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I hope to capture each of the Commemorative Plaques erected by Cork City Council. I started this page in March 2013. I think I have captured all but please do bear with me while I try to improve on the photographs of the plaques below and find any not yet recorded.

     

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51 - 54 Patrick's St
SIR JOHN ARNOTT

1814 - 1898

Born in Scotland, Sir John Arnott M.P. Used his Wealth from Rail, Shipping and Trade to Help Provide Meals for the Poor of Cork. He Established a Large Drapery Store on this Site.

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Daunt Square
GENERAL TOM BARRY

1898 - 1980

Patriot, Commander of the Third (West) Cork Brigade, I.R.A. Author of "Guerilla Days in Ireland". He Lived Here.

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JAMES BEALE

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Grenville Place
GEORGE BOOLE

1815 - 1864

Mathematician, Inventor of Boolean Algebra, Professor of Mathematics, Queens College (Now U.C.C.). He Lived Here from 1848 to

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Assembly Rooms, South Mall
RICHARD ROLT BRASH

1817 - 1876

Architect and Antiquarian. Designed this Building, the Former Assembly Rooms in 1865


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JEROME COLLINS

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Crawford Gallery, Emmet Place
W. H. CRAWFORD
1812 - 1888

Brewer and Benefactor, Endowed St. Finbarr's Cathedral, Queens College (Now U.C.C.) and this Building

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79 North Main St
RICHARD CAULFIELD
1823 - 1887

Antiquarian, Author, Librarian, Editor of the Council Books for the Corporations of Cork, Youghal. He Lived in this House

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Imperial Hotel, South Mall
SIR THOMAS DEANE

1792 - 1871

Architect and High Sheriff of Cork. Designed Queens College (now Universtity College Cork) and this Building.

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Cornmarket St
DON JUAN DE AQUILA

Commander of the Spanish Forces at the Battle of Kinsale. Reputed to Have Stayed at Portney's Lane for Some Months After the Battle in 1601

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Rory Gallagher Place, Paul St
RICHARD DOWDEN
(RICHARD)
1794 - 1861

Co-Founder of the Temperance Movement, Poet and Botanist. Mayor of Cork in 1845. Managed Jenning's Soda-Water Factory which stood near here.

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MacCurtain St
RORY GALLAGHER

1948 - 1995

Musician and Composer. He Lived on this Street.

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14 French Church St
JOSEPH HIGGINS

1885 - 1925

Studied at the Crawford School of Art, while Working for the Firm Newsom and Sons in this Building. He was one of Cork's Finest Sculptors

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Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain St
ARTHUR HILL

1846 - 1921

Architect, Designed many Cork Buildings including the Crawford Art Gallery, the Munster and Leinster Bank and this Building

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Unitarian Church, Princes St
EDWARD HINCKS

1792 - 1866

Son of Thomas Dix.
Linguist and Antiquarian. Deciphered Ancient Syrian Cunieform Writing. He was born here. 

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Unitartian Church, Princes St
REV THOMAS DIX HINCKS
1767 - 1857

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Hincks Founded the Royal Cork Institution in 1803. He was Minister of this Church.

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JOHN HOGAN

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DENNY LANE

Richard Lyster plaque is listed as having been at 43-44 Patrick St (China Gold) but no longer visible

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Academy St
JOHN FRANCIS MAGUIRE M.P.

1815 - 1872

Founder of the Cork Gas Company and Several Times Mayor of Cork. He Founded the Cork Examiner in this Building in 1841

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Castle St
JOHN GEORGE MacCARTHY

1829 - 1892

First President of the Cork Catholic Young Mens Society and Author of 'A History of Cork'

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TOIRDHEALBHACH MacSUIBHNE

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Emmet Place
JOAN DENISE MORIARTY LL.D.
DIED 1992

Joan Denise Trained as a Dancer in London and Paris. She Founded the Cork Ballet Company and School in this Building in 1944-5. She also Founded the Irish National Ballet

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Gables Bar, Douglas St
FRANK O'CONNOR

1903 - 1966
(Micheal O Donovan)
Master of the Short Story, Translator of Irish Poetry and Board Member of the Abbey Theatre. O'Connor was Born in this House. Ba Spéir Leis Cultúr na Gaeilge I gCaitheamha Shaoil go Léir


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St Ann's, Shandon
FATHER PROUT

1804 - 1866

Rev Francis Sylvester Mahony. Linguist and Author of "The Bells of Shandon". Contributed to Frasers Magazine. Buried in this Graveyard.

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School of Art, Sharman Crawford St
A. F. SHARMAN CRAWFORD

1862 - 1943

Brewer and Benefactor. Endowed and Built this Building, the Sharman Crawford Technical Institute in 1911

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Dyke Parade
MAXWELL SIMPSON

1815 - 1892

Prof. of Chemistry Queens College (Now U.C.C.). First Chemist to Synthesise Succinic Acis. He Lived here 1870 - 1892

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EDWARD WALSH


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