This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears memories of wearing cloaks, and how clothes lasted for a lifetime in the make-do-and-mend era. 

A crew man on board a ship that got stuck on a Cork mudbank for 12 days shares his memory with JO KERRIGAN in this week’s Throwback Thursday

In World War II, they were the nation’s ‘eyes and ears’, keeping a 24/7 vigil on Ireland’s challenging coastline for the first signs of an invasion. 80 years after they stood down, PAT POLAND salutes Cork’s ‘Saygulls’

A schoolgirl travelling alone from Cork to London, to Dover, to Belgium, and on to Germany for a summer job? Yes, it really did happen, says JO KERRIGAN in this week’s Throwback Thursday. 

Your recollections of some of the shops around Cork city feature in this week’s Throwback Thursday, plus JO KERRIGAN hears another lovely Innisfallen memory. 

Last October, Jackie Lennox, one of Ireland’s most iconic chippers, dished up its last orders after 73 years of service. Plunkett Carter reflects on the news. 

After mentioning Cork author Alice Taylor’s book, To School Through The Fields, JO KERRIGAN finds an example of just that in Throwback Thursday this week

This week in Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN casts her mind back to the school days of her youth, and hears memories of how education used to be. 

JO KERRIGAN shares memories of Jewtown, the old Innisfallen, St Vincent’s School, and the great rugby chants of Pres and Christians in Throwback Thursday

This week on Throwback Thursday, a reader tells JO KERRIGAN his memories of graduating from Cork’s then School of Commerce in the 1970s

JO KERRIGAN hears your memories of departing - and returning to - Cork on the Innisfallen in Throwback Thursday, plus the night the Rolling Stones played Savoy. 

Winston Churchill is known to have visited Cork a number of times during the last century, and on one occasion even kissed the Blarney Stone, writes RAY RYAN. 

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN is back picking blackberries. She hears tales of the scents of the city, and memories of travelling on the Innisfallen.

In 1985, Cork celebrated the 800th anniversary of the city’s first charter. Donal O’Keeffe looks at the history around that landmark decree.

A bust of the Cork-born Jack McAuliffe is to be erected at the newly refurbished Bishop Lucey Park when it reopens. Boxing writer Thomas Myler recalls the man and his legacy.

The Celtic festival of Lunasa traditionally marks the start of blackberry harvesting, says JO KERRIGAN, while this Throwback Thursday also revisits old Blackpool

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hopes she has finally nailed down the site of the Devil’s Chair... and a visit to Blackpool shops 60 years ago

When Bob Geldof announced plans for the biggest pop concert ever seen in 1985, Mallow man JIMMY HOWARD was determined to see it. On the 40th anniversary of the event, we revisit Jimmy's story. 

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears a first-hand account of a rail trip from the city to the seaside at Crosser, plus more on the underground history that lies beneath our feet

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears from reader who, like many others, left Cork on the Innisfallen. Plus, more on the city’s tunnels.

This week on Throwback Thursday, a reader tells JO KERRIGAN about her treasured memory of seeing legendary horse Red Rum in Cork. 

Cork man Big Jack Sheehan was described as having the strength of two men. However, there were fears during one tug-o-war in 1946, that he could have met his death. Donie Turner spoke with two men who were there and recalls their stories.

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears about canoeing on Winthrop Street, forgotten tunnels, and more on the life of a Cork hotelier abroad.

In 1964, Myrtle Allen decided to open Ballymaloe as a restaurant. More than 60 years on, it remains synonymous with the farm-to-table movement, writes Chris Dunne. 

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears a Cork man’s ghostly memory, and we also learn the tragic story of how Daunt’s Rock got its name. 

In the 1950s, a group of young men joined forces to help revive Cork's Crofton Celtic, raising funds for the club with 'Record Hops'. Con O'Connell was among those involved. He looks back at the success of the events. 

In 1936 the Nellie Fleming departed Youghal for Britain, never to return again. The bodies of its crew, including two young men on their first voyage, were never found, writes Mike Hackett 

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN ponders on where Cork city’s steepest steps are, plus more on the book The Scenery And Character Of Cork

John McCarthy says some of his fondest memories growing up are of spending time with his father at his work at the Páirc with Post and Telegraphs. Here, John reflects on his wonderful experiences at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, and his memories of his father and Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh.

As well as being one of Cork’s finest ever soccer players, Noel Cantwell found the time to be a cricketing great for Ireland. John Dolan highlights the lesser known side of a man who pushed back the boundaries of sport

In Throwback Thursday this week, JO KERRIGAN recalls May Day traditions of bygone times, and a remarkable family tale from Cork during the Civil War

The 'Blind Dunne' brothers were part of the very fabric of Cork city for many years. Plunkett Carter looks back at their contribution to the Irish music scene.

It reputedly dressed George Bernard Shaw and Fred Astaire and escaped relatively unscathed during the Burning of Cork. Linda Kenny finds out about the local business which was clothing gentlemen with 'deep pockets' in Cork and London at the turn of the century. 

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN talks to two women about the jobs they used to do, plus memories of Roches Stores and their twice-yearly sales

68 years before Cillian Murphy won an Oscar, fellow Corkman Cormac Gallagher was the star of a film that won an Academy nomination. He tells JOHN DOLAN he got paid a tenner for the role. 

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN has the official Pres song sheet and hears about a pioneering teenage girl who got a job as an usher when the Savoy opened in Cork city

In Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN has more memories of CBC vs PBC in rugby – and the horror story of the day the goat ate the finale of a film in Barryroe!

The rugby rivalry between CBC and PBC played out once again last week, but a Throwback Thursday reader tells JO KERRIGAN he had split loyalties that day

Richard Forrest looks back at the evolution of Blarney Street from Highway to Muskerry, to bustling trade centre and on to a quiet residential street.

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears of a brainwave to raise funds for Kinsale tourism 50 years ago, and sees an old weaving loom in action

PAT POLAND recalls the early history of the iconic building, describes life for the families who lived there and and reveals the building's surprising connection to Anne Boleyn. 

The Mahon Point Shopping Centre is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its opening this month. Donal O’Keeffe looks back at the development, tenants, and some of the events that happened over the years at a unique centre that has become more than just a retail space to the communities of Mahon and Blackrock, but also for the entire city

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears about a ‘foreigner’ who arrived in Cork with a wartime past and proceeded to shake up a city business. 

Thousands of people from across the city and county descended on what is now Fitzgerald's Park to attend the Cork International Exhibition of 1902 to 1903. Among them was the family of Adrienne Action who looks back at the momentous event. 

In Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears why The Lough was a big part of a reader’s childhood, plus a reader recalls RTÉ recording a concert at her school

According to data supplied to the Kinsale Cultural and Heritage Society by the Canadian Defence Forces, the Cork man may have emigrated to Canada in 1910. 

At the age of 88, Cork legend Seán Ó Sé continues to perform both at home and abroad. He talks to Linda Kenny about family traditions, his father and loss, his happy memories working in education, and his wonderful years collaborating with Seán Ó Riada.

In this week’s Throwback Thursday, Jo Kerrigan hears your memories of TV shows of the past, plus days when the family gathered around the piano

Plans for a greenway linking Kinsale and Cork city could see the abandoned Goggin's Hill tunnel come back into use. Local historian John O'Sullivan looks back at the mammoth project to construct the tunnel and reveals how the excavated stone was put to special use in the city. 

Many stories have unfolded between the walls of Cork's Crawford Gallery on Emmet Place. Tom Spalding takes a look at some of the characters that have made the iconic area home over the last 300 years.