It’s not a very high resolution image unfortunately, but it has been shared a number of times by different people so I don’t know who took it to ask for a better copy.
The Cinemas of Cork
I remember the Capitol and Lee cinemas, but I don’t remember The Ritz and I was never in the Savoy before the cinema was shut down.
via Bells of Shandon.
The Berwick Fountain, Grand Parade
Via Cork Snaps on Twitter.
Béal na Bláth Ambush Site
In 1922 at Béal na Bláth in Co Cork, a convoy carrying Michael Collins, commander of the national army was ambushed by anti-treaty forces.
From the Wikipedia page:
On 22 August 1922, during the Irish Civil War, Michael Collins, Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-chief of the National Army, was killed in an ambush here by the Ryan Agents of Holycross anti-treaty IRA forces while travelling in convoy from Bandon. The ambush was planned in a farmhouse in Béal na Bláth close to The Diamond Bar.[2] Commemorations are held on the nearest Sunday to the anniversary of his death. A memorial cross (coordinates 51.81356°N 8.85651°W) stands at the site of the shooting on a local road 1 km south of the village which was a dirt road when Collins was shot. A small white cross marks the spot where he fell.
You can read more about his final journey here where I found the b/w photo of the officers at the the site.
The colourised photo was posted on Facebook a few days ago.
Union Quay, Cork
Union Quay, Cork sometime between 1900 and 1920 as posted here.
Cork College of Commerce would be built out of shot on the left bank while directly ahead is the School of Music. Is that building at the end of the left bank the old Suttons building?
Before Bishop Lucey Park
Bishop Lucey Park on the Grand Parade was a car park before. I have to admit I have no memory of this at all. Even though I always think of Bishop Lucey Park as “new” it was actually opened in 1985!
Photo by Pat Galvin, posted here where he says,
Pre Bishop Lucey Park. This was taken around the same time as Tony’s photo of the Grand Parade. We had a radio Station “Leeside” on the top floor of the Shamrock shop. There was a 12″ drop from one side of the room to the other, so rent was cheap.
The car park of Grand Parade, Cork
I remember the Grand Parade in Cork like this. As some of the comments here say, you could spent an age circling around and around looking for a parking spot. The Grand Parade today is so much better with the wide pedestrian area in front of the library.
Arial View of Cork Harbour, 1933
Cork Harbour in 1933 from here. Note the docklands at the top of the image, and what looks like the train station at the top-left.
Grand Parade, Cork
Via Facebook.
Andy Gaw
