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14 days

Street traders at the corner of Cornmarket Street #Cork looking towards Paul Street back in the day #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸Brian Lucey

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3 years

Who remembers Gorbys #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday Photo: Joe Healy

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6 years

#Cork Exhibition 1902 #PureCork #LoveCork Full 17 mins can be found here

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6 years

Western Road #Cork c 1900 colorised #lovecork #purecork

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2 years

The iconic Cudmores Patrick Street #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday 📷Originally posted B. Bailey

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5 years

Some #Cork nostalgia - Queens Old Castle before it became the Virgin Megastore (photos via @echolivecork - more ) #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

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3 years

Rock Hudson in #Cork 1954 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike - anyone hazard a guess where? Photo posted originally by Patrick O'Donovan

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4 years

This is #Cork #OnThisDay 99 yrs ago when #MichaelCollins addressed the masses on Grand Parade, every vantage point is taken #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo NLI

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2 years

The South Link before the south link! #Cork in the early 80s #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday 📷Cork Snaps

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3 years

The view from St Patrick's Hill of #StPatricksDay #Cork 1982 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday #SPF22 #StPatricksFestival Photo Joe Healy

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3 years

Mandys! #Cork 1984 #ThrowbackThursday #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo Joe Healy

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5 years

This photo of Roches Stores in the 70s perfectly sums up what most #Cork people would love - Roches to reopen and to see the back of Covid & be able to go shopping again #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike (photo via Denis Coffey)

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2 years

#Onthisday is the feast of St Peter & Paul this is a the church of the same name located off Patrick St #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W photo NLI Colour by me

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4 years

Roches Stores shortly after its opening 1928 #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

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1 year

Died #Onthisday 2019 Philomena Lynott 'She was a formidable woman. She played it hard, she played it tough – because she had learned that she'd have to, to survive.' 📷with Phil - More from @hotpress … @FinnClodagh

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2 years

#Onthisday 1963 United States President John F. Kennedy travels down Patrick Street #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #JFK (in the distance Saxone Shoes & Woolworths)

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2 years

Shandon St #Cork in the 1950s? with a mixture of transport & no traffic! #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W photo @irishexaminer & @jklong14 Colour by me

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3 years

Inside Burgerland #Cork 1984 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike This really is #ThrowbackThursday - the days you could smoke anywhere .... Photo Joe Healy

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4 years

The good ould days 80's #CorkCity #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo: Joe Healy

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4 years

Patrick Street #Cork Late Sixties #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday (came across photo ages never recorded source - sorry)

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2 years

Sir Henrys #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday Photo posted by Tomas Houlihan

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2 years

The Lough #Cork c1930 #LoveCork #PureCork Colour by me

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2 years

#WhereinCork - this beautiful building unfortunately is no longer standing #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike 📸Niall Kelly

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3 years

Capwell Road #Cork 1936 - not a car in sight, bikes rule @jklong14 @Chriost_Ri #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W Photo @echolivecork Colour by me

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5 years

Nostalgic #Cork photo Cudmores - a favourite of every Corkonian #LoveCork #PureCork courtesy of Robáird Mac An TSaoir

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4 years

Similar conditions today to when these hardy young bucks were skating on Lavitt's Quay #Cork in December, 1937 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W Photo @echolivecork Colour by me

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4 years

Daunt Square #Cork 1967 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo Richard Mills @echolivecork Colour by me

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4 years

Cathedral Road #Cork in the 50s #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo: Bill Bailey

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2 years

Patrick Street #Cork in 1968 complete with Wimpy #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday 📸Trainsandstuff

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5 years

Brand shiny new Patrick Street - rebuilt after the burning of #Cork December 1920 when the Roches Stores side was razed to the ground #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike (photo via Denis Coffey)

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2 years

Happy New Year from #Cork - this is the 201 freight train traversing Brian Boru Bridge in 1960 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike @The_VQ_Cork B&W📷Roger Joanes

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2 years

Merchant's Quay #Cork c1900 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo NLI

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4 years

#OnThisDay is the feast of St. Oliver Plunkett & if you are walking down the street of the same name in #Cork , look up as you pass EuroGiant. Hidden is the 19th-century Congregational Chapel, who knew! (photo courtesy of George Patterson) #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

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5 years

Woolworths #Cork shortly before its closure in 1984 - did you know it made a profit every year for the 63 years it was open - more on Woolworths Irish operation here includes #Limerick & #Dublin stores #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

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3 years

The #Cork Brigade outside the office of the Freeman’s Journal in Dublin; back row: Daithí Cotter, Seán Murphy, Donal Barrett, Terence MacSwiney, Pat Trahey; front row: Tadgh Barry (Died #Onthisday 100 yrs ago) Tomás MacCurtain & Pat Higgins B&W Photo RTE Archives Colour by me

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4 years

This is @UCC in its infancy, complete with horse droppings! - photo from Lawrence Collection Colour by me #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike @UCCLibrary @UCCHistory

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3 years

This is the corner of Bridge & MacCurtain Street #Cork in 1947 with @gallagherscork @PrioryCoffeeCo & many more. What a busy scene with horses, cars, lots of bikes and pedestrians B&W photo via @jklong14 & @irishexaminer Colour by me

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3 years

Born #Onthisday 1949 #PhilLynott - pictured here in Leighlin Road #Crumlin #Dublin 1961 #ThinLizzy Photo Fran Veale

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4 years

Died #OnThisDay 80 yrs ago #IrishWriter #JamesJoyce - pictured here on his wedding day to Nora Barnacle photo: @Independent_ie Colour by me @BloomsdayDublin

