Hammond, Roy,

Media memories of Cork / Media memories of Cork : recollections from forty years of photographic service with newspapers and television in Cork. Roy Hammond. - 231 pages : portraits ; 23 cm

"Cork is the loveliest City in the world" -- A republic is born -- The early years -- The Ocean liners of Cork Harbour -- Fire at the Opera House -- The saga of an airport -- Kathy Barry - the Queen of Ireland -- A President comes to Cork -- A great flood -- Naval affairs -- Come on, Brian -- Sudden death in Bantry Bay -- "Vot iss der problem?" -- The Ballycotton bomb -- Death on the rail -- Tales of the Fastnet -- A cavalcade of song -- The bould gendarmes -- The Archbishop of Boston -- A victim of the red guards -- The athletic sporting -- Down the mine -- Princess Margaret, et cetera -- Movie-go-round -- ".....across the Athlantical Sea" -- A poetic tailpiece.

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Cork (Ireland)--History--20th Century.
Cork (Ireland : County)--History--20th Century.
Cork (Ireland)--History--Pictorial works.

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