between January and March 2015 and totalling 4 hours 28 minutes in duration) focus specifically on the streets, their past and their future. Interviewees include residents of the streets and their environs and those who work and have worked there, and the interviews encompass memories of the area from the 1940s onwards, descriptions of change in the area, and reflection on the area’s future. Interviews were carried out with local residents, one of whom is a local historian, representatives of three multi-generational family businesses (Leader’s clothing, the North Gate Pharmacy and Bradley’s Off-licence), a South Main Street resident and city planner, a cityscape historian, and a promoter who was particularly active in organising events in the nightclub Sir Henry’s in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Take a stroll down these streets using the interactive website developed by Penny Johnston: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org</a> Cork Civic Trust supported this interviewing project. Relation A related resource Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a> Other Material Realating to Cork's Main Streets: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/62">CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012</a>: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Aisling Byron Stephen Dee Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Michael Creedon Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 21 mins 45 sec Location The location of the interview North Main Street, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com MC: We always kind of saw the shop as been another member of the family, I mean we’d be together at Christmas, small family that we were, you’d nearly ask about the shop as if well hows the shop and if the shop was okay, we were all okay, it was like that so, the shop was doing fine so it was a bit like that. Maybe one of my earliest memories myself was there was a fire here one time, it was actually on a bonfire night and they used to light bonfires down the side lanes here and there was I suppose maybe I was I dunno five at the time, if I was about that it was about forty years ago and bizarrely we had firelighters stored inside the door at that time, I’m not sure the insurance company ever believed that was a total coincidence but em, my memory of the time was because we had to sell off a lot of the stock and I just remember as a child been very excited about that and dealing with the flour because it was kind of fire damaged and all the ladies coming in to get the cheap flour because they could do their baking because it was been sold off so cheap and I just remember that. But then I suppose on and off during the years just by the nature of it and been a small family we would have come in and out of it. I suppose I came in myself full time in my early twenties so that’s over twenty years ago, now I was actually working in the bank for a little while but I suppose it was always kind of nearly my destiny not that it had ever been forced upon us really in fairness but it always seemed pre-destined. I was the youngest, my sister had gone on to law, my brother was an architect and it, I suppose it was me or nobody. AB: Yeah I was going to ask you that! MC: I didn’t feel an undue pressure but it just evolved into that and I suppose knowing my brother and sister, which you don’t, I was the most suited to it as well in terms of, well I like the interaction of the day to day dealing with people and all that sort of thing so it suited me in that sense you know and em, I suppose then we had to start moving in a different direction because of the, how things changed in terms of retail and how people shop and all that. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Michael Creedon: Bradley's Subject The topic of the resource North Main Street, Cork Description An account of the resource Michael Creedon relates some of the history pertaining to Bradley's, a 4th generation shop established in 1850 on North Main Street. He discusses the changes that have taken place during that time in the area and the importance of supporting local businesses to keep the character of Cork City local. Bradley’s off-licence and footsore, on North Main Street, was established in 1850 and is currently in the 4th generation of family ownership. Michael Creedon, current owner of Bradley's, discusses the history of the shop within the family dating back to his grandfather (the third generation back from him) and the changing character of the street as well as Cork City over time. He states that the shop started out pasteurizing and selling milk and would have had two other locations on Shear Street and Douglas Street. His grandfather (Michael) and his great-uncle (Frank) worked together in the business before it passed to his uncle who first introduced the notion of the business as a food shop as well. From there Michael discusses his own memories as a child and the close relationship his family had with the shop, including enquiring after the shop at Christmas almost as one would a person. He relates a memory, at the approximate age of five, wherein they kept fire lighters within the door of their shop on bonfire night. He states there would have been no pressure from the family to take on the direction of the shop but that, among his siblings, he was the most suited for it. Finally, the conversation moves on to his own perception of North Main Street and Cork City over time. Michael expresses his regrets that the localised nature of the city is diminishing in favour of large shopping centres, citing the construction of the pedestrian bridge from Popes Quay to Cornmarket Street as well as free parking in other locations in the city as drawing away foot traffic from local businesses. He states that because he is a small business, he makes an effort to support other small businesses in the products that he offers for sale and emphasises that people who care for Cork should support Cork and appreciate the historic quarter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04 March 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Michael Creedon Interviewers: Aisling Byron, Stephen Dee Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1800s - 2000s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; <div class="element-text">Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a></div> <div class="element-text"> Other Material Relating to Cork's Main Streets: CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with the former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains an in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty.</div> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 1800s 1850s 1900s Bonfire Night Bradley’s Business Dairy Farmhouse Bakery Food Ice Cream Kilgrews Kings Jewellers Lions (Rugby) Michael Creedon North Main Street Rugby St Francis Church https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/f6f11a899cb3b7aab1ac55ff722ac5d8.JPG b2370f2a65eb59f2052c968a1d374477 https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/cc76b2377651b6b0e72ae454707a30ae.mp3 be7cc7905ce8fbaa7b3a2104d9b6e4f3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cork’s Main Streets Collection Subject The topic of the resource Cork city's North and South main Streets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Erin O'Brien; Rosarii Comber; John O'Leary; Liam Ohiugin; Tom Spalding; Noreen Hanover; Michael Creedon; Patrick Leader; Interviewers: Aisling Byron; Tara Arpaia; Dermot Casey; Stephen Dee; Margaret Steele; Mark Wilkins; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork City's North and South Main Streets. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8 .wav files Description An account of the resource This collection of eight interviews concentrates on Cork City’s historic spine, North and South Main Streets. These streets link the island of the city centre with the North and South Sides of the city. They form a shopping and business area, which has also served a residential purpose down through the years. Although our broader collection contains much description of and stories from the area, these interviews (carried out between January and March 2015 and totalling 4 hours 28 minutes in duration) focus specifically on the streets, their past and their future. Interviewees include residents of the streets and their environs and those who work and have worked there, and the interviews encompass memories of the area from the 1940s onwards, descriptions of change in the area, and reflection on the area’s future. Interviews were carried out with local residents, one of whom is a local historian, representatives of three multi-generational family businesses (Leader’s clothing, the North Gate Pharmacy and Bradley’s Off-licence), a South Main Street resident and city planner, a cityscape historian, and a promoter who was particularly active in organising events in the nightclub Sir Henry’s in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Take a stroll down these streets using the interactive website developed by Penny Johnston: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org</a> Cork Civic Trust supported this interviewing project. Relation A related resource Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a> Other Material Realating to Cork's Main Streets: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/62">CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012</a>: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Aisling Byron Tara Walsh Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Patrick Leader Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 24 mins 21 secs Location The location of the interview Leaders, North Main Street Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com PL: Earliest memories of the shop is that we had a long timber counter. Eh the timber counter was where we used have everything from workwear stored underneath it, an’ we used have the denim jeans behind it eh would – ‘cos we’re a traditional menswear store. The wooden counter would be have oh originally came from a company called Dowdans, em the counter had a – had a brass measuring tape, eh the counter has since disappeared since we changed the shop around. Also the earliest memory of the shop would be that we had a large eh area where there was your shop and then a large area of storage. Tradition was in those days that if you had an empty space you filled it with stock, it wasn’t whether you needed it or not, but it was almost a crime to have an empty room. AB: Ok. An’ would there have been, like in lots of hardware shops that I would remember with my – my Dad, where there was a long counter, that there was a lot more staff em or d’you know. PL: You had a lot more people in the street back in those days AB: Yeah PL: You had a lot more staff as well because there were a lot more – it’s a busi – it was a busier area, then before the shopping centres didn’t exist, an’ people then for – had – therefore had to come to city centre. AB: Yeah PL: Eh you also had eh difference in the street layout because you had traffic being 2 way as opposed to 1 way like it is today AB: Really PL: An’ you had parking on both sides of the street AB: Oh right, so was it much wider or? PL: It was wider because the footpaths were narrower AB: That’s what I was gonna ask, yeah, em I never – I don’t remember it being 2 way, it’s hard to imagine North Main Street now being – being 2 way PL: Yeah AB: And em, what was the other thing that occurred to me there a moment ago, oh yeah the counter that you said, was that made in Cork or was it made in Ireland, or the company? PL: Eh it was made from 1 piece of timber, which was quite unusual AB: Wow. An’ did you keep it? PL: We didn’t, it’s a guy called eh Leo Lenihan AB: Oh yeah PL: Curran’s Restaurant, he took the counter an’ he made it into 2 different pieces, an’ he has used that in different parts of his own ventures. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Patrick Leader: Leader's Menswear Subject The topic of the resource North Main Street, Cork Description An account of the resource Patrick Leader gives the history of Leader’s shop on North Main Street. He discusses the ups and downs of North Main Street over generations and provides his views on challenges facing the street during the recession. He talks about local characters and running a multi-generational family business on North Main Street. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10 February 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Patrick Leader Interviewer: Aisling Byron, Tara Walsh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00545_leader_2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1950s-2000s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; <div class="element-text">Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a></div> <div class="element-text"> Other Material Relating to Cork's Main Streets: CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with the former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains an in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty.</div> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Bradley’s Clothing Cornmarket Street Curran’s (Adelaide Street) Fashion Leaders Clothing Shop North Main Street Patrick Leader Patrick’s Street Rationing St Francis Church https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/84b2081a70d597d336bb5cc4b9762787.JPG 3ec8727432545bb34d5fe5f67bf5f05a https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/2169771390e48d1a6d1dfc17c27bdc4b.mp3 c61c2bbdfb64be136e33bdb8f91d34a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cork’s Main Streets Collection Subject The topic of the resource Cork city's North and South main Streets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Erin O'Brien; Rosarii Comber; John O'Leary; Liam Ohiugin; Tom Spalding; Noreen Hanover; Michael Creedon; Patrick Leader; Interviewers: Aisling Byron; Tara Arpaia; Dermot Casey; Stephen Dee; Margaret Steele; Mark Wilkins; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork City's North and South Main Streets. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8 .wav files Description An account of the resource This collection of eight interviews concentrates on Cork City’s historic spine, North and South Main Streets. These streets link the island of the city centre with the North and South Sides of the city. They form a shopping and business area, which has also served a residential purpose down through the years. Although our broader collection contains much description of and stories from the area, these interviews (carried out between January and March 2015 and totalling 4 hours 28 minutes in duration) focus specifically on the streets, their past and their future. Interviewees include residents of the streets and their environs and those who work and have worked there, and the interviews encompass memories of the area from the 1940s onwards, descriptions of change in the area, and reflection on the area’s future. Interviews were carried out with local residents, one of whom is a local historian, representatives of three multi-generational family businesses (Leader’s clothing, the North Gate Pharmacy and Bradley’s Off-licence), a South Main Street resident and city planner, a cityscape historian, and a promoter who was particularly active in organising events in the nightclub Sir Henry’s in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Take a stroll down these streets using the interactive website developed by Penny Johnston: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org</a> Cork Civic Trust supported this interviewing project. Relation A related resource Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a> Other Material Realating to Cork's Main Streets: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/62">CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012</a>: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Dermot Casey Tara Walsh Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Rosarii Comber Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 24 mins 21 secs Location The location of the interview 12 (North Gate Chemist) North Main Street Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com RC: It is just the idea that I will go in in the mornings to Bradley’s to get my newspapers and Pat behind the counter will know my order and have it ready and we’ll have a bit of banter. Basically she’s the sunshine and I’m the rain person so we congratulate each other depending on the weather every morning. We can go into Molloy’s and Caroline knows the exact shoes my mother likes and doesn’t like. I’ve got the boys in Super Macs on Gold Star Competition. If they can remember what’s my order on Friday and Saturday they’ll get a Gold Star not to mix it up. I can go up to the cinema in two minutes. TW: Less than two minutes. RC: And Will knows my order, the Manager. It’s just the fact that everything is so convenient. I lived in Manchester while doing my degree. I had been in UCC. You know when you had a twenty minute break you might go into the library and do a bit of reading and in Manchester it would have taken you twenty minutes to go from your lecture to the library. It’s the idea that everything was so far away from each other. Having said that I always thought that Manchester was very like Cork. The idea that it thought it should be the capital city, not those upstarts down south in London. Even though it might not have fantastic features or architecture, it still had people and the people were very accommodating whereas in London, you know what it’s like in London. TW: Like Patrick Street, generic. RC: Yes. DC: Yeah. RC: You don’t make eye contact and you don’t talk whereas in Manchester you could nod at a person and there’d be no hassle. They wouldn’t be wondering were you trying to mug them or something so. DC: There’s loads of Irish over there as well in Manchester. RC: There is a strong community but, bizarrely enough, even though my landlady was Irish I never actually engaged with them. I was coming from having done four years in UCC to do the pharmacy degree in Manchester so I felt I was a little bit older than the average so I didn’t engage as much. I was there really to make sure I got the degree and came back with it. I did microbiology the first time and we came out in ’92. There was a mini recession so we were neither use nor ornament to anybody and so my Dad always liked the idea of an independent profession that you could just set up on your own and do your own thing. So he actually financed me to go and do pharmacy, which is what I wanted to do the first time but I just couldn’t get the marks. Back then there wasn’t the same concept of going away to do the study. You just went to wherever was local. