Timewarp of St. Lukes Church then (c1900) and now (2020) #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #Cork

Died #Onthisday 1915 Irish born Frances Esther How. Her family left Ireland for Canada c.1850 & it was here she became an educator & social reformer 'the Jane Addams of Toronto' www.biographi.ca/en/bio/how_f...

The Lough #Cork in 1945 - B&W📸Capuchins #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

Yesterday's #WhereinCork was Kyrl's Quay - in this one you can see the 1779 archway was once part of the entrance door to one of #Cork's oldest firms John Daly & Co Mineral Water Manufacturers on Kyrl's Quay #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday📸P Galvin

Died #Onthisday 1970 Nora Wallace who with her sister Sheila ran a small in the shadow of St. Augustine’s Church, in the centre of #Cork City, central to Volunteer activities during the #IrishWarofIndependence as were the sisters www.rte.ie/culture/2020...

Michael's Lane #Dubln c1865 - 1914 #Dublin B&W📸NLI www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

Born #Onthisday 1934 in #Dublin, singer & actor, Ronnie Drew - His 'voice as familiar as your da’s, one that evokes the pub, the bookies and the fishmarket, dog-rough and unpretentious and smelling of fags and malt' @hotpress tinyurl.com/56z655nz

Timewarp of South Mall #Cork then 1960s & now 2020 #TimewarpCork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W 📷NLI www.irishfamilydetective.ie/timewarp

Died #Onthisday 1947 #Tyrone born astronomer Annie Maunder. The Maunder Crater on the moon was named for her & her husband, in tribute to their work in establishing a link between cosmic events & the earth’s climate ria.ie/news/diction... B&W📷NPG

South Mall & the National Monument on Grand Parade #Cork c1900 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸NLI www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

Butter Market #Cork c1900 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸NLI www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

#Onthisday 1961 the Battle of Jadotville began. Ireland’s contingent of UN peacekeepers (35th Infantry Battalion) were faced with as many as 3,500 heavily armed Katangese - more tinyurl.com/cj3vbp4k

#Onthisday is the feast of St Ailbe - fantastic funny story from Schools Collection from Hospital #Limerick tinyurl.com/mtx8t73d

Yesterday's #WhereinCork was a photo of the ruins of St. Senan's Church, Inniscarra - this is the building of the dam in the area in 1956📸NLI #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday

#WhereinCork (outside the city) would you find this scene c1930 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

Born #Onthisday 1890 Physician Dorothy Price who was key to the elimination of childhood TB in Ireland by introducing the BCG vaccine (4th from right with St Ultan's founders Madeleine ffrench-Mullen & Kathleen Lynn)📷@tcddublin)

#Onthisday 1936 the #Cork City Hall was reopened by Dev, 16 yrs after its destruction by British Forces #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸Capuchin Archives irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

Yesterday's #WhereinCork was Parnell Place - this is a view of the area in 1965 featuring the Bus Station #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

#WhereinCork was this scene in the 1980s? #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

Born #Onthisday 1935 in Carrick-on-Suir the wonderful Liam Clancy the youngest surviving child of Robert Clancy & Joanna McGrath, who was according to Bob Dylan 'The best ballad singer I ever heard in my life' youtube.com/watch?v=PFCe...

Born #Onthisday 1869 in #Dublin the fascinating Ellice Pilkington (Louisa Ellice Esmonde) women's activist and artist - more @DIB_RIA dib.ie/biography/pi...

Timewarp of Paul Street #Cork then (1989) & now (2025) #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #TimewarpCork B&W📸DRI www.irishfamilydetective.ie/timewarp

Coliseum #Cork c.1914 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸NLI www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

Born #Onthisday 1913 in #Cobh #Cork Jack Doyle, Soldier, Boxer, Soprano & Actor - more from @IrishTimes about his life and sad demise tinyurl.com/2uddsp7m

The Royal #Cork Yacht Club c. 1900 @royalcork when based in #Cobh, the world's oldest #yacht club #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike @CobhTourism B&W📸NLI irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

#Onthisday 1922 'a number of the relics' of #MichaelCollins were brought to Merrion Street, including his coat stained with blood, on display @NMIreland more - buff.ly/3dVraYt

Looking towards St Finbarr's Cathedral from Grand Parade Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #FlashbackFriday📸#Cork Public Museum

Born #Onthisday 1871 #IrishArtist Jack B. Yeats crawfordartgallery.ie/wp-content/u... painting of Harry Boland's funeral

Born #Onthisday 1866 Susan (Lily) Yeats. Less well known than W.B. & Jack, Lily along with her sister Elizabeth were significant members of the Celtic Revival & co-founded Dun Emer Guild & Cuala Industries - more @IrishTimes irishtimes.com/culture/2023...

