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Family historian delivering daily doses of what happened #Onthisday in #Ireland & unearthing old photos bsky.app/profile/irishf…

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Yesterday's #WhereinCork was Victoria Cross - this is a later image courtesy of MP O'Sullivan from c1990 (although this building & much of the rest at the Cross has changed once more) #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday

Yesterday's #WhereinCork was Victoria Cross - this is a later image courtesy of MP O'Sullivan from c1990 (although this building & much of the rest at the Cross has changed once more) #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday
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Died #Onthisday 1971, Rev. Mother Mary Lawrence McCarthy, originally from #WestCork. She was honoured for her bravery during #WWII by both General de Gaulle & Winston Churchill more Eoin English irishexaminer.com/news/munster/a… World War II History @finnclodagh

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#Onthisday 1631 Barbary pirates launched an attack on #Baltimore #Cork capturing 100 men, women & children. They were herded back to ships that bore them away from #WestCork to the slave markets of North Africa Baltimore Ireland baltimore.ie/the-sack-of-ba…📸from 1980s #FlashbackFriday

#Onthisday 1631 Barbary pirates launched an attack on #Baltimore #Cork capturing 100 men, women &amp; children. They were herded back to ships that bore them away from #WestCork to the slave markets of North Africa <a href="/BaltimoreIE/">Baltimore Ireland</a> baltimore.ie/the-sack-of-ba…📸from 1980s #FlashbackFriday
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Yesterday's #WhereinCork was the junction of Wellington (Thomas Davis) Bridge & Lee Road - this is the bridge in the late 1800s #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday B&W📸#Cork Public Museum

Yesterday's #WhereinCork was the junction of Wellington (Thomas Davis) Bridge &amp; Lee Road - this is the bridge in the late 1800s #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday B&amp;W📸#Cork Public Museum
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Before Bishop Lucey Park #Cork was developed with views of Christchurch in the early 80s from Grand Parade #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #FlashbackFriday 📸via Gearóid Ó Laoi

Before Bishop Lucey Park #Cork was developed with views of Christchurch in the early 80s from Grand Parade #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #FlashbackFriday 📸via Gearóid Ó Laoi
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#Onthisday 1963 United States President John F. Kennedy travels down Patrick Street #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #JFK (in the distance Saxone Shoes & Woolworths)

#Onthisday 1963 United States President John F. Kennedy travels down Patrick Street #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #JFK (in the distance Saxone Shoes &amp; Woolworths)
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#Cork City Tramways August 1874 taken from from Victoria Road, Victoria/Albert Quay junction. Building on right is the original Passage Terminus #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸NLI irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

#Cork City Tramways August 1874 taken from from Victoria Road, Victoria/Albert Quay junction. Building on right is the original Passage Terminus  #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&amp;W📸NLI irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation
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As you all guessed Yesterday's #WhereinCork was MacCurtain Street #Cork - this is the street in 1945 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday 📸Capuchin Archives

As you all guessed Yesterday's #WhereinCork was MacCurtain Street #Cork - this is the street in 1945 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday 📸Capuchin Archives