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Old South Parish Photos

Archive of our photos of the South Parish. There are 60 photos per page. See links at the bottom for subsequent pages.

South Parish Confirmation Day in 1947. The old galleries and pulpit can be clearly seen in this photo. Image from the Evening Echo.
Fr Clancy unveiling a plaque to mark the opening of the new basketball court at South Pres in 1983. Image from the Evening Echo.
A different view of the opening of the new South Pres basketball court in 1983. Image from the Evening Echo.
A bus passing the newly built Bank of Ireland on South Mall in 1965. Traffic on South Mall travelled in both directions until it became a one-way system in 1968. The traffic lights here were among the earliest to be installed in the city in the late 1950s. Image from the Evening Echo.
The long trudge up Nicholas Street in 1980. Image from the Evening Echo.
No.1 Barrack Street shortly before it was demolished c.1920. Sullivan's Quay to the left of the building, Blackamoor Lane to the right. The corner of what's today Forde's Bar just showing in the photo. It was in this building that Fr Mathew founded the Barrack Street Band. Image from the Cork Examiner.
Relaxing in O'Neill's Bar on Barrack Street in 1970. Image from the Evening Echo.
A bus passing along Parliament Street in 1969. Image from the Evening Echo.
JFK on the old Parnell Bridge as he heads to City Hall in June 1963, just a few months before his death. Image from the Evening Echo.
The funeral cortege of two Capuchin priests, Fr Albert and Fr Dominic, who had died in America some years previously, passing over the old Parnell Bridge in 1958 on its way to Rochestown College. Image from the Cork Examiner.
The early stages of removing the old Parnell Bridge in 1968. Image from the Evening Echo.
The present and much wider Parnell Bridge under construction in 1970. Image from the Evening Echo.
Marguerita Villas off Dean Street in 1974. Image from the Evening Echo.
The old Garden Centre on Pembroke Street in 1978. Image from the Evening Echo.
Pembroke Street in 1985. Image from the Evening Echo.
The southern side of Prince's Street in 1976. Image from the Evening Echo.
Princess Grace with her daughter Caroline alongside Lord Mayor Stephen Barrett leaving City Hall in 1961. In the background is Prince Rainier. The couple were on a visit to Ireland which was part State visit and part holiday. Image from the Evening Echo.
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace leaving the Imperial Hotel in 1961. Image from the Evening Echo.
Red Abbey Street in 1965 shortly after the demolition of houses in the square. Image from the Evening Echo.
Houses on Red Abbey Street being demolished in 1965. Image from the Evening Echo.
Redmond's clubhouse on Tower Street being constructed in 1971. Image from the Evening Echo.
Flooding on Rutland Street in 1976. Image from the Evening Echo.
The School of Commerce under construction in 1936. Image from the Cork Examiner.
The newly opened School of Music on Union Quay in 1956. Image from the Cork Examiner.
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