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For the truly hungry it's an aroma that's right up there with the smell of sausages frying on a camp fire.
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Mazda’s all-new CX-5 crossover has added the What Car?
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Twelve months ago almost to the day Bishopstown retained their senior status with a one point victory over Ballinhassig after extra-time in a replay, so it is some achievement that on Sunday they will play in their very first county senior final.
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Health & Beauty

Laoise Cotter from Breakthrough Cancer Research with firemen Micheal O'Sullivan, Kieran Barry, William Coughlan and Declan Coppinger as firemen join the fight against breast cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness Month by taking part in the' Fight for the Girls’ campaign in aid of Breakthrough Cancer Research.
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Technical Memories (Part 29) Passing under a Shadow

Our City Our Town Posted on 04/10/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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“It has been a triumph for Ireland and there is no part of it which has proved itself with more success than the statutory committees of Agriculture and Technical Instruction... at a time when the name of Ireland is passing under a shadow, a shadow from which it will emerge, I point to this actual experience, taking the rough with the smooth, during more than twenty-five years of our committees of Agriculture and Technical Instruction” ( Thomas Patrick Gill, Department Secretary, Cork Examiner, 10 April 1923, p.
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Docklands Historical Walking Tour, 6 October 2012

Our City Our Town Posted on 27/09/2012 by Deirdre O'Shaughnessy

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My historical walking tour of Cork’s Docklands is one I’ve been designing for a while. It runs on Saturday 6 October (2pm from Shalom Park, in front of Bord Gais, free, two hours). Much of the story of Cork’s modern development is represented here.
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Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2012-13 20 September 2012

Our City Our Town Posted on 20/09/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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Founded in the school year 2002/ 2003, the year 2012-13 coincides with the tenth year of the Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project. Now launched for the new school term, the project is open to schools in Cork; at primary level to the pupils of fourth, fifth and sixth class and at post-primary from first to sixth years.
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Blackrock Historical Walking Tour, Saturday 22 September

Our City Our Town Posted on 13/09/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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Earlier this year, I ran a walking tour of Blackrock village. On Saturday 22 September 2012, I will run this venture again (meet 2pm, Blackrock Castle, approx two hours). One of the themes I presented during my recent heritage week tours is that within every space in Cork, there is an interesting story to tell about the legacy of a former piece or way of life.
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Article 656 Sharman Crawford’s grievances

Our City Our Town Posted on 30/08/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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In 1917, the Irish Convention was the fifth attempt to implement Home Rule. It brought together the enormous number of one hundred and one delegates from different political fields and other interests.
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Views from a Park

Our City Our Town Posted on 23/08/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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Building a people’s park is no easy task; the making of a new public façade for the city at the Kinsale Road Landfill is one full of questions and debates on what it should be physically and symbolically.
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Kieran’s Heritage Week Events (18-25 August 2012)

Our City Our Town Posted on 16/08/2012 by Deirdre O'Shaughnessy

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National Heritage Week is upon us again next week (18 – 25 August). It’s going to be a busy week. I have set up a number of events. They are all free and I welcome any public support for the activities outlined below.
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Article 653 - The Sound of Heritage

Our City Our Town Posted on 09/08/2012 by Brian Hayes Curtin

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I’m a firm believer in the power of place. That wherever, you stand, there are multiple stories around you, waiting to be excavated. Over the next couple of weeks, there are numerous heritage events on that testify to this claim.
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Technical Memories (Part 28) Changing Times

Our City Our Town Posted on 06/08/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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The twenty-second meeting of the Irish convention was held on Thursday 27 September 1917 in the Crawford Technical Institute. It was its first meeting in Cork. Sir Horace Plunkett took the chair, and the discussion on the proposals for the future government of Ireland continued.
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Technical Memories (Part 26) County Versus City

Our City Our Town Posted on 02/08/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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It was Arthur F Sharman Crawford, who acted as spokesman before Cork County Council in early May 1913. He had been instructed by the Cork County Borough Technical Instruction Committee to appear before Cork County Council to ask for a contribution towards the funds of that committee.
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Mother Jones Commemoration, 31 July - 2 August 2012

Our City Our Town Posted on 26/07/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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“My people were poor. For generations they had fought for Ireland's freedom. Many of my folks have died in that struggle. My father, Richard Harris, came to America in 1835, and as soon as he had become an American citizen he sent for his family.
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Technical Memories (Part 25) The Uncertainties of War

Our City Our Town Posted on 19/07/2012 by Deirdre O'Shaughnessy

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"Many of the citizens of Cork were given a sidelight on Sunday of the horrors of war as they watched the arrival of refugees from Belgium by the Cork Steam Packet Company, SS. Inniscarra... every detail of every happening in the conflict is eagerly sought, the development of affairs closely watched, and the significance of every move fully weighted” (Southern Star, 3 October 1914, p7).
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Technical Memories (Part 24) The Die of War

Our City Our Town Posted on 12/07/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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"The present juncture, notwithstanding the inevitable disturbance in the labour market, is favourable for active preparation for the great commercial developments resulting from the war. With the prospect of new markets it becomes essential to study the conditions for supplying them, and to adjust our methods of production and distribution accordingly" (George Fletcher, Assistant-Secretary of Technical Instruction, 20 April 1915).
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Technical Memories (Part 23) Calls to Arms

Our City Our Town Posted on 05/07/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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By the time the Crawford Municipal Technical Institute perhaps settled down in its educational programmes, its goals shifted again not just for the Cork institute but for other institutes across Ireland.
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Technical Memories (Part 22) Ideas, Innovation and Invention

Our City Our Town Posted on 28/06/2012 by Kieran McCarthy

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Dr Alfred Leonard’s position as head chemistry teacher at the Crawford Municipal Technical Institute from 1912-1916 resulted in a number of chemistry courses being created. In October 1913, a call appeared in the Cork Examiner for an assistant teacher of experimental science with a salary of 7 shillings per evening.
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