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Arthur Walker Snr: Evergreen Road, Ballyphehane
Tags: 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
Michael Creedon: Bradley's
Patrick Leader: Leader's Menswear
Rosarii Comber: North Gate Chemist
Erin O'Brien: Historic Spine
Tags: Barrack Street, Beamish and Crawford, Castle Street, City Centre Strategy, Coal Quay, Cork City Hall, Erin O’Brien, Historic Spine, Living Above the Shops Scheme, MacCurtain Street, Medieval, Munster Furniture, North Main Street, Oliver Plunkett Street, Patrick Street, Shandon Street, South Main Street, Vision Centre, Washington Street
Liam Ó hUigín: Henry Street
Tags: 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
Tom Spalding: North Main Street
Tags: 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
Noreen Hannover: South Main Street
Tags: 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
John O'Leary: Sir Henry's
In this interview, John…
Tags: 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
Ed Hinchy: Beamish & Crawford
Tags: 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
Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony: The Dixies, Christy O'Mahony
Tags: 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
Liam Foley: Blackpool, Showbands, Arcadia
Tags: 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
Vincent Power: Send ‘em Home Sweatin’
He talks in detail about the showband scene. Irish audiences had no access to rock’n’roll and its performers, but showbands were copycat…
Tags: 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
Pat Nolan: Northside, Cork Academy School of Music
Tags: 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
Tommy Rooney: Second City Jazzband, Cork Academy School of Music
Tags: 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
Sean Lucey, Terry McCarthy: Blackpool, Dixies Showband
Tags: 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)
Mícheál Ó Geallabháin: Family, Community, Social Class, Sport, Music, Emigration.
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Christy Ring, Coal Quay, Cork 2005, Cork Athletic, Disability, Education, Electricity, Emigration, Farming, Fitzgerald’s Park, Football, Gas Light, Hurling, Liam McCarthy Cup, London, Michael O’Geallabhain, Music, Musical Instruments, Opera, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Sean O’Riada, Social Class, Spirituality, Sport, The Inisfallen, The Middle Parish, Trinity College Dublin, UCC, Uileann pipes, University College Cork
Alan Botan: Immigration, Iraq, Kurdistan, Ireland,
Alan is an asylum seeker. He came to Cork in 2002 and describes his efforts to integrate, and how he experienced Cork and its people. He…
Tags: 2000s, Alan Botan, Arran Islands, Cork 2005, Holidays, Immigration, Iraq, Kurdistan, Travel
Tim O’Brien: Cork Fire Brigade, Murphy’s Brewery, Murphy’s Rock,
Tim was born in Watercourse Road. His father worked in Murphy’s Brewery. His mother came from West…