Next Wednesday, May 24, marks the centenary of the end of Ireland's Civil War. GERRY WHITE recalls the seismic events leading up to the end of the fighting through a Cork lens

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in our Echoes of the Past column

In the era when bicycles were the main mode of transport, cycle parks sprang up in Cork city, as places to store them safely, says JO KERRIGAN

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in our Echoes of the Past column

This week, readers share their memories of the Glen, and JO KERRIGAN hears of one group of lads who used to ride in a motorbike in threes - with a dog too!

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in our Echoes of the Past column

Known as Gouldings Glen after the old fertilizer factory there, generations of Cork children enjoyed the green oasis by the city, says JO KERRIGAN

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in our Echoes of the Past column

This week in Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN asks: Who remembers Sunday early closing for pubs - and a time when Good Friday meant total closure? Plus the old Macroom railway line, the loss of which is still lamented?

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in our Echoes of the Past column

This week, lots of information on the old Cathedral Road photo from readers, plus JO KERRIGAN hears how a statue of a Cork bishop was moved during building work

Echoes of our Past: We reveal what was in the Echo 100 years ago today

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Recalling Easters of times past, when one egg was all you got - and also the remarkable second life of a Cork lightship - as a floating nightclub in Paris

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

What’s happening in this old picture of Cathedral Road, and when was it taken? Plus, JO KERRIGAN revisits some other riddles posed in Throwback Thursday

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

This week on Throwback Thursday, a reader recalls watching Ireland soccer team play in England, while JO KERRIGAN also recalls trips on the Innisfallen boats

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

This week, JO KERRIGAN reminisces about the heyday of the Coal Quay, and hears some great memories about her father and the Ovens Caves

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

This week in Throwback Thursday, as Ireland aims for Grand Slam glory, a Corkman recalls spending a year in hospital after a rugby injury as a boy

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

Cork city has several underground tunnels that were built for various reasons and are now covered over, reveals JO KERRIGAN in this week’s Throwback Thursday

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

JO KERRIGAN assesses people in a 1930s photograph, recalls the horse that really liked Thompson’s cakes... and at last a clue on that grounded ship!

What happened in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN recalls wedding photographers and pilgrimages, plus the magic of Youghal.

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in Echoes of Our Past

Readers share some wonderful memories in this week’s Throwback Thursday by JO KERRIGAN - from wedding day fiascos to great family photographs

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his Echoes of Our Past column

Born 100 years ago on February 9, playwright Brendan Behan was a flawed genius, as famous for his hellraising as his writing. THOMAS LONG recalls the time the Dubliner sailed into Cobh and held court

JO KERRIGAN returns to the subject of street photographers, and recalls the role Guy’s offices played, and hears memories of afternoon teas in bygone days

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

Readers share their photos of family members who were pictured on Patrick Street in the past - and JO KERRIGAN also uncovers a photographic mystery...

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in Echoes of Our Past

Who remembers those Cork city street photographers of yesteryear? Or a strange shipwreck? So asks JO KERRIGAN in this week’s Throwback Thursday

What was in the news 100 years ago. Richard Forrest reports in Echoes of Our Past

Your memories of the old railway lines of Cork city and county continue to thrill Throwback Thursday readers, says JO KERRIGAN

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in our Echoes of Our Past

In Throwback Thursday this week, JO KERRIGAN recalls the era of the West Cork railway line... and can you remember the FIVE stations that used to be in the city?

In the history of the United States Marine Corps, Sergeant Daniel Daly is considered a legend, writes Trevor Laffan

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in Echoes of Our Past

JO KERRIGAN says January 6 is a pivotal date for females... while a reader recalls when the Model School was used as a festive sorting office for post staff

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in Echoes of Our Past

How did you used to celebrate a new year as a child? JO KERRIGAN hears some readers’ memories of hurling a loaf of bread against the front door, in her Throwback Thursday column

The cries of the Echo Boys are dimming, but one man can still be heard loud and proud in Cork city after 41 years. In this poignant and touching memoir which appears in this year's Holly Bough, COLM SCULLY pays tribute to Dave Hogan, who he has known since they were teenagers

When DAVE ALLEN was a seven-year-old boy in 1941, he witnessed a remarkable sight one fine summer’s evening - a German warplane crash-landing in his village. Here, in an article that appears in this year's Holly Bough, he recalls the drama

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

From buying a tree at the Coal Quay, to having to kill the family’s ‘pet’ turkey, Cork people share their memories of Christmases past with JO KERRIGAN

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in Echoes of Our Past

Cork people who sang carols for the Legion of Mary tell of the lovely iced buns as rewards - also in Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN recalls old teachers and Christmases of past

