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TADHG MANLEY – Oide agus Óglach
Tadhg Manley, teacher, politician and volunteer
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Jul 3, 2025


FLORENCE FULTON HOBSON (1881 - 1978) - IRELAND'S FIRST WOMAN ARCHITECT
Florence Fulton Hobson was Ireland's first woman architect but faced many barriers in her career.
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Feb 11, 2025


IRIS ASHLEY CUMMINS (1894 - 1968)
In 1915, Iris Cummins graduated as Bachelor of Engineering, with honours, becoming the first female to graduate in engineering in Cork.
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Apr 29, 2024


TEMPLEUSQUE, CO. CORK
The modern-day Parish of Glanmire is a union of the ancient parishes of Templeusque, Rathcooney, Dunbullogue. Kilcully and Templemichael.
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Apr 6, 2024


ALEEN CUST (1868 - 1937)
A groundbreaking Irish woman was the first female to become a veterinary surgeon in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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Jan 28, 2024
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ELISE SANDES: ‘A wise counsellor, a loyal friend’ [1]
Elizabeth Anne (Elise) Sandes died on 19 August 1934, a remarkable woman, and ‘for 66 years the friend of Soldiers and founder of all the...
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Aug 18, 2023


TOM BARRY: From Mesopotamia to Macroom to the Mardyke
Early Life Tom Barry, like many young Irish men joined the British Army during World War I ‘to see what war was like, to get a gun, to...
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Jun 30, 2023


EMMET DALTON: Soldier, Volunteer & Movie Producer
Emmet Dalton, British Soldier and Irish Volunteer.
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Mar 3, 2023


'REBEL CORK'
The origins of 'Rebel Cork'
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Nov 9, 2022


RATHCOONEY GRAVEYARD, CORK
On 19 April 2022, the announcement was made that €85,000 is to be provided under the Community Monuments Fund to carry out conservation...
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Apr 20, 2022


GRIFFITH'S VALUATION
Introduction The general valuation of rateable property in Ireland is a vital resource for those researching their Irish ancestors. ...
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Sep 14, 2021


CORK CITY AND WATSON'S GATES: A Phoenix Ascending
‘If Andrew Carnegie were alive today, he would smile with pleasure on the earnestness of the efforts of philanthropists like Bill Gates,...
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Jul 23, 2021


FURTHER RELEASE OF ONLINE RECORDS FOR WEST CORK
#Cork City and County Archives have released the gravestone inscriptions index from the Abbey Cemetery, Bantry, West Cork with the...
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Jun 28, 2021


NEW ONLINE RECORDS FOR CORK
Two new online additions for those researching #Cork family history were announced recently. Cork City and County Archives have added...
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Jun 8, 2021


TRINTY OF MURDERED IRISH PRIESTS
#Onthisday 100 years ago Father James O’Callaghan was mortally wounded by Crown forces at the home of at the residence of Alderman Liam...
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May 14, 2021


MURDER IN CARRIGTWOHILL, CORK
#Onthisday 100 years ago #Cork man William Bransfield was led from his home by four men and shot dead. The Carrigtwohill native was an...
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May 7, 2021


THE DUFFIN BROTHERS
On this day 100 years ago, brothers Patrick and Daniel Duffin were ‘slain at Belfast for Ireland – 23rd April, 1921.’
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Apr 22, 2021


A CORK BAND OF BROTHERS
They fought together during the War of Independence, and six years after the truce, the former comrades of 1st Cork Brigade were once...
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Feb 27, 2021


RAISING HOLY HELL: The Murder of Canon Thomas Magner, Dunmanway, 1920
The roads of Ireland are dotted with memorials commemorating those killed during Ireland’s revolutionary period 1916 – 1923. On the...
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Dec 14, 2020


THE BURNING OF KILBRITTAIN CASTLE
In the early hours of Wednesday, 26 May 1920, ‘villagers, tenants and estate workers witnessed the sensational picture of’ Kilbrittain...
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Nov 20, 2020
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