Timewarp of Patrick's Street #Cork then (several BIK buses in Cork in the 60s) & now (2023) #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #TimewarpCork B&W📸via John Rodgers irishfamilydetective.ie/timewarp

#OnThisDay 1922 #MichaelCollins funeral cortege left Shanakiel Hospital via Western Road to Penrose Quay #Cork to be put aboard the Steamship the Classic for transport to #Dublin B&W📷Old photos of Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

#OnThisDay 1922 #MichaelCollins shot dead at #BealnaBlath #WestCork #IrishCivilWar - here he is as best man at Violet Gore & Paddy O'Donoghue's wedding 18 June 1919 B&W📸Irish Post

#Onthisday 1922 #MichaelCollins stayed in Room 115 in @ImperialCork before going to #WestCork & his death the following day - this is the South Mall #Cork c1880 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📷https://buff.ly/3AfjBnb

Yesterday's #WhereinCork was the Lower Road, just beyond St Patrick's Church - this is @Natrossmovers in action in the late 1800s #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

#WhereinCork would you have found this scene probably in c1900 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo #Cork Public Museum

#Onthisday 1882 5 members of the Joyce family were murdered in their sleep in #Mayo. Maolra Seoghe only spoke Irish & was unable to defend himself as the court proceedings were conducted in English was found guilty & executed. Michael D Higgins pardoned him in 2018

Timewarp of Douglas Village #Cork then (c1900) & now (2019) #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #TimewarpCork B&W📸NLI www.irishfamilydetective.ie/timewarp

Dillons Cross #Cork between 1900 & 1920, named for #Fenian Brian Dillon who died #onthisday 1872 B&W📷NLI #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

Died #Onthisday 1916 #Clonakilty native Mary Jane Irwin O'Donovan Rossa (she married Jeremiah in 1864) Nationalist, Poet & a founder of the Ladies Committee For The Relief Of State Prisoners - More buff.ly/3wxGlxg B&W📷https://williamscole.net/new-page-1

Yesterday's #WhereinCork was Rory Gallagher with his mother on South Mall - this is the street from the opposite end in the late 1800s #Cork #ThrowbackThursday #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

A #WhereinCork and #WhoinCork today, pictured c1961 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike📸courtesy of the boy's family

Born #Onthisday 1848 in #Clonakilty #WestCork artist William Harnett - this is 'Music and Literature'

Timewarp photo of West Beach #Cobh #Cork then (early 1900s) & now (2019) #TimewarpCork @CobhTourism @CobhHarCham B&W photo NLI

Happy Birthday Roy Keane born #onthisday 1971 in #Cork - pictured here (middle) with @RockmountAFC - the Kennedy Cup team mid 80's also including Len Downey, Damien Martin & Paul McCarthy (RIP 2017) & Alan O'Sullivan. Photo Eire Guide #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

Sunday's Well & Mardyke #Cork c1900 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

Died #Onthisday 1968 Bridget Brown, mother of 23, her 10th was artist & writer Christy, born with cerebral palsy, but she said 'he was bred in my body and he is not going into a home.' & spent hours teaching him to read & write.

Yesterday's #WhereinCork was Gerald Griffin Street (Shandon St side) - this is about 20 yrs later in the early 80s judging by the cars #LoveCork #PureCork #Cork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday 📸via Sean Nevin

#WhereinCork would you find this street pictured here in the 60s📸Carole Cullen #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

Born #Onthisday 1775 in Caherciveen #Kerry Daniel O'Connell, 'The Liberator' & former Lord Mayor of Dublin - more from @NewstalkFM @history_talking newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Clifden #Galway c.1890 - 1900 #LoveGalway 📸 LOC