“13 September 1942 at the end of the Blackwater manouvres troops march through Patrick Street, Cork in the biggest military parade in the country”
Troops March through St. Patrick Street. 1942
26 Thursday Feb 2015
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Douglas in the 80s
14 Saturday Feb 2015
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- View from Quinnsworth carpark, Douglas in the early ’80s
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- Construction of South Link Road circa 1989
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- Proposed site of the Douglas Court shopping centre, pictured in the late 1980s.
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- The old cafe (left) was being demolished at the time.
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- Demolition of the old bridge in Douglas village in 1984
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- Douglas village pictured in the mid-1980s
A gallery of amazing photos of Douglas village as it was in the 1980s. It’s completely changed now hasn’t it?
Photos by Joe Healy.
The toilet on Merchants Quay
13 Friday Feb 2015
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This small building stood for years on Merchants Quay, Cork but I don’t think I ever ventured inside. Going by the comments I’ve seen it’s probably a good thing too.
It’s been torn down since, not sure when, but this is what the site looks like now. I took this photo two weeks ago.
Photo credit: William Murphy.
Lapp’s Quay, 1978
10 Tuesday Feb 2015
The tug boat Shandon pulled up at Lapp’s Quay which is now where the Clarion Hotel and The Boardwalk is. I remember the yard behind it, but not as a Suttons Coal yard, and I have the vaguest memory of the grain merchants building behind.
Via Facebook and Shipspotting.com.
Tram in Ballintemple
09 Monday Feb 2015
A tram in Ballintemple, on it’s way to Blackrock village. This street hasn’t changed much in all those years.
(source: Facebook)
Edit: Jack Bean posted a recent photo of the same scene:
St. Patrick’s Street in Ruins
08 Sunday Feb 2015
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December 1920, during the Irish War of Independence when the centre of Cork City was burnt by the Black and Tans in revenge for the killing of one of their own by the IRA.
The light coloured hut is where Penneys is now.
In retaliation for Chapman’s death, Auxiliaries, Black and Tans and British soldiers set fire to a number of houses and then looted and burnt numerous buildings in the city centre. Many civilians also reported being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces. Firefighters later testified that British forces hindered their attempts to tackle the blazes by intimidating them, shooting at them and/or cutting their hoses. Over 40 business premises, 300 residential properties, City Hall and the Carnegie Library were destroyed by fire. Over £3 million worth of damage (1920 value; 172 millon euro in today’s money) was done, 2,000 were left jobless and many were left homeless. Two unarmed IRA volunteers were also shot dead in their home in the north of the city, and a woman died of a heart-attack when Auxiliaries burst into her house.
Via Facebook.
Cogan’s for Colour TV
24 Sunday Aug 2014
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Mothers, buggies and children in the 60s
14 Thursday Aug 2014
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Mercier Press will be publishing a book of photos of Cork in the 1960s soon. The photos from the last few weeks are all from that book. If you recognise anyone in them leave a comment on the appropriate Facebook page!
A caravan on St Patrick’s Street
11 Monday Aug 2014
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Lavitt’s Quay, Cork in the 1960s
07 Thursday Aug 2014
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I never expected to see so many parked cars in a picture taken in the 60’s. Ireland wasn’t exactly prosperous back then, but maybe it’s just where people had to park. There’s only one car in motion where the same location now has three lanes of constant traffic during the day. (via)
