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Pauline Murphy retweeted
Years ago during a funeral in St Patrick's Church on the Lower Glanmire Road, a priest was swinging the thurible with burning incense around the coffin. The silence of the solemn moment was broken by a young child seated down the back - ''FATHER, YOUR HANDBAG IS ON FIRE!!!''
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October 1601 - Don Juan de Aquila landed at Kinsale with thousands of men to help us fight the English. Of course, it didn't work out well and Don Juan went into hiding at Portneys Lane in Cork City until he went back to Spain months later to be court martialed.
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Blackthorn House on Patrick Street, from where an IRA shooting party caught some Auxies by surprise on an October night in 1920....
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4 Merchants Quay - HQ Irish Citizen Army, Cork.
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Cork city 1930s - The Cycle Park on Lavitts Quay near The Opera House provided cyclists with an indoor place to park their bikes, secure and dry! Bring back The Cycle Park!!!
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Manchester United Football Club.
Created by a dog.
Broken by a horse.
Destroyed by snakes and rats.
Pauline Murphy retweeted
Hi Pauline
This photo appeared in libraries calendar of 2024 honouring the brave Cork Cumann na mBan women.( my aunts featured for April) Marie was my neighbour had the privilege of being in her guard of honour at her funeral. calendar is on our website
Hegarty Collection 🇮🇪
Pauline Murphy retweeted
Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, died on Hunger Strike in Brixton Prison on this day in 1920.
In the Cork Public Museum you can see the doll given to his daughter following his death, a gift from the people of Catalonia.
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Cork Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney - died on hunger strike this day in 1920:
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The County Hall, Cork -very nearly called MacSwiney Hall!
In 1967 the Cork Old IRA Benevolent Association petitioned councillors to name it after the martyred Lord Mayor but it never materialised!
Pauline Murphy retweeted
Discover the terrifying road hauntings recorded by West Cork national school pupils in the 1930s Schools Folklore Collection.
Read all about it on page 15 of this week's Southern Star.
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Pauline Murphy retweeted
Years ago, a high tide flooded the streets of Cork while Paddy was visiting his friend Finbarr on South Terrace. Finbarr looked the window and said to Paddy: "The floods are very bad, you'd better stay the night."
"Oh thanks very much Finbarr, I'll pop home and fetch me pjamas."
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October 1922 - Outside the Lee Boot Factory on Washington Street, two deaths, days apart, as a result of the Civil War in Cork.....
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The tune is cheerful, the chorus is nonsense, and the story is a woman taking a penknife to an infant, which did not stop Dublin children from chanting it on the street for decades. bit.ly/3nYeFer
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A young County Antrim priest wrote “The Foggy Dew” in 1919 and published it under a false name to protect himself. irishcentral.com/roots/histo…
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Every year, Rory Gallagher came home to Cork to play Macroom, Ireland’s first open-air rock festival.
In 1978, he made it legendary. He rolled up in a car, grabbed his battle-scarred ‘61 Strat, ran straight up the steps with no soundcheck, and tore into “Shin Kicker.”
Pure rock and roll.
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On this day in Cork 1922 - a bomb explodes on Washington Street claiming the life of a young girl...
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October 1933, Grand Parade, Cork city: a rally held by the fascist Blueshirt movement. Main speaker was Fine Gael leader Eoin O'Duffy. A lorry of Irish Army soldiers on the lower left are keeping an eye on it!
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On this day in Cork 1922 - a Civil War shooting on Great William O'Brien Street, Blackpool....
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