This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears more memories of climbing the steps and hills of Cork - plus the time six nurses answered an SOS

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN asks: Can readers identify the nine children posing on Cork city’s Rock Steps in the late 1950s or early 1960s?

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

For decades, Roches Stores was a flagship, go-to store for Cork people. In Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears a former worker’s memories

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

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN has more on the incredible career of Gladys Leach, a few interesting tales about fairy forts,  and hears about how Bob Geldof’s parents first met in Cork.

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

Your cinema memories just keep on coming, while also in Throwback Thursday today, JO KERRIGAN hears about pub duets and charity collectors

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears more fond cinema memories - plus an of the era when electrification came to Cork

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

This week on Throwback Thursday, your cinema memories keep on coming - and JO KERRIGAN hears about the time Laurel and Hardy came to Cobh and about the scalpers who made an extra bob on the movies. 

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. 

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

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

The cinema loomed large in the childhoods of the Corkonians of yesteryear, says JO KERRIGAN, who also uncovers tales of schooldays in Cork

Back in the 1950s, home entertainment and current affairs revolved around the transistor radio. JO KERRIGAN hears the wireless memories of Corkonians

Brian Cronin’s whole family were excited when he was asked to sing a solo at a school Christmas play in 1953, but, he tells JO KERRIGAN, it all ended in tears

School concerts, meeting Santa, getting the tree from the Coal Quay, presents... JO KERRIGAN hears your memories of Christmas past from Corkonians

Lady Luck was on the side of James White in World War II, says JO KERRIGAN. Also in Throwback Thursday, an altar boy who almost decapitated a parishioner!

A 13-year-old Cork student has compiled a remarkable history of his great-gran’s life, says JO KERRIGAN in this week’s Throwback Thursday

A Corkman recalls his days as an altar boy in the 1950s in today’s Throwback Thursday, plus JO KERRIGAN hears more from the boy who tutored Rory Gallagher. 

In this week’s Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears how youths used to ‘tap phones’ in kiosks, plus a great yarn about a town with no water

The grandfather of weightlifting in Cork and memories of the building of the oil refinery in Whitegate, are recollected in Throwback Thursday, by JO KERRIGAN

This week in Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN finds out the prices of everyday items in the 1950s and ‘60s, and hears memories of children fruit picking

Memories of Rory Gallagher, childhood games, and a search for information on Cork ancestors, all form part of this week’s Throwback Thursday by JO KERRIGAN

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears about crafts and hobbies by children of yesteryear, and memories of pinching from orchards

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears more memories from a reader who grew up in a bar - this time the Commercial Arms in Kanturk

This week in Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears memories of a Corkman’s first job behind a bar, before he went on to travel Ireland for Kosangas

What was life like growing up in a busy hotel in Cork city in the ‘50s? Brian Cronin shares his memories with JO KERRIGAN in our weekly Throwback Thursday column

This week in Throwback Thursday, more of your back-to-school memories, as JO KERRIGAN hears about schoolbooks, uniforms, and dreams over exam time

Readers share their memories of their school days in Cork with JO KERRIGAN, one in Whitegate in East Cork, the other at St Angela’s in Cork city

As children return for a new school term this week, JO KERRIGAN hears memories of schooldays of yore - desks, schoolbooks, inkwells, and clock-watching in class!

One Good Friday in the 1950s, when pubs were meant to be closed, a hilarious incident happened in a Cork city hostelry, says JO KERRIGAN in Throwback Thursday

A visit to the relatives in days of yore meant lots of planning, says JO KERRIGAN in this week’s Throwback Thursday - plus more of your dance hall memories

This week in Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears more of your memories of dancing and dating, plus reminiscing about summer holidays

The weather may not be great, but the sun is always shining when we recall the holidays of our younger days in Cork, says JO KERRIGAN

In Throwback Thursday Jo Kerrigan hears wonderful childhood memories from Youghal - where you could pop into anyone’s house, anytime

Some wonderful memories in this week’s THROWBACK THURSDAY by Jo Kerrigan. Mary Holly and Micheal Kenefick share their stories of childhoods past

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN shares her own family holiday memories, and recalls a field in Barley Cove that hosted the Kerrigan caravan

In Throwback Thursday JO KERRIGAN shares stories with a link to Cork’s coast including the filming of Moby Dick in Cork and periwinkle picking in Whitegate

In this week’s Throwback Thursday, as part of our Cork Coasts series, JO KERRIGAN hears about your memories of trips to Crosshaven and Whitegate

This week in Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears of all the sports children played in the streets and fields, plus memories of skipping songs

Today’s children seem to be hooked on phones and screens, but JO KERRIGAN recalls the days when kids played a host of games at home and in the street

This week, a Throwback Thursday reader tells JO KERRIGAN about the medal his father won for bravery, plus more on pub snugs and summer games we played

This week in Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN links a Cork ship to one of the great ocean mysteries, and recalls the days when women weren’t served pints