The Breadman

The Breadman My father, a typical droll West Cork man came to the City with one of his brothers arou

Steam Trains on the Lower Road

Steam Trains on the Lower Road 1962

The Last Days of the Cork Docklands

The history of Cork City is built around the River Lee and the access to the open sea.

Welcome

Welcome to the website for The Lower Glanmire Road, Cork City, Ireland. I’d like to hear from you

St. Patrick’s Hurling & Football Club

The Lower Road had a rich history of sports teams. A rowing club, hurling and football teams, soccer

Freebooters AFC

The Lower Road had a rich history of sports teams. A rowing club, hurling and football teams, soccer

Summerhill Train Station

The Summerhill Train Station reproduced by kind permission of The St. Patrick’s Scout Unit. Before

Tivoli Rowing Club

The Lower Road had a rich history of sports teams. A rowing club, hurling and football teams, soccer

The Lower Road 1948-1964

The Lower Road 1948-1964 by Mrs. Catherine Moran (nee Rea) c2005 In the early 1900′s the ̵

The Demesne Dairy

Jervois’ Shop by Kathleen Jervois Fitzgerald c2005 I was about four or five years old when my

 

The Breadman

April 4, 2012 in Uncategorized

The Breadman My father, a typical droll West Cork man came to the City with one of his brothers around the 1930s. They got a job fairly quickly on the [...]

Steam Trains on the Lower Road

December 21, 2011 in Stories, Uncategorized

Steam Trains on the Lower Road 1962

The Last Days of the Cork Docklands

December 21, 2011 in Stories, Uncategorized

The history of Cork City is built around the River Lee and the access to the open sea.

The Demesne Dairy

October 3, 2011 in Shops

Jervois’ Shop by Kathleen Jervois Fitzgerald c2005 I was about four or five years old when my parents opened No. 169 Lower Glanmire Road as a business. The name in [...]

The Lower Road 1948-1964

September 26, 2011 in Stories

The Lower Road 1948-1964 by Mrs. Catherine Moran (nee Rea) c2005 In the early 1900′s the ‘Spillane’ family ran a grocers shop at 116 Lower Road, and they lived over [...]

Welcome

September 25, 2011 in Uncategorized

Welcome to the website for The Lower Glanmire Road, Cork City, Ireland. I’d like to hear from you if you have a connection with the Lower Road. Please contact me [...]

Tivoli Rowing Club

September 22, 2011 in Sports

The Lower Road had a rich history of sports teams. A rowing club, hurling and football teams, soccer teams. Do you have any information about them? Tivoli Rowing Club c1950s [...]

Summerhill Train Station

September 22, 2011 in Uncategorized

The Summerhill Train Station reproduced by kind permission of The St. Patrick’s Scout Unit. Before Scouting moved into the Summerhill in 1931, the now Hut grounds was the site for [...]

Freebooters AFC

September 22, 2011 in Sports, Uncategorized

The Lower Road had a rich history of sports teams. A rowing club, hurling and football teams, soccer teams. Do you have any information about them? Freebooters AFC: From researching [...]

St. Patrick’s Hurling & Football Club

September 22, 2011 in Sports

The Lower Road had a rich history of sports teams. A rowing club, hurling and football teams, soccer teams. Do you have any information about them? St. Patrick’s Hurling & [...]

Water Street Bridge

December 21, 2011 in Uncategorized

Water Street Bridge is a Bascule-type lifting bridge. Its design is aesthetic, with a “seagull” profile to the overhead bridge structure.

A sweet story…

December 21, 2011 in Shops, Stories

A sweet story from Cork… HADJI BEYS TURKISH DELIGHT, made in Cork city by an Armenian, Harutun Batmazian, who arrived in the city in 1902 as an exile fleeing the pogroms sweeping across the Ottoman empire.

St. Patrick’s Church – Celebrating 175 years

October 13, 2011 in Uncategorized

A special celebration for the 175th anniversary of St. Patrick’s church took place on 15th of October 2011 at 6.30pm.

Love Hearts…

October 3, 2011 in Stories

Love Hearts down The Lower Road by Margaret Ivers c2005 In the Sping of 1946, not long after my fourth birthday, I started school. Pat Fox, who was six months [...]

Shipbuilding

September 29, 2011 in Stories

In the early 19th. Century, the shipbuilding yards on the Lower Glanmire Road (within St. Patrick’s Parish) were the most important in the country. By 1840, both Cork and Waterford [...]

St. Patrick’s School

September 29, 2011 in Stories

The following is an article written by Mr. Vincent O’Sullivan, former Principal of St. Patricks School and included in a publication celebrating the 50th. anniversary (1987)of the Schools opening.

Memories of Tivoli

September 26, 2011 in Stories

Memories of Tivoli O lovely lane of my boyhood dreams, Enriched by woods and running streams, The things I did in those days gone by, Will remain in my heart [...]

The Haunted House

September 26, 2011 in Stories

Here’s a compiled story I received from Martin Ryan about the ‘Haunted House’ (Woodhill)! Many thanks Martin! The Haunted House by Martin Ryan   Also, here’s a pdf of an article [...]

Lower Glanmire Road Resident’s Association

September 22, 2011 in Uncategorized

The Lower Glanmire Road Resident’s Association (LGRRA) was formed in 1980 and continues still today and is a voice for the community: Lower Glanmire Road Resident’s Association 1980 In the [...]