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rosarii Comber: North Gate Chemist Subject The topic of the resource North Main Street, Cork Description An account of the resource Rosarii Comber is a pharmacist at North Gate Pharmacy, a business that has been in her family since 1964. She begins the interview discussing some of the history of the building – that families would have lived above the business and that at one stage there were even little houses out in the back garden in which families lived. All families on the premises would have shared a single small outhouse as well. Additionally, she mentions that they were able to look back at the deeds and ledgers pertaining to the premises and that it would have been a retail location going back into the 1880s. She recounts that there ‘always seems to have been strong women here’ and recounts a story of the first owner, in the 19th century, being a woman who divorced her husband, kept the business, and left him money in her will! Rosarii discusses the owner-occupier nature of North Main Street, mentioning three pharmacies in the area as well as Bradley’s and Leader’s. When discussing memories as a child, she mentions Kilgrew’s toy shop where she would have gotten pre-ordered comics (such as “Misty” for herself and “2000AD” or “Warlord” for her brother). She recalls being told off by her mother for speaking back to a ‘shawlie’ and some discussion of what a shawlie is ensues. She relates that the biggest negatives pertaining to North Main Street now are how quiet it is (she can no longer tell the time of day by the noise outside) and the recent problem of addicts frequenting the street. There is some discussion of the adaptability of North Main Street, that is has been through several recessions and booms, and what needs to occur in the future to maintain business on the street. Rosarii highlights that parking access is a big issue in City Centre, especially for the elderly who cannot easily take the bus or pay for a taxi, and also mentions that the shopping centres in Cork are drawing away a lot of business. Local businesses that are mentioned include Molloy’s, Supermacs, and Waffles. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 4 February 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Rosarii Comber Interviewers: Dermot Casey, Tara Walsh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00544_comber_2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1960s - 2000s; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; <div class="element-text">Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a></div> <div class="element-text"> Other Material Relating to Cork's Main Streets: CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with the former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains an in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty.</div> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Bishopstown Boots Chemist Bradley’s Market Coal Quay Dunnes Stores Emigration Kildurry Laneways Leader’s Manchester Methodone Needle Exchange North Gate Chemist North Main Street Patrick Street Recession Rosarii Comber Shandon Shawlie Shawls Tenements https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/9cadf9901209b0e650eee270a4562352.JPG 41b56f04e8ed594b4cea026d71f673c0 https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/5b682cc15ec20c0023b4665cf29a7038.mp3 976a5e06ff681b634070ed915438b390 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cork’s Main Streets Collection Subject The topic of the resource Cork city's North and South main Streets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Erin O'Brien; Rosarii Comber; John O'Leary; Liam Ohiugin; Tom Spalding; Noreen Hanover; Michael Creedon; Patrick Leader; Interviewers: Aisling Byron; Tara Arpaia; Dermot Casey; Stephen Dee; Margaret Steele; Mark Wilkins; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork City's North and South Main Streets. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8 .wav files Description An account of the resource This collection of eight interviews concentrates on Cork City’s historic spine, North and South Main Streets. These streets link the island of the city centre with the North and South Sides of the city. They form a shopping and business area, which has also served a residential purpose down through the years. Although our broader collection contains much description of and stories from the area, these interviews (carried out between January and March 2015 and totalling 4 hours 28 minutes in duration) focus specifically on the streets, their past and their future. Interviewees include residents of the streets and their environs and those who work and have worked there, and the interviews encompass memories of the area from the 1940s onwards, descriptions of change in the area, and reflection on the area’s future. Interviews were carried out with local residents, one of whom is a local historian, representatives of three multi-generational family businesses (Leader’s clothing, the North Gate Pharmacy and Bradley’s Off-licence), a South Main Street resident and city planner, a cityscape historian, and a promoter who was particularly active in organising events in the nightclub Sir Henry’s in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Take a stroll down these streets using the interactive website developed by Penny Johnston: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org</a> Cork Civic Trust supported this interviewing project. Relation A related resource Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a> Other Material Realating to Cork's Main Streets: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/62">CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012</a>: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Aisling Byron Tara Walsh Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Erin O'Brien Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 28 mins 20 secs Location The location of the interview City Hall, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com TW: Are you familiar with South Main Street? EOB: I am. Not as familiar as I am with North. AB: I lived on South Main Street. I lived over Avesca Funding. We’re still trying to figure out Avesca Funding were. It’s a mystery. EOB: Is that one of the sites that’s in NAMA now (?). I’m not sure. AB: I think it is. It is actually, yeah. Do you think that South Main Street would have the same appeal or is there anything there anymore that could be regenerated? EOB: I think that, actually that’s a good question because right now, you’ve heard about the City Centre Strategy that they’ve put together. We’ve had some consultants who have looked at ideas for the city centre. We’re turning that into an action plan right now. I’m actually tasked with looking at the historic spine from Barrack Street to Shandon so these are things I’ve been thinking about a lot. Getting back to the South Main Street question, we’ve divided it into four sub-areas. South Main Street has its own ting going on and there really isn’t a community there as much as in other places. My hope would be that as the area re-develops, if it’s done well, that forming that basis of community would be part of it too. So maybe there’ll be a new community. I had an architect friend who was saying, not from a religious point of view but just from a community point of view, you kind of think of it as the different medieval parishes along the way and we’ll kind of be re-creating that parish, so to speak, around, I suppose he was saying, around Triskel, St Finbarr’s, the Vision Centre, St Anne’s as you move up the historic spine. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Erin O'Brien: Historic Spine Subject The topic of the resource North Main Street and South Main Street Description An account of the resource 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, and details potential ideas for re-development and maintaining the character of the area. She states specifically, that she works in the Planning Department and consults regularly with the Conservation Officer, archaeologists, and Heritage Officer in her efforts to discover what kind of development would best suit different parts of the city. Explaining that she is in charge of looking at the Historical Spine (“Barrack Street to Shandon”) under the City Centre Strategy, she discusses the types of activity and development that a given “zone” will be able to accommodate, stressing that North Main Street does not have the specifications to attract high street retail like St Patrick Street (and that this is a good thing!) The aim, she states, is to promote the development of North Main Street as a kind of bohemian area for a younger crowd. She explains that the demographic (current as of the time of this interview) in the North Main Street area are mostly in their 20s, international in origin, and in the tech sector commuting outside City Centre for work. The struggle, additionally, is to keep businesses alive in the North Main Street area. There is mention of the “Living Above the Shops Scheme” as well as discussion of the knocking down of buildings that had fallen into disuse and that were no longer safe, i.e. “gap sites”. Erin highlights that Cork City Centre has a very high number of independent shops compared to city centres in the UK and elsewhere and that this is one of the charms of the city. The discussion also features a good amount of back and forth between the interviewers and the interviewee with an appreciation for sites like the Old Beamish Brewery (and it’s Christmas Tree) and the former Liberty Pub as well as a general appreciation for the small neighbourhood atmosphere to be found particularly on North Main Street. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03 February 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Erin O'Brien Interviewers: Aisling Byron; Tara Walsh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 2000s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; <div class="element-text">Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a></div> <div class="element-text"> Other Material Relating to Cork's Main Streets: CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with the former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains an in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty.</div> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 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 https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/3d1264cd0da49df5084eb889b39dee1b.jpg 041cf846a3eb92ed93b4c5e2e93f6d97 https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/d83b36bb4eae4db75aae64e1d1fd4844.mp3 7815fd8c115af558f771897889c75e21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cork’s Main Streets Collection Subject The topic of the resource Cork city's North and South main Streets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Erin O'Brien; Rosarii Comber; John O'Leary; Liam Ohiugin; Tom Spalding; Noreen Hanover; Michael Creedon; Patrick Leader; Interviewers: Aisling Byron; Tara Arpaia; Dermot Casey; Stephen Dee; Margaret Steele; Mark Wilkins; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork City's North and South Main Streets. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8 .wav files Description An account of the resource This collection of eight interviews concentrates on Cork City’s historic spine, North and South Main Streets. These streets link the island of the city centre with the North and South Sides of the city. They form a shopping and business area, which has also served a residential purpose down through the years. Although our broader collection contains much description of and stories from the area, these interviews (carried out between January and March 2015 and totalling 4 hours 28 minutes in duration) focus specifically on the streets, their past and their future. Interviewees include residents of the streets and their environs and those who work and have worked there, and the interviews encompass memories of the area from the 1940s onwards, descriptions of change in the area, and reflection on the area’s future. Interviews were carried out with local residents, one of whom is a local historian, representatives of three multi-generational family businesses (Leader’s clothing, the North Gate Pharmacy and Bradley’s Off-licence), a South Main Street resident and city planner, a cityscape historian, and a promoter who was particularly active in organising events in the nightclub Sir Henry’s in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Take a stroll down these streets using the interactive website developed by Penny Johnston: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org</a> Cork Civic Trust supported this interviewing project. Relation A related resource Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a> Other Material Realating to Cork's Main Streets: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/62">CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012</a>: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Margaret Steele Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Liam Ó hUigín Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 61 mins 18 secs Location The location of the interview Connolly Road, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com M S So Liam, you were talking to me about the South Main Street before I interrupted you. L O H Yeah, and I, I kinda skipped the-- I, I actually I meant to speak about, em, Beamish and Crawford’s and em, Sir Henry’s. Now, Beamish and Crawford’s as you know was one of the oldest breweries in Cork and all this business and ‘twas taken over by eh, Heineken, em, back there in the, the early, the-- around 19-, 2000-, when was it? 2012 I think, around that time anyway. But now they’re going turning it into a conference centre now, but it’s a very historical building as you-- and em, as you can see, you know the, they’re going to save the façade, the tudor façade and all that business. But when that was a brewery, ‘twas one of the top breweries in, in, in Ireland and Heineken took it over but it’s gone now as such, but em, a-actually, if you loo--, if you look in the -- look up at the, the, the façade of Beamish’s there’s steps going up and on the top of the steps there’s the limestone stone and that is reputed to have come from the old gaol that was over the South Gate Bridge, because for any misdemeanours the-- if you stepped out of line you were beheaded and your head was stuck onto a spike and stuck up over the, the gaol, up over the gaol, which was at the entrance to the South Main Street, and eh-- as a kind of a deterrent like, but that stone inside in Beamish’s, if you ever get a chance to go in there, there’s actually two slots in the stone where they used stick the pikes and the heads on top of them. I just wanted to mention that to you. Now there was also laneways running down from the South Main Street out onto the city walls which was-- the, the river there going down by Cross’s Green-- and for years there was a right of way from the South Main Street, if you ever look in the gateway again of Beamish’s you can see where the laneway was, and when Beamish’s were there the citizens of Cork had a right of way to walk from the South Main Street out to the city walls once a year, whether it still pertains or not I don’t know. Probably gone now with the, with the new building going up. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Liam Ó hUigín: Henry Street Subject The topic of the resource North Main Street and South Main Street Description An account of the resource Liam O hUigin grew up on Henry Street in the vicinity of North and South Main Streets in the 1940s and 1950s. He describes the area in great detail, including various changes over the decades. He recalls the many shops along North Main Street and the ways in which people shopped and stored food during the 1940s and 1950s. