Cork City Libraries: A Podcast Series

Garda History Podcast - Episode Six Local Policing

Episode six of the Garda History Podcast.

Garda History Podcast - Episode Five Oriel House

Episode five discusses the operation of the Criminal Investigations Department in Oriel House during the Civil War.

Garda History Podcast - Episode Four Women in an Garda Síochána

Episode four discusses the history of women in policing in Ireland beginning with female RIC constables to the recruitment of women to An Garda Síochána in 1959.

Garda History Podcast - Episode Three Old Foes and New Comrades

Episode three of the podcast discusses the demographics of people who made up the initial cohort of an Garda Síochána.

Garda History Podcast - Episode Two The Mutiny

Episode two describes the momentous events surrounding the policing Mutiny in 1922 which led to the decision to form the Civic Guard into an unarmed force.

Garda History Podcast - Episode One The Arrival.

Episode one describes the arrival of an Garda Síochána to Cork City in 1922 as the Civil War rages in County Cork.

Introduction the the Garda History Podcast by Inspector James Hallahan

Inspector James Hallahan of an Garda Síochána introduces the Garda History Podcast made in association with Cork City Libraries

A City Reading Talking Newsletter 21

This episode is a special episode to celebrate National Heritage Week, which runs between 14 - 22 August 2021. In this episode we bring you: part four in our step-by-step guide to researching your family tree by Johnathon Fehily, Mairéad Ní Ghráda agus An Triail le Deirdre Swain, an early history of the Lough by Michael Lenihan and an interview with William Wall by Donal O’Driscoll.

A City Reading Talking Newsletter 20

In this episode, as Cork City Libraries' Writer-in-Residence term comes to an end, we bring you a special episode featuring writings by members of the Cork Non-Fiction Group written during workshops with our Writer-in-Residence Tina Pisco. We feature: Thoughts on a day in spring by Jane Killingbeck, Enlightenment on a river in Prague by Sara O’Mahony, Perceptions and Facts an informal essay by Marie Guillot, Saving Planet Earth by Cecily Lynch and Lockdown Lessons as I say Goodbye by Tina Pisco.

A City Reading Talking Newsletter 19 – Grow It Forward

In this episode we bring you: some Tips to Begin the Growing Season by Eleanor Twomey; we replay 'Shoots and Roots' and 'Liquid Gold' from previous podcasts also by Eleanor Twomey; and Ann Riordan brings us eGardening - books, magazines and lifestyle memoirs available online to borrow with your library card.