| Collection Description | In June 2016 Contact was made by the Ballyphehane 1916 Centenary Commemoration Committee with the Cork Folklore
Project to establish an oral history project to coincide with the events in Ballyphehane marking the centenary commemoration
of the 1916 rising. The goal was to collect the memories of the residents and have a night in the community centre where
these interviews would be played for the community. Ballyphehane is a suburb in the Southside of the city between Turners
Cross and Togher. It was built between the 1940s and 1960s and inhabited by families rehoused from the city centre, much like
Gurranabraher and Knocknaheeny in the north side. The significance of the 1916 rising to Ballyphehane is that the streets are
named after the leaders of the rising. It was decided that CFP researcher and Ballyphehane resident, Jamie Furey, would head
up the project and assist volunteers in technical training and interview techniques: all interviews were carried out under the
auspices of the the CFP. This interviewing project is ongoing, and there have been a number of community listening events in
2017 and 2018. Interviews have been carried out by CFP staff Jamie Furey and David McCarthy, and by Ballyphehane
resident Arnie O'Connell. [corkfolklore.org]
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