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 28 January 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Liam Ó hUigín Interviewer: Margaret Steele Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00539_ohuigin_2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1940s-1950s; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .wav Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; <div class="element-text"> Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a></div> <div class="element-text"> Other Material Relating to Cork's Main Streets: CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with the former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains an in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty.</div> Click <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/cmm/neatline/fullscreen/cork-memory-map#records/37">here</a> to access Liam's entry on the Memory Map Other Interviews with Liam in the CFP Archive <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/134" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00422_OhUigin_2012</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00439_OhUigin_2011</a>; <a href="https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/248" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00727_OhUigin_2019</a>; Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Between the Gates Bradleys Curran’s (Adelaide Street) Grattan Street Henry Street Hosford’s Bakery Larry McCarthy’s Bakery Leaders Mary Ryan’s pub Mrs Mullins’s Shop (Grattan Street) North Main Street Old Weigh House Paddy’s Market Paradise Place Petrossi’s chipper Raven Roman House Simcox’s Bakery South Main Street Sunday Lop Vicar Stone Bar Vision Centre Washington Street https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/8188fef8e0316fcb9847f089c9d71e27.JPG 6bef50aba99d09dccb32c300741b5e3c https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/8bed132227da3fc02eb8cc77f0fecd15.mp3 2e013bddd8b75f569380ab56d4bff54f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cork’s Main Streets Collection Subject The topic of the resource Cork city's North and South main Streets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Erin O'Brien; Rosarii Comber; John O'Leary; Liam Ohiugin; Tom Spalding; Noreen Hanover; Michael Creedon; Patrick Leader; Interviewers: Aisling Byron; Tara Arpaia; Dermot Casey; Stephen Dee; Margaret Steele; Mark Wilkins; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork City's North and South Main Streets. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8 .wav files Description An account of the resource This collection of eight interviews concentrates on Cork City’s historic spine, North and South Main Streets. These streets link the island of the city centre with the North and South Sides of the city. They form a shopping and business area, which has also served a residential purpose down through the years. Although our broader collection contains much description of and stories from the area, these interviews (carried out between January and March 2015 and totalling 4 hours 28 minutes in duration) focus specifically on the streets, their past and their future. Interviewees include residents of the streets and their environs and those who work and have worked there, and the interviews encompass memories of the area from the 1940s onwards, descriptions of change in the area, and reflection on the area’s future. Interviews were carried out with local residents, one of whom is a local historian, representatives of three multi-generational family businesses (Leader’s clothing, the North Gate Pharmacy and Bradley’s Off-licence), a South Main Street resident and city planner, a cityscape historian, and a promoter who was particularly active in organising events in the nightclub Sir Henry’s in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Take a stroll down these streets using the interactive website developed by Penny Johnston: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org</a> Cork Civic Trust supported this interviewing project. Relation A related resource Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a> Other Material Realating to Cork's Main Streets: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/62">CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012</a>: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Margaret Steele Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Tom Spalding Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 38 mins 40 secs Location The location of the interview Farrenferris, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com MS: Em no I was just asking you about Paradise Place TS: Oh Paradise Place yeah so on the North Main Street and the South Main Street em generally the street is, is, is simply numeric you know starting from Castle Street, Liberty Street intersection north and south right em but for some reason there’s a little section there on the corner of South Main Street and Castle Street which is Paradise Place with about four little business’ there and they CCYMSA hall above it, there was a, it’s hard to explain but kind of a fortified town house on that corner which was called Paradise and it was owned by the I think it was the Terry’s but if you check June Johnson’s book you’ll get this, get the correct thing but one of the merchant families of the city they were the Roches’ and the Terry’s you know the old English Catholic families em and they called their home Paradise sometimes it’s spelt with a zed sometimes with an s em and I don’t know the, the reason for the name and it’s kind of lost in time at this stage it could have been to do with they thought it was paradise em I don’t know but obviously that building is long gone but the memory of their home is preserved in Paradise Place which is why that’s there em like, there is another funny street name on North Main Street which is Piccadilly Lane and June Johnson doesn’t em sug, suggest any reason in her book why it’s called Piccadilly Lane at least from my memory anyway em but she does note that it, that it had been renamed and that’s, that’s very common on the North Main and South Main Streets that all the little side lanes have been renamed many times and I am not even including just spelling the name differently with or without a y or an e or whatever the names have changed frequently em usually to do with a change of ownership because a lot of those lanes more or less were originally intended as private access to peoples houses so they were named after a family or a business that was on the lane or near the lane but yeah Piccadilly Lane my suspicions is it something to do with the reference to do with the reference to the London place named Piccadilly because we have quite a few London place names in Cork not as many as they do in Dublin like where they have Temple Bar and they have Portobello and these things you know we have, we have the Mall like the Mall in London and we have, em, we have Piccadilly and there’s a couple of others too em and I suspect there might have been a bit of a red light district, [laughing] that’s my hunch but again very hard to prove, em it’s not the kind of thing that would get reported in polite newspapers. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tom Spalding: North Main Street Subject The topic of the resource North Main Street and South Main Street Description An account of the resource In this interview, Tom Spalding, a local historian and author, discusses his research methods and interests concerning the development of the North and South Main Street area over time. His interest lies primarily in what he calls “street furniture” – street signage and other fixtures on the street within public areas (such as benches, bronze plaques, and post boxes). When prompted, he discusses the nature of changing street names within Cork: streets like Wellington Road will have multiple other street names associated with them and for which the properties receive their own address numbers, such as Montpellier Terrace, Connaught Place, and Garfield Terrace. Tom also lists Paradise Place on the corner of South Main Street and Castle Street, as another example of this phenomenon and describes the history behind the name “Paradise”. He also states that names may have been changed on paper, which can be traced through painstaking archival research reaching back 150 years, but that street names did not necessarily always catch on “on the ground”. Another topic of discussion is where North Main Street ends and South Main Street begins. Tom presents evidence for the divide occurring at the Liberty Street and Castle Street junction, explaining that Washington Street would have been cut through the medieval part of the city in the 18th and 19th centuries. There is some discussion of local pubs and businesses that Tom frequents: Leaders, the Benny McCabe pubs, the Raven, the Vicarstown, and the Castle. Lastly, Tom gets into a discussion of renovations and construction over old ‘street furniture’ evidence of prior businesses and old artisanship within the city. Some examples he lists are the renovation of North Main Street “20 years ago” (in the 1990s) as well as City Council pedestrianizing Prince’s Street in the 1980s. He advocates keeping things that are of heritage value that are still in functioning order and do not present a hazard to pedestrians. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 14 January 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Tom Spalding Interviewer: Margaret Steele Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1800s - 2000s; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource Other Interviews with Tom Spalding: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/81" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00636_spalding_2017</a> Other Interviews in the Collection <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; <div class="element-text">Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a></div> <div class="element-text"> Other Material Relating to Cork's Main Streets: CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with the former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains an in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty.</div> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/cmm/neatline/fullscreen/cork-memory-map#records/34">Click here to access Tom's entry on the Memory Map</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Academy Street Adelaide Street Barrack Street Camden Quay Carron Foundry Castle Inn Castle Street Cork Exhibition Dalton’s Avenue Fishamble Street Fitzgerald’s Park Leader’s Liberty Street Lower Glanmire Road North Main Street Paradise Place Piccadilly Lane Post boxes Pubs Rutland Street Signage South Main Street St. Peter’s Church Street Furniture Street names Tom Spalding Vandeleur‘s Lane Wellington Road https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/0197f51fa3a4b51b90b71116deca26de.jpg 6e35000d8499dddd890b788af0dfa1a5 https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/81022c28884830bdfc5aba3ddae315a8.mp3 6f542ba18fb66083a67c0544b7c9293b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cork’s Main Streets Collection Subject The topic of the resource Cork city's North and South main Streets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Erin O'Brien; Rosarii Comber; John O'Leary; Liam Ohiugin; Tom Spalding; Noreen Hanover; Michael Creedon; Patrick Leader; Interviewers: Aisling Byron; Tara Arpaia; Dermot Casey; Stephen Dee; Margaret Steele; Mark Wilkins; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork City's North and South Main Streets. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8 .wav files Description An account of the resource This collection of eight interviews concentrates on Cork City’s historic spine, North and South Main Streets. These streets link the island of the city centre with the North and South Sides of the city. They form a shopping and business area, which has also served a residential purpose down through the years. Although our broader collection contains much description of and stories from the area, these interviews (carried out between January and March 2015 and totalling 4 hours 28 minutes in duration) focus specifically on the streets, their past and their future. Interviewees include residents of the streets and their environs and those who work and have worked there, and the interviews encompass memories of the area from the 1940s onwards, descriptions of change in the area, and reflection on the area’s future. Interviews were carried out with local residents, one of whom is a local historian, representatives of three multi-generational family businesses (Leader’s clothing, the North Gate Pharmacy and Bradley’s Off-licence), a South Main Street resident and city planner, a cityscape historian, and a promoter who was particularly active in organising events in the nightclub Sir Henry’s in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Take a stroll down these streets using the interactive website developed by Penny Johnston: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org</a> Cork Civic Trust supported this interviewing project. Relation A related resource Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a> Other Material Realating to Cork's Main Streets: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/62">CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012</a>: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Margaret Steele Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Noreen Hannover Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 31 mins 38 secs Location The location of the interview Ballyvolane, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com MS: It might sound like kind of a stupid question now, but people actually give different answers. For you, where would the South Main Street start? NH : Yeah, the South Main Street for me funnily enough now, myself and my sister now were talking about that the other day and to me the South Main Street started at Washington Street. You know the junction of Washington Street? And from that back up to the top of Barrack Street was the South and as you crossed the lights, I can’t even remember if there were lights there at the time, the junction there and from that down then was the North Main Street. I don’t know if I’m right or wrong like but that’s, that’s what I would have thought of like, ‘cause you went down as far there. You know, you might kind of, that there’d be shops down ‘long there now, the way you’d kind of would have advanced and you kinda got maybe some lino, or some wallpaper like that, there’d be a newer shop down there and we’d say go down to the end of the South Main Street. You know where, the locality would be where we were living. I was living around by am, Nicholas Church Place , where the, the old Nicholas Church Church is and so like there in the locality there was loads of shops for when you needed to do something bigger, she could have advanced a bit more. We would go to the North Main Street and that’d be a grand day to us there like to kind of go up to the North ‘cause we’ve cousins in the Northside we could meet them, you know that kinda thing like so. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Noreen Hannover: South Main Street Subject The topic of the resource South Main Street and North Main Street Description An account of the resource Noreen Hanover was born in 1950 and grew up in the South Main Street area until 1975. Her family would have done most of their shopping on South Main Street and she relates the character of the shops there, their different purposes, as well as what hasn’t changed in the time since she lived there. Noreen Hanover was born in 1950 and lived around Nicholas Church Place on the Southside of Cork until 1975. In this interview, she discusses the character and use of South Main Street, focusing a great deal on the types of shops that would have been present during her time there. She states that she would have been sent, as a child, to buy ‘loose’ ingredients for her mother – sugar, milk, a few eggs, etc. – and relates that she might have picked up an apple or an orange while shopping as well. She relates that she and a friend of hers used to go and look in the windows of the toy shops, near Christmas time, but that they would never have asked for anything in particular. Shops she lists as being largely the same or still in their old locations are The Enterprise (which was a pub and is now also a restaurant), the Brown Derby, and Twomey’s (on Barrack Street). When prompted, she describes what she defines as the beginning of South Main Street (beginning with the Washington Street junction) and where North Main Street would have started. She relates that going by bus to the Northside was a special treat as they would only rarely have been able to afford bus fare. Noreen also describes various shops that would have been on South Main Street: large department stores for men, bargain stores where they would have gotten free shoes as part of social welfare, spinsters running newspaper and comic shops, and Kilgrew’s toy shop. She mentions specifically that Patrick Street would have been an area for richer people to shop. Lastly, she discusses that before TV, which would have been introduced when she was approximately 11 or 12, her mother used to tell stories, many of which related to the local character and shops of South Main Street and the South Side of Cork. