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Corkman who was saved from death by a tombstone!

When an ageing apartment block collapsed in Cork city in 1903, one resident avoided death because he happened to be lying on a gravestone at the .

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Throwback Thursday: When Cork burned and shawlie memories

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN hears about a new novel on the Burning of Cork, and wonderful detail on those legendary ‘shawlies’ of .

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Cork stages entertain with dinosaurs and and Echo Boys too

It s another busy week on Cork s theatre front, writes Jo Kerrigan in her weekly Theatre Nights column

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Amid austerity, Dunnes was born, here in Cork city, 80 years ago today

On March 31, 1944, an ambitious businessman spotted a gap in the retail market - and Dunnes Stores was born in Cork. Here we salute a dynamic .

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Throwback Thursday: Cork tomb of captain who sailed the Sirius

This week on Throwback Thursday, JO KERRIGAN unearths more about the record-breaking Sirius voyage, and gets feedback on schools and desserts

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