When the MV Brecon Beacon sailed up Cork harbour on Friday, March 25th. 1966 her arrival was anticipated with more than the usual interest. So Sunday morning, with my trusty Rolliflex camera slung across by back, I headed for the city quays on my Vespa scooter…
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It is difficult now to imagine the hysteria generated in Cork at the visit of US President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, on that balmy Friday morning in June 1963.
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“The Hay is saved and Cork are bet”
The thousands wildly sing,
They speak too soon, my sweet gorsoon
For here comes Christy Ring!
Marcus O’Sullivan was to lead more that one Chríost Rí team to victory in his five years with us in the school.
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There are few hurling clubs in the country to equal Blackrock’s record at under-age level. The current year’s Club Membership card lists no fewer than 28 city and county titles.
However the accompanying photograph is unique in so far as it records the club’s very first success at under-age competition in 1955.