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08 January 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Noreen Hannover Interviewer: Margaret Steele Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1950s - 2000s; Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .wav Relation A related resource <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; <div class="element-text">Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a></div> <div class="element-text"> Other Material Relating to Cork's Main Streets: CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with the former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains an in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty.</div> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Bishop Lucey Park Christchurch Coal Quay Cove Street CP shoes (free social welfare shoes) Enterprise Bar Godsil’s (Castle Street) Grand Parade Hadden’s Bakery Hadden’s shop Kilgrew’s Killgrew’s Nicholas Church Place Noreen Hannover North Cathedral North Main Street Roman House Sean Jennings Shandon Social Class South Main Street The Brown Derby The Flying Enterpris Triskel Arts Centre https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/f58cd772c4cb8152cc277156d806a418.jpg f07f057981c142922e4eccaefe2a0bbf https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/9d6024739dafa5a8f7ed1297445f5754.mp3 eff439b2f27625e42081f732d0c3a513 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cork’s Main Streets Collection Subject The topic of the resource Cork city's North and South main Streets. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Erin O'Brien; Rosarii Comber; John O'Leary; Liam Ohiugin; Tom Spalding; Noreen Hanover; Michael Creedon; Patrick Leader; Interviewers: Aisling Byron; Tara Arpaia; Dermot Casey; Stephen Dee; Margaret Steele; Mark Wilkins; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork City's North and South Main Streets. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8 .wav files Description An account of the resource This collection of eight interviews concentrates on Cork City’s historic spine, North and South Main Streets. These streets link the island of the city centre with the North and South Sides of the city. They form a shopping and business area, which has also served a residential purpose down through the years. Although our broader collection contains much description of and stories from the area, these interviews (carried out between January and March 2015 and totalling 4 hours 28 minutes in duration) focus specifically on the streets, their past and their future. Interviewees include residents of the streets and their environs and those who work and have worked there, and the interviews encompass memories of the area from the 1940s onwards, descriptions of change in the area, and reflection on the area’s future. Interviews were carried out with local residents, one of whom is a local historian, representatives of three multi-generational family businesses (Leader’s clothing, the North Gate Pharmacy and Bradley’s Off-licence), a South Main Street resident and city planner, a cityscape historian, and a promoter who was particularly active in organising events in the nightclub Sir Henry’s in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Take a stroll down these streets using the interactive website developed by Penny Johnston: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org</a> Cork Civic Trust supported this interviewing project. Relation A related resource Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a> Other Material Realating to Cork's Main Streets: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/62">CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012</a>: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Margaret Steele Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed John O'Leary Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 32 mins 50 secs Location The location of the interview Farrenferris, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com M S: Em just in your own opinion now, cos I mean this is very subjective thing, but like do you think that the location where Henry’s was in the city had any impact on the kind of place it was, being on the South Main Street? JOL: [pause] Well I suppose em if you were to start with a blank canvas and you were to geographically pick good spots to have a live venue it would be a good spot because you’re close to the college, it’s practically in the city centre, so you know from that point of view, it would have been in a good spot but em you know in terms of, I suppose, you know, putting on my promoter’s cap, you know, you would be looking for feeder bars and things like that, because back then definitely when we were running Freakscene, em maybe one third of the people that would turn up would be people on a given night who necessarily didn’t intend to come, they would just be having one or two drinks and have a taste for more, and there was no late bars, so you know they, they’d then choose which nightclub were they going to go to, so there was lots of good bars relatively near you know, so they would have all been feeder bars for the want of a better word and stuff so, yeah, it would have been a good location alright. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John O'Leary: Sir Henry's Subject The topic of the resource Sir Henry's Nightclub and Music Venue Description An account of the resource John O’Leary describes life as an insider of the alternative music scene in the 1990s. This interview focuses largely on the clubs (Sir Henry’s on South Main Street), characters, events, and bands throughout this period. In this interview, John O’Leary relates his memories of attending and then working within the alternative music scene in Cork in the 1990s. He discusses how a club named Sir Henry’s would have had alternative music nights, one of which was called Tight, on a Friday and a Sunday night. He attended University between 1990 and 1994 and states that these nights would have had a ‘free in’ for ‘penniless students’ early on a Sunday night. He describes how students and other frequenters of the night club would generally have been drinking at other local pubs before coming to Sir Henry’s, a phenomenon he later describes as ‘feeder bars’ in relation to his own experience DJ-ing. He states that everyone, back then, would have wanted to be in a band and that the ‘you were just made’ when Dave Fanning played your demo on the radio. Sir Henry’s would have been known, on a Friday and Sunday, for playing all alternative music such as The Smiths, The Pixies, Nirvana, as well as Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and so forth. Later, when the Tight on Friday Night closed, he and a few friends set up their own night called Freakscene and John relates some of the ups and downs of that experience as well. Specifically, what attendance was like when they first started out, what records would fill or clear the dance floor, and the general relationship with management and security at Sir Henry’s. He also describes getting some live acts, such as The Fall into the venue for a show. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07 January 2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: John O'Leary Interviewer: Margaret Steele Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1990s; Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Relation A related resource <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/64" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00536_oleary_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/65" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00537_hanover_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/66" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00538_spalding_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/67" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00539_hUigin_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/68" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00543_obrien_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/69">CFP_SR00544_comber_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/70">CFP_SR00545_leader_2015</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00546_creedon_2015</a>; <div class="element-text">Penny Johnston based a digital oral history mapping pilot project called ‘Cork’s Main Streets’ on the audio interviews from this collection in 2016, as part of her PhD research. The 2018 website and the map layer can be viewed at: <a href="http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/">http://corksmainstreets.corkfolklore.org/cms/ </a> Penny’s PhD dissertation can be accessed at: <a href="https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469">https://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/5469</a></div> <div class="element-text"> Other Material Relating to Cork's Main Streets: CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012: Interview of ex-Beamish Brewery (South Main Street) staff member Ed Hinchy. <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/90">CFP_SR00532_davis_2014</a>: Interview with the former manager of The Other Place Resource Centre (South Main Street), Clive Davis, conducted by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, as part of the LGBT Archive Collection CFP_SR00535_wilkins_2014: Mark Wilkins was interviewed by Aisling Byron on the music scene of Cork City in the 1980s and 1990s: the interview contains an in-depth discussion of South Main Street music venue Sir Henry’s and of the South Main Street pub The Liberty.</div> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Aisling Byron Alan Jones (DJ) Alternative Music Bill Twomey (Chicken) Cork Rocks Dave Fanning Frank and Walter's Freakscene Gigantic Gorby's Indie Music John O’Leary Liberty pub Mercury Rev North Main Street Sir Henry’s South Main Street Sultans of Ping Sweat The Pogues Therapy? Tight on a Friday Night Top of the Pops Turnip Fish https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/40b12d116359ada34b8950cce7206a67.JPG d2945cbd454dd92e5b0c7eb767750c2e https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/0b731fec4ee0599b22c348adbb672f49.mp3 3a78ada4b4fb7413099886b9c3c2bc00 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Mark Wilikins Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Ed Hinchy Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 91 Mins, 11 seconds Location The location of the interview Ballintemple, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com M W: So it's like the percentage of Celebration beer is stronger than your normal, was stronger than the other products that were popular at the time. E H: It was stronger for its original gravity. M W: Right. E H: But, I mean there were other types of beer which do that still today. I forget what they are called now, they are malt liquors or something like that, they call them. It’s a, it's not something we wanted to continue with anyway, you know, we had that time, we had very good products. We had Beamish which was getting funding to relaunch it and you can see later that there was a version of Beamish called Tower Stout put out. It was, I think a little cheaper. M W: And what year was that? Would that have been? I can’t remember Tower Stout at all. E H: Yeah, that would be, being around the same time in the, between 1966 and 1970 ish, you know, around that time. M W: Right. E H: But then you know, you had a dilemma between two different versions of the same stout and that idea didn’t work. And it was withdrawn again, and the company just promoted the one stout, you know from then on. M K: I think, I am just thinking as we are talking to me there as well, ‘cause I know that Guinness’ who obviously would have been, probably your main competitor E H: Yes. M W: would have had the monopoly obviously because they are such a huge, you know pan-global you know company, hadn’t they at some stage over the years, haven’t they brought out various products that kind of fell, variations of Guinness that just fell by the wayside? You know or that didn’t quite take off the way, maybe they would have liked it. I’m just wondering with Beamish is it that people get so used to one brands that’s Beamish that people just associate with, almost, almost have a, I won’t say a psychological attachment but some sort of, you know. E H: Feel that it's some other, it was inferior. M W: Yeah, you know. E H: Yeah. Yes, that is a fact. People would be suspicious and yes Guinness did launch quite a number of versions of stout, even as late as the second millennia. I have tasted a few of them, up, up in Guinness itself. The thing is, you know that the, the technical staff of breweries meet regularly and they don’t have any difficulty with, with discussing technical matters often, quite often, but when you get to commercial [word unintelligible] that’s a different question. [laughs] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ed Hinchy: Beamish & Crawford Subject The topic of the resource Beamish and Crawford Brewery Description An account of the resource Ed talks about his involvement with Beamish and Crawford Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 21 May 2012 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Ed Hinchy Interviewer: Mark Wilkins Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00448_hinchy_2012 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1960s - 1970s; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .wav Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o28aWtm-3M">The Counting House: Beamish Brewery in the '60s & '70s. </a> A Short film produced by Mark Wilkins for the Cork Folklore Project using audio from this collection over images from the Roy Hammond Collection. Other CFP Related Material: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/collections/show/4">Cork' Main Streets Collection</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 1800s 1920s 1930s 1960s 1970s Ale Bass Beamish and Crawford Beer Brewer’s Guild Brewery Bushmills Canadian Breweries Carlsberg Charringtons United Breweries Cork Ed Hinchy England Group Theatre Guinness Ken Richards Les Auchincloss Lloyd George Mark Wilikins Richard Beamish Roy Hammond Sharman Crawford South London Brewery South Main Street Stout Tied Houses United Kingdom University College Cork https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/3773eade89a06ccc8acab82f933c9612.jpg 8cb1487608186852ed4f4a83a614e21a https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/7c207050f3227de97320e19cd0e6b231.mp3 f2d5939b4da7962a76bc7f77dbeb72ff Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Showbands Subject The topic of the resource Interview collection exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Six audio interviews with eight people totalling 251 minutes. Description An account of the resource In 1996-1997, researcher Stephen Hunter interviewed a range of musicians, family members and one author on their memories of the ‘showband era’ in Ireland. In the first interview, Seán Lucy (clarinet and saxophone player with Cork band the Dixies from 1954) and Terry McCarthy (singer with the Dixies from 1985) speak briefly about their backgrounds and childhoods in Cork before tracing their musical careers and discussing their experiences as members of the Dixies. Tommy Rooney from Crosshaven recounts playing with army and civilian bands (Trumpet player) before founding the Second City Jazz Band, and talks about the showband era and his experiences of playing in Cork and in Protestant halls in Northern Ireland. Pat Nolan, a saxophone and clarinet player who grew up on Cork City’s Northside, traces the rise and fall of the showbands on the Island of Ireland, and describes playing in dancehalls in Northern Ireland. Vincent Power, author of the book Send ‘Em Home Sweatin’, reflects on the showband phenomenon in his interview. Liam Foley from Blackpool, Cork, a drummer and guitarist, recalls his experiences as a musician in that era. Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony, wife and daughter of the late Christy O’Mahony who played bass with the Dixies from 1958-1985, talks about Christy’s involvement with the band. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996-1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Seán Lucy; Terry McCarthy; Tommy Rooney; Pat Nolan; Vincent Power; Frances McCarthy; Betty O’Mahony. Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Belfast; Northern Ireland; Ireland; music; showband music; dancehalls; 1950s-1970s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 6 .wav files [digitized at 96kHz, 24-bit audio from 90-minute cassette tapes] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Stephen Hunter Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Frances McCarthy Betty O’Mahony Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 29 mins 28 sec Location The location of the interview Silversprings Lawn, Tivoli, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 90 Minute Cassette Tape Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 24bit / 48kHz Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com S.H: Do you think the public see a different side of an entertainer like your late husband to what close friends and family do? B.O’M: I don’t know, like they were so well known. Even at the dances they’d know everybody. S.H: So they weren’t really up there as stars? B.O’M: No. I remember once he saw an old friend and he shouted out across the road ‘ Jesus Christ, girl are you still alive?’ You know he was a real Northside man, he never changed over the years. I don’t think he was any different in Las Vegas to the way he would have been at home. S.H: Were you heartened by Northside people after he passed away? B.O’M: So many people rallied round, it was the holiday time and somebody said ‘if they hadn’t been on holiday they’d still be there’ I remember Joe said it and I thought to myself, ‘My god that’s right’. We were so long outside the church we thought that was the end we didn’t realise we had to go to the graveyard after. I said ‘Jesus there’s another funeral ahead of us’. F.Mc: We thought we had come in on top of another funeral. B.O’M: There was so many people, thousands of people, at the grave outside our door they had come with us. But of course he was so well known, at the bar, he was in a partnership with a bar, his brother down in Blackpool for years and years. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony: The Dixies, Christy O'Mahony Subject The topic of the resource Interview exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Description An account of the resource Frances has always lived on the Northside. She was born in Poulraddy, went to school in North Presentation school. When she was seven she moved to Ballyvolane and went to school at St Patrick’s College, Gardiner’s Hill, and Mayfield Community School. After she married she lived in Fairhill, and then in Tivoli. (The other interviewee, Betty O’Mahony, is her mother.) Frances talks about her father, Christy, who was a musician with The Dixies showband. She describes the extent of the Northside area, which she says consists of Fairhill, Churchfield, Farranree, and Blackpool. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 26 May 1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00056_various_1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1930s - 1990s; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource Showbands Collection Catalogue Numbers: Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 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 https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/35bd4c3bc43a76cc937b82073be01fc0.jpg 8cb1487608186852ed4f4a83a614e21a https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/ffda81cb2c1f725db8241eedef46d858.mp3 5adc936ce5c9945f550d8ab8e56f4a0f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Showbands Subject The topic of the resource Interview collection exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Six audio interviews with eight people totalling 251 minutes. Description An account of the resource In 1996-1997, researcher Stephen Hunter interviewed a range of musicians, family members and one author on their memories of the ‘showband era’ in Ireland. In the first interview, Seán Lucy (clarinet and saxophone player with Cork band the Dixies from 1954) and Terry McCarthy (singer with the Dixies from 1985) speak briefly about their backgrounds and childhoods in Cork before tracing their musical careers and discussing their experiences as members of the Dixies. Tommy Rooney from Crosshaven recounts playing with army and civilian bands (Trumpet player) before founding the Second City Jazz Band, and talks about the showband era and his experiences of playing in Cork and in Protestant halls in Northern Ireland. Pat Nolan, a saxophone and clarinet player who grew up on Cork City’s Northside, traces the rise and fall of the showbands on the Island of Ireland, and describes playing in dancehalls in Northern Ireland. Vincent Power, author of the book Send ‘Em Home Sweatin’, reflects on the showband phenomenon in his interview. Liam Foley from Blackpool, Cork, a drummer and guitarist, recalls his experiences as a musician in that era. Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony, wife and daughter of the late Christy O’Mahony who played bass with the Dixies from 1958-1985, talks about Christy’s involvement with the band. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996-1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Seán Lucy; Terry McCarthy; Tommy Rooney; Pat Nolan; Vincent Power; Frances McCarthy; Betty O’Mahony. Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Belfast; Northern Ireland; Ireland; music; showband music; dancehalls; 1950s-1970s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 6 .wav files [digitized at 96kHz, 24-bit audio from 90-minute cassette tapes] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Stephen Hunter Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Liam Foley Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 38 mins 45 sec Location The location of the interview Blackpool, Cork, Ireland Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com S.H: Can you remember any traditions or stories associated with travelling musicians or street balladeers? L.F: Ahh, I suppose I should think of the show band scene for these stories right? I remember one time I was with the show band and I had this new guitar, a fender guitar, right? And we were suppose to play this gig in a place called gorly maddens this was only a cross road now, with a petrol pump station and a store.... and the had no ball room. It was tent a marquee , right? And I wanted to play this guitar, brand new guitar, we had all the stuff rigged up. S.H: Was it a Tele caster? L.F: Eh, it was a fender .... ahm... let’s see now, ah what was the name of it ? Fender.... S.H: Jaguar. L.F: Jaguar’ You got it –( Laughs ). Thank you , Steve I couldn’t even remember it, but anyway um,,, This storm was blowing terrible it was really bad you know, and we change in to our band uniforms you know,,, S.H: What was the name of the band? L.F: The Donnie Collins show band and, from Limerick. A very popular band in those times, right? S.H: About what year would this have been? L.F: This was 1961, maybe 62. And um,,, God the night we had everything rigged up, our suits on, the tent blew down on top of us right, and you must appreciate that there was electricity going in to this right and the water came in as well, we were nearly killed now, right and it blew down on top of us and we had to run for it and get out of that tent and when we ran we had to get across a field , right? S.H: Carrying your instruments? L.F: Yes. And up to here in mud, right? and it meant like that all of a sudden we couldn’t play the gig because the whole thing was after blowing down on top of us, I wrapped up my guitar we couldn’t the way on out of the field because of it was sunk in to the mud and it was desperate now. Anyway to make the story brief if I can, the that was the men that after puting up the marquee, they brought us in to his house and we dried out sort of thing, cleaned up a little bit, right? But they came back in after and had put the marquee up again in this gale –force wind managed to get up some where right? Even though it looked terrible , they had put it back up right . ( Chuckles ) And asked us could we go out there again –of course we didn’t we couldn’t play the thing anymore , we were just soaked to the skin , our band uniforms and every thing were destroyed and we just had to pack up and go home , that’s just one of the stories that you’d expect. S.H Had there been any crowd gathered there? L.F: No, No, we were lucky . It would have been about half-past-six, seven o’clock in the evening. S.H: What time of the year would it have been? L.F: This would have been lets see.... not too cold....it would been around I’d say maybe now.... April, May. You know? But it was just one of those storms , like we got on Sunday now. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 90 minute cassette tapes Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 16bit / 44.1kHz Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Liam Foley: Blackpool, Showbands, Arcadia Subject The topic of the resource Interview exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Description An account of the resource Liam is originally from the Northside, from Great William Street in Blackpool. His whole family were musical, and even though his father worked as a cabinet-maker, he and the rest of the family were very keen on playing music at home. He went to Blackpool National School, Commons Road, where corporal punishment was the norm; the building was later demolished. Liam talks about his experience of the showband scene. He tells a funny story about a gig where the marquee tent blew down on the band in a storm. He had a natural musical ability and settled first on playing the drums and afterwards the guitar, which became his favoured instrument. Showbands were prohibited from playing during Lent, and travelled to London to play; some of them approached a bishop for aid, but he closed the door in their faces. The bands spent half an hour playing a particular artist’s hits, such as Elvis Presley, The Shadows. The bands were usually given a meal before playing, but sometimes not much of one, and they had to hang around a cold ballroom before playing. Bands were comprised of 8 or 9 instruments, and they could play for 5 hours at a time. The rise of the discos put an end to the showband scene. Audience behaviour and clothing styles at ballrooms. The story of The Devil appearing at ballrooms; of a ghost at the Arcadia Ballroom. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 29 April 1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Liam Foley Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00055_foley_1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1940s - 1990s; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource Showbands Collection Catalogue Numbers: Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 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 https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/51c6567c4b6af0fc134625664112a278.jpg 8cb1487608186852ed4f4a83a614e21a https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/21a335e32cc1fd3299e1acba32523b37.mp3 2fe62f0a9d833311a3401d7602aff284 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Showbands Subject The topic of the resource Interview collection exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Six audio interviews with eight people totalling 251 minutes. Description An account of the resource In 1996-1997, researcher Stephen Hunter interviewed a range of musicians, family members and one author on their memories of the ‘showband era’ in Ireland. In the first interview, Seán Lucy (clarinet and saxophone player with Cork band the Dixies from 1954) and Terry McCarthy (singer with the Dixies from 1985) speak briefly about their backgrounds and childhoods in Cork before tracing their musical careers and discussing their experiences as members of the Dixies. Tommy Rooney from Crosshaven recounts playing with army and civilian bands (Trumpet player) before founding the Second City Jazz Band, and talks about the showband era and his experiences of playing in Cork and in Protestant halls in Northern Ireland. Pat Nolan, a saxophone and clarinet player who grew up on Cork City’s Northside, traces the rise and fall of the showbands on the Island of Ireland, and describes playing in dancehalls in Northern Ireland. Vincent Power, author of the book Send ‘Em Home Sweatin’, reflects on the showband phenomenon in his interview. Liam Foley from Blackpool, Cork, a drummer and guitarist, recalls his experiences as a musician in that era. Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony, wife and daughter of the late Christy O’Mahony who played bass with the Dixies from 1958-1985, talks about Christy’s involvement with the band. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996-1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Seán Lucy; Terry McCarthy; Tommy Rooney; Pat Nolan; Vincent Power; Frances McCarthy; Betty O’Mahony. Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Belfast; Northern Ireland; Ireland; music; showband music; dancehalls; 1950s-1970s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 6 .wav files [digitized at 96kHz, 24-bit audio from 90-minute cassette tapes] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Stephen Hunter Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Vincent Power Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 31 mins 34 secs Location The location of the interview Irish Examiner offices, Academy St., Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 90 minute cassette tape Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 16bit / 44.1kHz Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com S.H.: Moving on to the Dixies and your chapter on them, (Clown Princes ) , do you think the popular image of them is showmen , or of musical performers? V.P: I would lean more towards the showmen label, even though they where was a musical component to them and they had some gifted musicians, primarily they were terrific showmen, and probably the best showmen of all the show bands, probably the best show band in the strict definition of the word (show band) and that definition I would use borrowing from the originators of the show band concept which would have been a band known as the clipper Carltons, from Northern Ireland. I’d probably rate the Dixies as the best show band in that sense. S.H.: Most of the band came from very similar backgrounds, North side and working-class –do you think that contributed to the zany sense of humour that they had? V.P: It was all very new and very exciting for these young people and you’re right a lot of them did come from the working class- people who come from very mundane day-jobs –probably relatively lowly-paid jobs and suddenly were transformed in to glamour – boys overnight and paid a lot of money. That kind of zaniness came from a freedom they had never experienced before –people looking for their autographs, people putting them on a pedestal, screaming at their every move. This was certainly exciting as far as they were concerned. It was a different world to the kind of world they would have been use to. So the kind of zany mad-caps humour you’re speaking of came party from that. They could get away with a lot more – they were away from the prying eyes of their families and local communities, they had freedom as never before. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vincent Power: Send ‘em Home Sweatin’ Subject The topic of the resource Interview exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Description An account of the resource Vincent was born in 1960. In 1990 he published the book Send ‘em Home Sweatin’, the story of the showband era. He talks in detail about the showband scene. Irish audiences had no access to rock’n’roll and its performers, but showbands were copycat performers who could provide that kind of experience. The ballroom scene was Ireland’s sexual revolution. The singers and bands were so popular they were often mobbed in the street. The Dixies as quintessential showmen. The singer of The Magic Band had a suit made up of light bulbs. Showbands were frowned upon by the Catholic church. Rory Gallagher and the showbands. He talks about Brendan O’Brien’s accidental electrocution on stage. He tells a funny anecdote about a gig at a remote location in County Galway. The Devil was said to have appeared at some ballrooms: Vincent believes such stories were spread by rival ballroom owners. He estimates the showband era was from 1960 to 1971. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5 March 1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Vincent Power Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00054_power_1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1960s - 1990s; Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1 .wav File Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource Showbands Collection Catalogue Numbers: Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Albert Reynolds Brendan Bowyer Brendan O’Brien Butch Moore Capitol showband Clipper Carlton Elvis Presley Grand Parade Horan’s Ballroom Jutland ballroom Las Vegas Limerick city Majestic Ballroom Mallow Mayo Music Radio Luxembourg Rory Gallagher Royal Showband Sexuality Stardust ballroom (Cork) The Devil The Dixies The Magic Band https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/bd6ae65cd4e4db3db5f6bde341c3dbb9.jpg 8cb1487608186852ed4f4a83a614e21a https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/5d475d59baa84b0cedb99f5f3c5aa4af.mp3 3e3a3ae96072add6b88c93e3c9a8d9af Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Showbands Subject The topic of the resource Interview collection exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Six audio interviews with eight people totalling 251 minutes. Description An account of the resource In 1996-1997, researcher Stephen Hunter interviewed a range of musicians, family members and one author on their memories of the ‘showband era’ in Ireland. In the first interview, Seán Lucy (clarinet and saxophone player with Cork band the Dixies from 1954) and Terry McCarthy (singer with the Dixies from 1985) speak briefly about their backgrounds and childhoods in Cork before tracing their musical careers and discussing their experiences as members of the Dixies. Tommy Rooney from Crosshaven recounts playing with army and civilian bands (Trumpet player) before founding the Second City Jazz Band, and talks about the showband era and his experiences of playing in Cork and in Protestant halls in Northern Ireland. Pat Nolan, a saxophone and clarinet player who grew up on Cork City’s Northside, traces the rise and fall of the showbands on the Island of Ireland, and describes playing in dancehalls in Northern Ireland. Vincent Power, author of the book Send ‘Em Home Sweatin’, reflects on the showband phenomenon in his interview. Liam Foley from Blackpool, Cork, a drummer and guitarist, recalls his experiences as a musician in that era. Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony, wife and daughter of the late Christy O’Mahony who played bass with the Dixies from 1958-1985, talks about Christy’s involvement with the band. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996-1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Seán Lucy; Terry McCarthy; Tommy Rooney; Pat Nolan; Vincent Power; Frances McCarthy; Betty O’Mahony. Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Belfast; Northern Ireland; Ireland; music; showband music; dancehalls; 1950s-1970s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 6 .wav files [digitized at 96kHz, 24-bit audio from 90-minute cassette tapes] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Stephen Hunter Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Pat Nolan Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 27m 48s Location The location of the interview Cork Academy School of Music, Sunbeam Industrial Estate, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 90-minute cassette tape Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 16bit / 44.1kHz Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com S.H: Can you tell me something about your introduction to the show bands era and the people you played with at that time and some of your experiences? P.N: Well, a lot of my early experiences were basically in and around Cork and Country Cork. My very first band was a little dance band in New Town, Mount Seandrum, and the name of that band was the Viceroy Show Band. At that stage they had just switched from being a céili band to the new idea of having a show band. The leader of that band was a man by the name of Michael O’ Mahony and I played with them for a good number of years, we worked for maybe three or four nights a week. I then went on to play with bands like the Michael O’ Callaghan Show Band, who was all from County Cork. As I went on I moved around as a freelance musician and played with a lot of what were at that time the semi-professionals bands, show bands in Cork. I worked in, from there I went on, played with the Victor Show Band, we worked a lot here in this country and in England, Germany, the American bases in Germany, mm…and broadly speaking these were roughly the bands that I did play with, but my very first band was the Viceroy Show Band, from County Cork. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pat Nolan: Northside, Cork Academy School of Music Subject The topic of the resource Interview exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Description An account of the resource Pat is from John Street on the Northside. He was educated at the North Monastery, which was good for general studies but did not teach music. The school environment was harsh. He left school early. His father bought him a second-hand saxophone, and he later learned to play the clarinet. He joined a dance band after he left school, and played around County Cork. He talks about the beginning of the showband era; and traces the course of its decline, which he says began towards the end of the 1960s. He recalls Rory Gallagher and his connection with the showband scene, and he praises Gallagher’s rhythmic sense. He later went to University College Cork to get a degree in music. He joined the army band: it was composed of musicians rather than soldiers. He played at the Boom Boom Room in Belfast, but bands became nervous after the violence began there in 1969. [He misattributes the 1975 Miami Showband Massacre to 1969]. He talks about the atmosphere in Northern dancehalls. He discusses the extent of the Northside area; he values teaching music with the Cork Academy School of Music in Sunbeam industrial estate. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8 January 1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Pat Nolan Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork City; Ireland; 1950s-1990s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource Showbands Collection Catalogue Numbers: Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Boom Boom Room Clipper Carlton Cork Academy School of Music Irish Defence Forces Michael O’Callaghan showband Michael O’Mahony Music North Mon North Monastery school Northern Ireland Northside Pat Nolan Rory Gallagher Showbands Sunbeam UCC Viceroy Showband Victor Showband https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/a4b003807252ba8cca662ea2f0ca8558.jpg 8cb1487608186852ed4f4a83a614e21a https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/588ff004d741616fc4498674b7bcf12b.mp3 66caf431e1c9799b712b955f00672d96 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Showbands Subject The topic of the resource Interview collection exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Six audio interviews with eight people totalling 251 minutes. Description An account of the resource In 1996-1997, researcher Stephen Hunter interviewed a range of musicians, family members and one author on their memories of the ‘showband era’ in Ireland. In the first interview, Seán Lucy (clarinet and saxophone player with Cork band the Dixies from 1954) and Terry McCarthy (singer with the Dixies from 1985) speak briefly about their backgrounds and childhoods in Cork before tracing their musical careers and discussing their experiences as members of the Dixies. Tommy Rooney from Crosshaven recounts playing with army and civilian bands (Trumpet player) before founding the Second City Jazz Band, and talks about the showband era and his experiences of playing in Cork and in Protestant halls in Northern Ireland. Pat Nolan, a saxophone and clarinet player who grew up on Cork City’s Northside, traces the rise and fall of the showbands on the Island of Ireland, and describes playing in dancehalls in Northern Ireland. Vincent Power, author of the book Send ‘Em Home Sweatin’, reflects on the showband phenomenon in his interview. Liam Foley from Blackpool, Cork, a drummer and guitarist, recalls his experiences as a musician in that era. Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony, wife and daughter of the late Christy O’Mahony who played bass with the Dixies from 1958-1985, talks about Christy’s involvement with the band. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996-1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Seán Lucy; Terry McCarthy; Tommy Rooney; Pat Nolan; Vincent Power; Frances McCarthy; Betty O’Mahony. Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Belfast; Northern Ireland; Ireland; music; showband music; dancehalls; 1950s-1970s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 6 .wav files [digitized at 96kHz, 24-bit audio from 90-minute cassette tapes] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Stephen Hunter Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Tommy Rooney Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 46m 45s Location The location of the interview Cork Academy of Music, Sunbeam Industrial Estate, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 90-minute cassette tape Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 16bit / 44.1kHz Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com SH: Going on to the show bands phenomena do you think that it was something that seemed to spring up suddenly , or did it gradually gather momentum ? TR: I would be inclined to think it came suddenly rather than otherwise. One band in Waterford, principally. But prior to that the band from the North of Ireland, the clipper Carlton – they started doing this kind of thing. One of the necessary things was that you had to stand up – and quite a number of bands at that time would stand up and perform these show band type of tunes, with guitars. Prior to that era there were no guitars in bands – at-all – I only knew one band in Ireland that had a guitar – that was Pat Crowley from Cork Here, they had a guy called Joe McGrinty played guitar – but no one ever heard it because it was acoustic so you wouldn’t know if he was playing it or not really, even though I played with him myself , I was always a bit dubious , because you couldn’t hear what he was doing anyway ( Chuckles ) So they were no good to you . But when the electric guitar came in really ‘’ that’s when the show band thing....... and the happened together almost. SH: Did you ever meet or know Lonnie Donnegan? TR: Yeah, I did he came over here with Chris Barber’s band first. He um...... he started the Skiffle thing just about that time. I remember him doing ‘’ Cumberland Giap ‘’ in Arcadia; it would have been about..... The middle ‘50s, maybe about ‘55, 56, Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tommy Rooney: Second City Jazzband, Cork Academy School of Music Description An account of the resource Tommy Rooney was born in 1931. He was reared in Crosshaven and was the eldest of nine. His father’s family were from Dublin. He joined the army in 1945 at the age of 14 and remained in the service for 12 years. He played music during some of that time with civilian bands. After the army, he played with Donny Collins in Limerick for 9 years and with Michael O’Callaghan for 7 years. He then formed The Second City Jazz Band and played with them for 20 years. Recently he has begun teaching music at the Cork Academy School of Music in Sunbeam industrial estate. He married one of the Creedon's, a well-known sporting family from Shandon Street. Tommy talks about his life as a musician. His early days in the army as a teenager. He talks about the very start of the showband era, the bands and Cork venues, such as the Arcadia. The experience of playing in Protestant halls in Northern Ireland. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 8 January 1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Tommy Rooney Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork City; Ireland; 1930s-1990s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Subject The topic of the resource Interview exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource Showbands Collection Catalogue Numbers: Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Arcadia Clipper Carlton Cork Academy School of Music Cork Opera House Crosshaven Donny Collins Glasheen Irish Defence Forces Jazz (music) Joe McGrinty Lonnie Donegan Michael O’Callaghan Music Northern Ireland Northside Pat Crowley Rory Gallagher Royal Showband Sean Lemass Second City Jazz Band Shandon Street Showbands Skiffle (music) Sunbeam Taste (band) The Dixies The Emergency Tommy Rooney Unionists https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/e808d79c327324364e5fe85f64e43fd0.jpg 8cb1487608186852ed4f4a83a614e21a https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/23d8e15e3a32d798f3ad11ab37db2cc8.mp3 cda1332ae258f56f865f5757e5ec0a6c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Showbands Subject The topic of the resource Interview collection exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Six audio interviews with eight people totalling 251 minutes. Description An account of the resource In 1996-1997, researcher Stephen Hunter interviewed a range of musicians, family members and one author on their memories of the ‘showband era’ in Ireland. In the first interview, Seán Lucy (clarinet and saxophone player with Cork band the Dixies from 1954) and Terry McCarthy (singer with the Dixies from 1985) speak briefly about their backgrounds and childhoods in Cork before tracing their musical careers and discussing their experiences as members of the Dixies. Tommy Rooney from Crosshaven recounts playing with army and civilian bands (Trumpet player) before founding the Second City Jazz Band, and talks about the showband era and his experiences of playing in Cork and in Protestant halls in Northern Ireland. Pat Nolan, a saxophone and clarinet player who grew up on Cork City’s Northside, traces the rise and fall of the showbands on the Island of Ireland, and describes playing in dancehalls in Northern Ireland. Vincent Power, author of the book Send ‘Em Home Sweatin’, reflects on the showband phenomenon in his interview. Liam Foley from Blackpool, Cork, a drummer and guitarist, recalls his experiences as a musician in that era. Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony, wife and daughter of the late Christy O’Mahony who played bass with the Dixies from 1958-1985, talks about Christy’s involvement with the band. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1996-1997 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Seán Lucy; Terry McCarthy; Tommy Rooney; Pat Nolan; Vincent Power; Frances McCarthy; Betty O’Mahony. Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/56" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996;</a> <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Belfast; Northern Ireland; Ireland; music; showband music; dancehalls; 1950s-1970s Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 6 .wav files [digitized at 96kHz, 24-bit audio from 90-minute cassette tapes] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Stephen Hunter Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Seán Lucy Terry McCarthy Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 52min 32sec Location The location of the interview Pa Johnson's Public House, Cork Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .wav files [digitized at 96kHz, 24-bit audio from 90-minute cassette tapes] Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 16bit / 44.1kHz Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com S.H: What was your introduction to the band, Terry? T.M: To this band the Dixies? Ah well, I mean as I said, I was pretty young when the Showbands took off in the early 60's, now, you know. I didn't join a band until 1968 so, then I was with that band for about six or seven years, local band here in Cork. S.H: What were they called? T.M: The Sunset. Then I moved on to the cabaret scene, because there was a big demand for cabaret spots in clubs and places all over the place you know, so that suited me fine, and I did that for many years. And then I got an introduction to sing with the Dixies, they needed a singer and at that stage I'll be honest… S.L: When was that? T.M: '85, it was 1985. S.H: So you really have been in awe of these guys, because you had been around. you respected them obviously. T.M: Oh yes, definitely, I mean.. S.L: They played relief to us he was in the relief band (both laugh) T.M: The Dixies were the big Showband from Cork and at the time it was a bit of an honour to be asked to join them you know, and I enjoyed it, and I'm still with them now eleven years later. I joined as the youngest member of the band, I was the baby of the band, now I'm the oldest member of the band, they're all retired; a couple of them died actually. S.H: Yeah. Do you think the phenomenon was something that seemed to be gathering momentum gradually, or something that happened fairly quickly? S.L: Yeah well... T.M: Once it took off it took off, it took off pretty quick. S.L: We went professional, we packed in our jobs, our good jobs, our day jobs, and went professional in 1961. It took off from there. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sean Lucey, Terry McCarthy: Blackpool, Dixies Showband Description An account of the resource Seán Lucy was born in 1936. Seán is from a family of four. He started work as a radio and television repairman in 1950, before becoming a professional musician in 1960. He played the clarinet. He played with the Butter Exchange Band, a brass and reed band that started in the late 1940s. Terry McCarthy was born in 1948. Terry is from a family of eight. He became a stonecutter in 1963. He joined a band in 1968 and began a career in music; he was a vocalist. Both were educated by the Christian Brothers at the North Monastery. Seán and Terry talk about the Irish showband scene, and their band, the Dixies. The band started playing Trad Jazz as the Dixieland band, copying English bands who copied American bands. Terry had been in a band called The Sunset; joined the Dixies in 1985. The Dixies went professional in 1961, toured England and America. Showbands had to leave the country during Lent and play elsewhere. They identify the heyday of the showbands as being approximately from 1965 to 1971. Seán’s favourite venue in Cork was the Arcadia, in Lower Road, later the CIE club, with audiences of 3,000. They played in Northern Ireland before The Troubles began. Rory Gallagher played support to The Dixies when he was very young. Terry saw Rory’s band Taste play their first gig, at the Cavern Club, Leitrim Street. The arrival of discos killed the live music scene. They discuss the extent of the Northside area. They topped the bill at Carnegie Hall, New York in 1964. The band has an entry in the Guinness Encyclopaedia of Popular Music. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9 December 1996 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Seán Lucy and Terry McCarthy Interviewer: Stephen Hunter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00051_dixies_1996 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork: Ireland; 1930s-1990s. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Subject The topic of the resource Interview exploring the ‘showband era’ (late 1950s to early 1970s) in Ireland from the perspective of Cork-based musicians and family members. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Relation A related resource Showbands Collection Catalogue Numbers: Accession number for collection [CFP Acc. No. 1997-004]; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/57">CFP_SR00052_rooney_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/58" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00053_nolan_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/59" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00054_power_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00055_foley_1997</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/document/61" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CFP_SR00056_various_1997</a>: Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Aloys Fleischmann senior Arcadia Butter Exchange Band Carnegie Hall Cavern Club Clipper Carlton showband Dixies showband Las Vegas Leitrim Street Lonnie Donegan Lower Glanmire Road Music Northern Ireland Northside Radio Luxembourg Rory Gallagher Shandon Street Showbands Taste (band) The Sunset (band) https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/b01bc524a7d5acbbbd8502d42bd8736b.jpg 519f3d19f76af0c096b572efeda9c5be https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/files/original/306a898e6e7b6e1ddfb4f0b42592777e.wav 4bad199bbad65033e7acf814ff3efe94 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cork 2005 Project Subject The topic of the resource Interviewing and radio project exploring migration, cultural contact and the social and physical landscape of Cork City in 2004 and 2005 and in the past, comprising of forty audio interviews and resulting in six half-hour radio programmes and a book. Description An account of the resource The Cork 2005 Project was carried out and funded as part of Cork’s tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2005. Building on the theme ‘City of Culture’, the project explored the questions: ‘What is the everyday culture of Cork City?’ and ‘Who are the people of the city?’, and aimed to broaden our archival holdings to reflect the increased numbers of migrants making their home in the city. 37 ethnographic interviews were carried out with Cork residents, more than two-thirds of whom had come to Cork from elsewhere, exploring their relationship with the cultural and social landscape of the city. The interviews include accounts of family life and growing up in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Kurdistan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa Ukraine, and the United States. A six-part radio series, entitled ‘How’s it goin’, boy?’ was broadcast on Cork Campus Radio in 2005, and a book of the same name was published in 2006. You can listen to the radio programmes on our website: How's it goin', boy? Radio Series. The interviews in this collection all have a similar structure. We asked all interviewees to describe their childhood neighbourhoods and communities and to discuss their relationship with Cork city in the present day. We also discussed experiences of migrancy, first impressions and cultural contact with those who had come to Cork from elsewhere and with Corkonians who had experience of migration. Interviewees came from diverse areas including Australia, the Marsh, Nigeria, Brittany, Gurranabraher, Russia, Evergreen Street, Spain, Poland and Kurdish Iraq. The collection project was carried out from March 2004 – June 2005. Interviewers on the project: Jennifer Butler; Lee Cassidy; Sean Claffey; Diane Hoppe; Dolores Horgan; John Mehegan; Clíona O’Carroll; Mary O’Driscoll; Noel O’Shaughnessy: Frances Quirke. Cork 2005 Special Project Co-ordinator: Clíona O’Carroll Project photography: Fawn Allen CFP Project Manager: Mary O’Driscoll CFP Research Director: Marie-Annick Desplanques ‘How’s it Goin’, Boy?’ radio series producer: Clíona O’Carroll ‘How’s it Goin’, Boy?’ radio series editor: Colin MacHale Support: the post of Special Project Co-ordinator and production costs were funded by Cork 2005. Ongoing support was from Northside Community Enterprises, Foras Áiseanna Saothair (FÁS) and University College, Cork. For further description of the Cork 2005 project, see: O’Carroll , Clíona and Desplanques, Marie-Annick (2006) ‘Cultures of Cork: Community, Ethnicity and Broadcasting’, in: Sociedade da Información en Espacios Periféricos, Novas Formas de Exclusión Social. Santiago de Compostela: Servizo de Edición Dixital da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. O'Carroll, Clíona (2013) 'Public folklore operating between aspiration and expediency: The Cork Folklore Project'. Irish Journal of Anthropology, 16 (1): 23-30. For the dissemination content see: ‘How’s it Goin’, Boy? radio series (six thirty-minute episodes, broadcast 2005 and available on the Cork Folklore Project website) O'Carroll, Clíona for the Cork Northside Folklore Project (2006) How's it goin', boy? Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing. Catalogue project description written by: Clíona O’Carroll Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2004-2005 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Billy McCarthy; Mary O'Driscoll; Eileen Claffey; Noreen Hanover; Marie-Annick Desplanques; Marcus Bale; Isabelle Sheridan; Liz Steiner-Scott; Avreimi Rot; Rob Stafford; Balaska O Donoghue; Andy Hawkins; Kay O'Carroll; Emeka Ikebuasi; Mícheál Ó Geallabháin; Noreen Geaney; Stefan Wulff; Karina Abdoulbaneeva; Musa Gunes; Robert Fourie; Tony Henderson; Yossi Valdman; Brigid Carmody; Mary O'Sullivan; Vitaliy Mahknanov; Michael O'Flynn; Dr. Mahbub Akhter; David Walker; Dearbhla Kelleher; Patricia Manresa; Stephen Wimpenny; Adam Skotarczak; Lode Vermeulen; Owen (homeless); Geoffrey D'Souza; Aimee Setter; Tim O'Brien; Alan Botan: Interviewers: Jennifer Butler; Lee Cassidy; Sean Claffey; Diane Hoppe; Dolores Horgan; John Mehegan; Clíona O’Carroll; Mary O’Driscoll; Noel O’Shaughnessy: Frances Quirke. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>. Relation A related resource Published Material; ‘How’s it Goin’, Boy? radio series <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/radio-series/">(six thirty-minute episodes, broadcast 2005 and available on the Cork Folklore Project website)</a> O'Carroll, Clíona for the Cork Northside Folklore Project (2006) How's it goin', boy? Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing. Catalogue project description written by: Clíona O’Carroll Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 37 MiniDisc Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Cork 2005 Collection Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/5">CFP_SR00329_mccarthy_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/18">CFP_SR00330_odriscoll_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/19">CFP_SR00331_claffey_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/20">CFP_SR00332_hanover_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/21">CFP_SR00333_desplanques_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/22">CFP_SR00334_bale_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/23">CFP_SR00335_sheridan_1996</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/24">CFP_SR00336_steiner-scott_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/25">CFP_SR00337_rot_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/26">CFP_SR00338_stafford_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/27">CFP_SR00339_odonoghue_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/28">CFP_SR00340_hawkins_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/29">CFP_SR00341_ocarroll_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/30">CFP_SR00342_ikebuasi_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/54">CFP_SR00343_ogeallabhain_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/31">CFP_SR00344_geaney_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/32">CFP_SR00345_wulff_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/33">CFP_SR00346_abdoulbaneeva_2004</a>; CFP_SR00347_gunes_2004; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/35">CFP_SR00348_fourie_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/36">CFP_SR00349_henderson_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/37">CFP_SR00350_valdman_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/38">CFP_SR00351_carmody_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/39">CFP_SR00352_osullivan_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/40">CFP_SR00353_mahknanov_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/41">CFP_SR00354_oflynn_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/42">CFP_SR00355_akhter_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/43">CFP_SR00356_walker_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/44">CFP_SR00357_kelleher_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/45">CFP_SR00358_manresa_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/46">CFP_SR00359_wimpenny_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/47">CFP_SR00360_skotarczak_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/48">CFP_SR00361_vermeulen_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/49">CFP_SR00362_owen_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/50">CFP_SR00363_dsouza_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/51">CFP_SR00364_setter_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/52">CFP_SR00365_obrien_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/53">CFP_SR00366_botan_2005</a>: Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 37 ethnographic interviews carried out with Cork residents, more than two-thirds of whom had come to Cork from elsewhere, exploring their relationship with the cultural and social landscape of the city in 2004/2005 and in the latter half of the twentieth century. The interviews include accounts of family life and growing up in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Kurdistan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa Ukraine, and the United States. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview John Mehegan Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Mícheál Ó Geallabháin Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 55m 34s Location The location of the interview Cork City, Ireland. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MiniDisc Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 16bit / 44.1kHz Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com M.O'G: and I remember when I was going to Sullivan’s Quay school like you know and some boy was asked, “Murphy, where’s your book?” you know, “Sir, eh eh we’re all going to England, in a couple of weeks time, so Mam and Dad said there’s no point in getting books because we won’t be here”. And like the whole family, mother and parents and all the children, just everybody out. And I could see no end to it, this was going to go on forever, people were going to be emigrating forever, things would never get better, you know and everybody was coming back from England, and during the summer holidays you know you had gone over there to work they all had nice suits on, and they were able to buy the Examiner every day, and God there was really money and you know and that sense of what you did not have, was almost as important as what you did have going for you, you know. J.M: Yeah you became acutely aware of it basically! M.O'G: Absolutely I remember being down then at the Inisfallen, the Inisfallen used to go out three times a week – Monday, Wednesday and Friday – and there were people throwing pennies onto the, and of course as kids you would be rushing to pick them up, you know, but there was something very sad about it, the young people all going away, and I remember being walking down Anglesea Street with my father one day, and I was about six or seven or eight and I said Dad why doesn’t the government do something about this and he said there’s nothing they can do. There was no hope, things were never going to get better, there was a sort of, I think TK Whitaker, who the man who got the Whitaker Plan going in the late 58, 59, or something he said on television that they were soul numbing days. Yeah that’s exactly the way it was, soul numbing, there was just no way out, things were never going to get better, there was no point even trying, because nothing was ever going to work. Thanks be to God, I was wrong, but like you know that’s the way it was. Interview Format This field should hold one of the following values; audio, video. Audio Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mícheál Ó Geallabháin: Family, Community, Social Class, Sport, Music, Emigration. Subject The topic of the resource Life History: Social Class, Emigration, Education, Music Description An account of the resource An in-depth, evocative interview about growing up in The Middle Parish highlighting poverty and the power of education in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Mícheál Ó Geallabháin gives intimate and warm detail about family life, community spirit, class, sport, music and emigration. Mícheál was born on 15th of October, 1945 in the South Terrace but grew up in Kyrl Street in The Middle Parish. He was the eldest of a family of seven. He has four brothers and two sisters. They moved out to Ballyphehane in the late 1950s. His father worked for Beamish Brewery. Note; This interview was conducted as part of the Cork 2005 Project Interview duration: 55m 34s Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 20 October 2004 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Mícheál Ó Geallabháin Interviewer: John Mehegan Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00343_ogeallabhain_2004 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1950s-2000s; Relation A related resource Cork 2005 Collection Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/5">CFP_SR00329_mccarthy_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/18">CFP_SR00330_odriscoll_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/19">CFP_SR00331_claffey_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/20">CFP_SR00332_hanover_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/21">CFP_SR00333_desplanques_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/22">CFP_SR00334_bale_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/23">CFP_SR00335_sheridan_1996</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/24">CFP_SR00336_steiner-scott_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/25">CFP_SR00337_rot_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/26">CFP_SR00338_stafford_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/27">CFP_SR00339_odonoghue_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/28">CFP_SR00340_hawkins_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/29">CFP_SR00341_ocarroll_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/30">CFP_SR00342_ikebuasi_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/31">CFP_SR00344_geaney_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/32">CFP_SR00345_wulff_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/33">CFP_SR00346_abdoulbaneeva_2004</a>; CFP_SR00347_gunes_2004; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/35">CFP_SR00348_fourie_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/36">CFP_SR00349_henderson_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/37">CFP_SR00350_valdman_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/38">CFP_SR00351_carmody_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/39">CFP_SR00352_osullivan_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/40">CFP_SR00353_mahknanov_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/41">CFP_SR00354_oflynn_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/42">CFP_SR00355_akhter_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/43">CFP_SR00356_walker_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/44">CFP_SR00357_kelleher_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/45">CFP_SR00358_manresa_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/46">CFP_SR00359_wimpenny_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/47">CFP_SR00360_skotarczak_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/48">CFP_SR00361_vermeulen_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/49">CFP_SR00362_owen_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/50">CFP_SR00363_dsouza_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/51">CFP_SR00364_setter_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/52">CFP_SR00365_obrien_2005</a>; Published Material; ‘How’s it Goin’, Boy? radio series <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/radio-series/">(six thirty-minute episodes, broadcast 2005 and available on the Cork Folklore Project website)</a> O'Carroll, Clíona for the Cork Northside Folklore Project (2006) How's it goin', boy? Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cork 2005 Project Subject The topic of the resource Interviewing and radio project exploring migration, cultural contact and the social and physical landscape of Cork City in 2004 and 2005 and in the past, comprising of forty audio interviews and resulting in six half-hour radio programmes and a book. Description An account of the resource The Cork 2005 Project was carried out and funded as part of Cork’s tenure as European Capital of Culture in 2005. Building on the theme ‘City of Culture’, the project explored the questions: ‘What is the everyday culture of Cork City?’ and ‘Who are the people of the city?’, and aimed to broaden our archival holdings to reflect the increased numbers of migrants making their home in the city. 37 ethnographic interviews were carried out with Cork residents, more than two-thirds of whom had come to Cork from elsewhere, exploring their relationship with the cultural and social landscape of the city. The interviews include accounts of family life and growing up in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Kurdistan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa Ukraine, and the United States. A six-part radio series, entitled ‘How’s it goin’, boy?’ was broadcast on Cork Campus Radio in 2005, and a book of the same name was published in 2006. You can listen to the radio programmes on our website: How's it goin', boy? Radio Series. The interviews in this collection all have a similar structure. We asked all interviewees to describe their childhood neighbourhoods and communities and to discuss their relationship with Cork city in the present day. We also discussed experiences of migrancy, first impressions and cultural contact with those who had come to Cork from elsewhere and with Corkonians who had experience of migration. Interviewees came from diverse areas including Australia, the Marsh, Nigeria, Brittany, Gurranabraher, Russia, Evergreen Street, Spain, Poland and Kurdish Iraq. The collection project was carried out from March 2004 – June 2005. Interviewers on the project: Jennifer Butler; Lee Cassidy; Sean Claffey; Diane Hoppe; Dolores Horgan; John Mehegan; Clíona O’Carroll; Mary O’Driscoll; Noel O’Shaughnessy: Frances Quirke. Cork 2005 Special Project Co-ordinator: Clíona O’Carroll Project photography: Fawn Allen CFP Project Manager: Mary O’Driscoll CFP Research Director: Marie-Annick Desplanques ‘How’s it Goin’, Boy?’ radio series producer: Clíona O’Carroll ‘How’s it Goin’, Boy?’ radio series editor: Colin MacHale Support: the post of Special Project Co-ordinator and production costs were funded by Cork 2005. Ongoing support was from Northside Community Enterprises, Foras Áiseanna Saothair (FÁS) and University College, Cork. For further description of the Cork 2005 project, see: O’Carroll , Clíona and Desplanques, Marie-Annick (2006) ‘Cultures of Cork: Community, Ethnicity and Broadcasting’, in: Sociedade da Información en Espacios Periféricos, Novas Formas de Exclusión Social. Santiago de Compostela: Servizo de Edición Dixital da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. O'Carroll, Clíona (2013) 'Public folklore operating between aspiration and expediency: The Cork Folklore Project'. Irish Journal of Anthropology, 16 (1): 23-30. For the dissemination content see: ‘How’s it Goin’, Boy? radio series (six thirty-minute episodes, broadcast 2005 and available on the Cork Folklore Project website) O'Carroll, Clíona for the Cork Northside Folklore Project (2006) How's it goin', boy? Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing. Catalogue project description written by: Clíona O’Carroll Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2004-2005 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewees: Billy McCarthy; Mary O'Driscoll; Eileen Claffey; Noreen Hanover; Marie-Annick Desplanques; Marcus Bale; Isabelle Sheridan; Liz Steiner-Scott; Avreimi Rot; Rob Stafford; Balaska O Donoghue; Andy Hawkins; Kay O'Carroll; Emeka Ikebuasi; Mícheál Ó Geallabháin; Noreen Geaney; Stefan Wulff; Karina Abdoulbaneeva; Musa Gunes; Robert Fourie; Tony Henderson; Yossi Valdman; Brigid Carmody; Mary O'Sullivan; Vitaliy Mahknanov; Michael O'Flynn; Dr. Mahbub Akhter; David Walker; Dearbhla Kelleher; Patricia Manresa; Stephen Wimpenny; Adam Skotarczak; Lode Vermeulen; Owen (homeless); Geoffrey D'Souza; Aimee Setter; Tim O'Brien; Alan Botan: Interviewers: Jennifer Butler; Lee Cassidy; Sean Claffey; Diane Hoppe; Dolores Horgan; John Mehegan; Clíona O’Carroll; Mary O’Driscoll; Noel O’Shaughnessy: Frances Quirke. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Cork Folklore Project <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"></a> This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>. Relation A related resource Published Material; ‘How’s it Goin’, Boy? radio series <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/radio-series/">(six thirty-minute episodes, broadcast 2005 and available on the Cork Folklore Project website)</a> O'Carroll, Clíona for the Cork Northside Folklore Project (2006) How's it goin', boy? Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing. Catalogue project description written by: Clíona O’Carroll Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 37 MiniDisc Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Audio Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Cork 2005 Collection Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/5">CFP_SR00329_mccarthy_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/18">CFP_SR00330_odriscoll_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/19">CFP_SR00331_claffey_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/20">CFP_SR00332_hanover_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/21">CFP_SR00333_desplanques_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/22">CFP_SR00334_bale_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/23">CFP_SR00335_sheridan_1996</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/24">CFP_SR00336_steiner-scott_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/25">CFP_SR00337_rot_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/26">CFP_SR00338_stafford_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/27">CFP_SR00339_odonoghue_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/28">CFP_SR00340_hawkins_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/29">CFP_SR00341_ocarroll_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/30">CFP_SR00342_ikebuasi_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/54">CFP_SR00343_ogeallabhain_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/31">CFP_SR00344_geaney_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/32">CFP_SR00345_wulff_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/33">CFP_SR00346_abdoulbaneeva_2004</a>; CFP_SR00347_gunes_2004; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/35">CFP_SR00348_fourie_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/36">CFP_SR00349_henderson_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/37">CFP_SR00350_valdman_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/38">CFP_SR00351_carmody_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/39">CFP_SR00352_osullivan_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/40">CFP_SR00353_mahknanov_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/41">CFP_SR00354_oflynn_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/42">CFP_SR00355_akhter_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/43">CFP_SR00356_walker_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/44">CFP_SR00357_kelleher_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/45">CFP_SR00358_manresa_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/46">CFP_SR00359_wimpenny_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/47">CFP_SR00360_skotarczak_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/48">CFP_SR00361_vermeulen_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/49">CFP_SR00362_owen_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/50">CFP_SR00363_dsouza_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/51">CFP_SR00364_setter_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/52">CFP_SR00365_obrien_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/53">CFP_SR00366_botan_2005</a>: Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 37 ethnographic interviews carried out with Cork residents, more than two-thirds of whom had come to Cork from elsewhere, exploring their relationship with the cultural and social landscape of the city in 2004/2005 and in the latter half of the twentieth century. The interviews include accounts of family life and growing up in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Kurdistan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa Ukraine, and the United States. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Francis Quirke Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Tim O'Brien Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 51m 59s Location The location of the interview Cork City Fire Station, Anglesea St, Cork City, Ireland Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MiniDisc Bit Rate/Frequency Rate at which bits are transferred (i.e. 96 kbit/s would be FM quality audio) 16bit / 44.1kHz Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The following is a short extract from the interview transcript, copyright of the Cork Folklore Project. If you wish to access further archival material please contact CFP, folklorearchive@gmail.com F.Q: Picking the blackberries. Em is there anywhere else you can think of now that you used to play around as a kid? T.O'B Eh well obviously Eglington Street swimming pool right – we used to go to the baths. And that was a bit of an event because we were going into town, and there was concern if you were going into town, but then on the other side it was a lot safer because any adult would give you a kick in the arse if you did anything out of the way right, it didn’t have to be your parent or know you or anything. You were afraid of them anyway to start off so that wasn’t a bad idea. We used to come down as I say to Eglington Street baths eh from Blackpool to the baths it was probably about for young fellas maybe twenty minutes, twenty five minutes walk eh and however long it took us to come down it would take us twice as long to go back because we would go to the Cork Cold Storage for the ice creams and eh like I mean to say the ice cream would take you flippin half an hour to eat it – it was so big! And you would go home and you’d think that you were the flippin Prince of the world, and the whole thing for I don’t know maybe three pence to get into the Eglington Street baths, and another three pence going home, that’s six pence and transfer that to modern money and you probably have something like two p. right, you wouldn’t get a lot for two p. these days. F.Q: Two cent, yeah you wouldn’t get a lot em Tim would you have went to the cinema? T.O'B Yeah eh obviously that was a kind of a thing. You had the Palace, you had the Lee, eh you had the Pavilion, you had the Capitol, and you had the one out in Washington Street (the Ritz) and you had the one above in Collins Barracks. F.Q: The Cameo. T.O'B Cameo, so you had all of them and eh you get to go to the pictures once a fortnight, and I remember actually there was a very funny ritual at home; eh it was the father who would give us the money to go to the pictures, but you would have to kind of grovel for a long time first, and one of his tricks was that he would put his hand in his pocket, and you’d think you were getting the money and the hankie would come out, right, so then we developed this knack: we’d get our friends to come to the door to try to put him under pressure, so he wouldn’t relent for that either. He used to go through his ritual – he’d always give us the money in the end, but like I mean to say you would have an awful lot of getting there before you actually got it you know. Eh but then as I say we used to go out and go to the cinema, gangs of us. Em there used to be kind of I remember about five or six of us seemed to go everywhere, eh together the whole time you know, em into the cinema in the afternoon, and come out and be dazzled by the light outside because it was so dark inside, one of the things I always remember; em the films I saw then were probably as good as any film I saw since like. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tim O’Brien: Cork Fire Brigade, Murphy’s Brewery, Murphy’s Rock, Subject The topic of the resource Life History; Fire Brigade; Youth; Description An account of the resource Tim talks about working for Cork’s Fire Brigade, and about changes to the job over the years. He has been a fire-fighter since 1975 and loves the job. Tim was born in Watercourse Road. His father worked in Murphy’s Brewery. His mother came from West Cork, and he had some contact with the countryside and country people. He is a speaker of the Irish language and tries to use it where possible. His father worked in Murphy’s for 42 years, and the job was one handed down by previous generations of his family. You were expected to drink the product if you worked there. He recalls shire horses pulling the beer barrels around Cork to tied pubs, and women collecting horse manure when they passed. He talks about Murphy’s Rock and how that area has changed. Children used to go to Eglington Street baths and get an ice-cream from the Cold Storage. He muses about how children’s lives have become more constrained. He has mixed feelings about modern life and about changes to Cork’s streetscape. Note; This interview was conducted as part of the Cork 2005 Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 22 March 2005 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Interviewee: Tim O'Brien Interviewer: Francis Quirke Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFP_SR00365_obrien_2005 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cork; Ireland; 1960s-2000s; Relation A related resource Cork 2005 Collection Catalogue Numbers: <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/5">CFP_SR00329_mccarthy_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/18">CFP_SR00330_odriscoll_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/19">CFP_SR00331_claffey_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/20">CFP_SR00332_hanover_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/21">CFP_SR00333_desplanques_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/22">CFP_SR00334_bale_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/23">CFP_SR00335_sheridan_1996</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/24">CFP_SR00336_steiner-scott_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/25">CFP_SR00337_rot_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/26">CFP_SR00338_stafford_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/27">CFP_SR00339_odonoghue_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/28">CFP_SR00340_hawkins_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/29">CFP_SR00341_ocarroll_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/30">CFP_SR00342_ikebuasi_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/54">CFP_SR00343_ogeallabhain_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/31">CFP_SR00344_geaney_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/32">CFP_SR00345_wulff_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/33">CFP_SR00346_abdoulbaneeva_2004</a>; CFP_SR00347_gunes_2004; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/35">CFP_SR00348_fourie_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/36">CFP_SR00349_henderson_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/37">CFP_SR00350_valdman_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/38">CFP_SR00351_carmody_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/39">CFP_SR00352_osullivan_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/40">CFP_SR00353_mahknanov_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/41">CFP_SR00354_oflynn_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/42">CFP_SR00355_akhter_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/43">CFP_SR00356_walker_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/44">CFP_SR00357_kelleher_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/45">CFP_SR00358_manresa_2004</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/46">CFP_SR00359_wimpenny_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/47">CFP_SR00360_skotarczak_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/48">CFP_SR00361_vermeulen_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/49">CFP_SR00362_owen_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/50">CFP_SR00363_dsouza_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/51">CFP_SR00364_setter_2005</a>; <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/items/show/53">CFP_SR00366_botan_2005</a>: Published Material; ‘How’s it Goin’, Boy? radio series <a href="http://corkfolklore.org/radio-series/">(six thirty-minute episodes, broadcast 2005 and available on the Cork Folklore Project website)</a> O'Carroll, Clíona for the Cork Northside Folklore Project (2006) How's it goin', boy? Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cork Folklore Project Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1.wav File Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cork Folklore Project Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cork Folklore Project Audio Archive Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound 1960s 1970s 1990s 2000s Childhood Games Cork 2005 Cork Cold Storage Cork Fire Brigade Murphy’s Brewery Murphy’s Rock Patrick Street Tim O’Brien