#WhereinCork would you find the interior of a #Cork city church (from the Irish Builder in the 2nd half of the 19th century📸via Cork City Library) #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike
Born #Onthisday 1833 in #Cork Dorinda Neligan, volunteer nurse & educator. Taking a keen interest in the higher education of women she became a Suffragist (in 1909 she went on a deputation to the House of Commons & was arrested for refusing to go away) museumofcroydon.com/blogs/miss-d...
Timewarp of the former Savings Bank, South Mall #Cork then (late 1800s) & now #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #TimewarpCork www.irishfamilydetective.ie/timewarp B&W📸NLI
#Onthisday 1990 Kevin Sheedy scored Ireland's first ever goal at a World Cup www.echolive.ie/corksport/ar...
Yesterday's #WhereinCork was the interior of St Luke's Church - this is the exterior from Irish Builder - this & more can be seen at #Cork Past & Present buff.ly/fNaXKS3 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike
Born #Onthisday 1912 Mary Lavin in East Walpole, Massachusetts to Irish parents. The short story writer & novelist returned to Ireland when she was 10. She is one of Ireland’s best writers & received the Aosdána award in 1993 independent.ie/irish-news/l...
Born #Onthisday 1871 in #Dublin, the fascinating Hilda Urlin Petrie, who with her husband shaped the field of archaeology. the-past.com/comment/hild... in Abydos (Egypt Exploration Society)
Born #Onthisday 1880 W.T. Cosgrave, the first president of the Executive Council 1922–32 Irish Free State📸At the graveside of #MichaelCollins www.rte.ie/history/iris...
Patrick's Bridge under construction in 1859 following the flood 1853 www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/architecture/architecture-in-cork-city-1/st.-patricks-bridge/ #FlashbackFriday #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLikeđź“·#Cork Public Museum & Ronnie Herlihy
Born #Onthisday 1899 in #Dublin #IrishAuthor Elizabeth Bowen of Bowen's Court #Cork which she was forced to sell in 1959. It was quickly demolished, an act which caused fury at the time & was denounced as 'outrageous vandalism' shorturl.at/VDRSS