A century after the conflict, Brendan Gleeson narrates a new look at the Civil War

In this article, an edited version of which appears in the 2022 Holly Bough, MATT AHERNE recalls his life in Passage West, a town where he has spent all 77 years of his life

Echoes of our Past: The death of Bandon man Hales as he left the Dáil was mourned across city and county 100 years ago today

Today in Throwback Thursday, memories of December 8th days out in the city in days of yore, plus JO KERRIGAN finds out about the old shops of Blackrock village

To mark the Holly Bough's 125th anniversary, editor JOHN DOLAN has compiled all the surviving covers on the EchoLive.ie/hollybough website - and here he chooses his favourites from down the decades

Echoes of our Past: 100 years ago today, the Echo was reflecting on some marathon walks in days before railway

This week, a Throwback Thursday reader tells JO KERRIGAN about his days working in a Cork insurance company - plus, do you recall when Woodbines were popular?

Echoes of our Past: What was in the news in Cork 100 years ago today

This week in Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears your memories of a cyclist who died this year, plus choir singing and the Parkway Hotel

Echoes of our Past: The Civil War was raging on in Cork 100 years ago today

A photo in this year’s Holly Bough stirred memories in JO KERRIGAN, as it showed her father helping flood victims. Also in Throwback Thursday, an altar boy memory

Echoes of our Past: 100 years ago today, the Echo reported on a fatality as part of the ongoing Civil War

Throwback Thursday: Fountain pens and inkwells were the only way of writing for many in Cork schools back in the day, says JO KERRIGAN, who also recalls some childhood street games

“A pastor who went to jail for his people” - John Arnold remembers Monsignor Daniel Keller, who died 100 years ago this week

Echoes of our Past: What was in The Echo 100 years ago today, in 1922

This week in Throwback Thursday, readers share their memories with JO KERRIGAN of the merries funfair at the Mardyke, while an old schoolboy’s request for his exam results bears fruit

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his Echoes of the Past column

This week’s Throwback Thursday comes all the way from a very unusual destination... a mountain range in Asia. JO KERRIGAN tells us more

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

The mystery of a painting of her Cork city school has long baffled JO KERRIGAN - now she has finally discovered the identity of the artist

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

More of your memories of Cork Airport, its planes and destinations, plus JO KERRIGAN hears about a Thompson’s bakery employee known as ‘Micka’

145 years ago this month, Cork Fire Brigade attended its first blaze. PAT POLAND recalls a horrific fatal inferno three years earlier that led to its formation

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past 

JO KERRIGAN remembers Macari’s cones, holidays in Youghal, more blacka-picking recollections, and the era when you had same-day delivery of letters

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest of Cork City Library reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

JO KERRIGAN is on the hunt for memories of Miss Cahill’s school, while Tim Cagney recalls the intriguing history of a haunted house off Lover’s Walk

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest of Cork City Library reports in his weekly column, Echoes of Our Past

Flying in the 1950s and ‘60s used to be impossibly glamorous, says JO KERRIGAN - not to mention exceedingly expensive - as she recalls the changes down the years

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest, Cork City Library reports in Echoes of Our Past

Old songs and trips to Youghal are on the agenda with JO KERRIGAN this week - and our stories of blackberry picking keep harvesting more memories

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest, Cork City Library reports in Echoes of Our Past

This week, real confectioners’ custard at Thompsons - and a Victorian apple peeler. Plus more great memories of childhood holidays in Youghal. By JO KERRIGAN

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest reports in his Echoes of Our Past column

From picking blackberries, to slogging apples... catching one’s first mackerel, trips to the Merries, and chips eaten out of newspaper... JO KERRIGAN hears readers’ summer memories in Throwback Thursday

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest of Cork City Library reports

Did you used to catch the train out to the East Cork town of Youghal every summer? JO KERRIGAN remembers those golden days on those golden sands

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest of Cork City Library reports

Being a city of many hills, Cork can be a tough proposition for cyclists. JO KERRIGAN hears of one experience by a cycling Messenger Boy in the 1960s

There's a slight change to our Echoes of Our Past this week, as Richard Forrest explains

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN asks if anyone is aware of a grasshopper carving in Cork city, plus more on the Flat Bar on the same street

What was in the news 100 years ago today? Richard Forrest of Cork City Library reports in our weekly Echoes of Our Past column

This week, JO KERRIGAN is reminded of the story of the five Irish-American brothers who died in World War II, and who have a memorial in West Cork

Echoes of our Past: What was in the news 100 years ago, on July 30, 1922