The Folklore & Ethnology Department, University College Cork - Sound Recording Archive

Description

A collection of Irish and English language ethnographic material issued from the fieldwork conducted by students and staff of the Folklore & Ethnology Department, University College Cork.

Creator

Folklore & Ethnology Department, University College Cork

Date

1979 - present day

Identifier

UCCFEA_001

Coverage

Ireland, Historical to Present day

Collection Items

Excerpt 1: The bridges that mark the Northside

Excerpt 2: The locations of pigeon clubs

Excerpt 3: political affiliations in families

Excerpt 4: An older form of neighbourhood watch in Churchfield to prevent crime

Excerpt 5: About…

Excerpt 1: Elder women's knowledge of early signs of pregnancy Excerpt 2: Personal experience narrative about older woman telling a young girl is pregnant but she was wrong and the young woman attributed the change to being marriedFor more clips from…

Excerpt 1: Making time for leisure

Excerpt 2: Going to mass and the gym before work

Excerpt 1: About being sent to buy tripe and drisheen in Ballymacthomas Excerpt 2: Ballymacthomas people having stalls in the coak quayFor more clips from this interview click here

Excerpt 1: About the extent of the Northside according to Jim Cashman

Excerpt 2: The only drisheen shop in town which had a stall in the market

Excerpt 3: About being beaten with leather straps

Excerpt 1: Theresa describes poor people's living conditions in Cork's Northside.

Excerpt 2: About work in the tanneries of Cork's Northside.

Excerpt 3: Theresa explains how one got a job in the factories of Cork Northside

Excerpt 4:…

Excerpt 1: Elizabeth talks about the names of streets in Cork in 1950s Excerpt 2: Elizebeth mentions the cinemas and dance halls in Cork cityFor more clips from this interview click here

An interview with Eilís de Barra about Life and Marriage in Tipperary and Cork City in the Middle of the Last Century (Saol agus Pósadh i dTiobraid Árann agus i gCathair Chorcaí i Lár an Chéid Seo).

Mr Con Morrissey talks about Sport as a Form of Identity on the Northside

Excerpt 1: The corporation taking down the lanes for new housing estates in the 50s

Excerpt 2: The lanes and people keeping their own goats and pigs on the Northside of…
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