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2 years

Patrick Street 1981 #Cork with Woolworths to the left & Saxone to the right of the no 3 to Ballyphehane #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike 📷E. McArthur

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2 years

Born #Onthisday 100 yrs ago in #Cork (at 22 Quaker Road) actor Edward Mulhare. The Mon boy featured in Knight Rider, Von Ryan's Express & many more. He died in 1997 in California & is buried in St Joseph's Cemetery #LoveCork #CorkLike more @corkbeo

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2 years

#WhereinCork is this scene from 1940? #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

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5 years

#Cork & #Muskerry Railway 1902 including #Leemount #Carrigrohane & Western Road with rail navigating the bridge by @RiverleeHotel (remnants of bridge visible on ucc side of the hotel) #LoveCork #PureCork Blarney

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2 years

Construction of Brian Boru Bridge #Cork 1911 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike 📸Echo Live

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5 years

Great shot of 1950s Patricks Street #Cork with the beautiful gas company building on the corner of Merchant's Quay #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike (photo via Dennis O'Driscoll)

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6 years

Ever wondered what @ShandonBells sounded like in 1929 - thanks to South Carolina University now you know #lovecork #Purecork

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2 years

A very quiet South Link #Cork in the mid 80s (I think) #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday

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5 years

Popham's Road (Now) aka Spangle Hill (Then) #Cork and the No. 3 from 1957 via the Examiner & John Finn #LoveCork #PureCork

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5 years

Young boy sitting in the Northside of #Cork c1875 with the cityscape in view - possibly taken from Baker's Road direction (photo courtesy of Joe Healy) #LoveCork #PureCork

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3 months

Happy Birthday Roy Keane born #onthisday 1971 in #Cork - pictured here (middle) with @RockmountAFC - the Kennedy Cup team mid 80's also including Len Downey, Damien Martin & Paul McCarthy (RIP 2017) & Alan O'Sullivan. Photo Eire Guide #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

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4 years

Who remembers the ESB Shop Academy St #Cork in the 80s #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo Bill Bailey

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1 year

Yesterday we had photos of the Savoy Shopping Centre so for #FlashbackFriday here are some of Queen's Old Castle #Cork in the 90s #Lovecork #PureCork #CorkLike 📸Dan Linehan & @echolivecork

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2 years

The Pavilion #Cork taken from Princes St c1930s #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo M Shorten

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3 years

Grand Parade 1980 (Phantasm was showing in the Capitol then) #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo: the wonderful Joe Healy

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4 years

Patrick Street #Cork 1986 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo: Joe Healy

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3 years

Penrose Quay #Cork in 1929 with Nat Ross truck & Innisfallen #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W Photo @irishexaminer Colour by me

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2 years

South Mall #Cork in the late 1800s #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike @ImperialCork

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2 years

'Children of the emerald isle on St. Patrick's Street (principal thoroughfare) s.s.w. from King's Street, #Cork , Ireland' #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike @The_VQ_Cork @gallagherscork B&W 📸LOC

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4 years

Tall Ships 1991 #Cork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Lots of changes in 30 years, skyline, social distancing ... @CorkHarbourWX #ThrowbackThursday Photo Cork Harbour Festival

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2 years

Merchant's Quay #Cork 1968 with the No 8 to #Bishopstown #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday 📷N.Bennett image

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3 years

Real old one of 19th century Patrick's Hill #Cork Lots of changes @CorkCbc & @Iheartstangelas in their infancy Photo NLI #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

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4 years

An almost deserted Patrick's Street with Woolworths #Cork during a bomb alert, June, 1976 photo @echolivecork #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

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4 years

Straight Road #Cork 1983 - when you could play bowling on the road uninterrupted #ThrowbackThursday #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo Joe Healy

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4 years

Marina #Cork 1952 @MarinaMktCork Photo Dave Mav #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

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3 years

#Cork Examiner Office Academy St in the 1950s #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W photo @irishexaminer Colour by me @jklong14 - three modes of transport in perfect harmony

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1 year

Brian Boru Bridge #Cork back in the day #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #FlashbackFriday 📸 @rtearchives

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2 years

In this June 1974 view, 158 has just turned into Alfred Street #Cork heading towards Railway Street, where the line entered Glanmire Road yard #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday 📸Jonathan Allen

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2 years

Patrick Street #Cork 1981 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #FlashbackFriday 📷E MacArthur

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4 years

Snowball fight at Fitzgeralds Park #Cork 1930 @CorkPMuseum #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo @echolivecork Colour by me

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4 years

#OnThisDay 100 yrs ago 'The Lord Mayor Arrives Home To His People' The body of #TerenceMacSwiney arriving on a tug at Custom House Quay with the old #Cork City Hall in the background @corkcitycouncil #IrishRevolution Photo @irishexaminer Colour by me #LoveCork #PureCork #Cork1920

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2 years

A two-way Brian Boru Bridge including the C206 going from Kent to Albert Quay c1964 #ThrowbackThursday #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo West Cork Railway

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1 year

Patrick Street #Cork & the best shop ever Roches Stores in the 80s #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #FlashbackFriday

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2 years

Fountainstown #Cork August 1975 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #ThrowbackThursday 📷David Fleet

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2 years

'A train pulls into #Youghal train station in 1959' #Cork #LoveCork #CorkLike B&W📸Echo Live

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4 years

Memories of last month - this is the Straight Road #Cork 85 yrs ago #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Photo via Kevin Murphy Colour by me

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North Main Street #Cork December 1955 - bicycles, cars, lorries, pedestrians & horses all sharing the road #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸 @echolivecork