| ID | 16948 |
|---|---|
| Collection | LGBT Collection |
| Collection Description | The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) collection was launched and created in August 2014 by Stephen Dee and Dermot Casey, researchers at the Cork Folklore Project. The Project was established to record and preserve stories and memories of LGBT life in Cork City and County, with a focus prior to decriminalization in 1993 but also to document the important achievements and struggles that contributed to a society that today is far more accepting of LGBT people. This is proven today with the legalisation of same sex marriage through popular vote and the increased visibility of LGBT people in all areas of public life. The collection’s aims are to explore three main aspects: ‘Personal Recollections’ including but not limited to identity, coming out and experiences of homophobia; ‘Community Stories’ based on certain areas, streets, and forms of social interaction within the LGBT community; and ‘Political Movements’, chronicling political events, motivations and outcomes such as the creation of the Cork-based Irish Gay Rights Movement in 1976, Cork Gay Collective in 1980, and UCC Gay Soc in 1980. Each interview we conducted was unique with each interviewee covering some or all of these topics and with some areas being explored in depth. We hope the material can complement LGBT research in Ireland and also stimulate further interest amongst the public in LGBT history. To date we have distributed some of this material to the public with an audio visual presentation on YouTube and in 2016 in conjunction with Cork City Partnership for LGBT Awareness week we produced a public exhibition of our sound excerpts at Cork City Library. Special thanks to all our interviewees and also to Alvina Cassidy whose research also features in this collection. This LGBT collection of interviews is stored within the Cork Folklore Project permanent oral history archive run in conjunction with UCC’s Folklore and Ethnology Department and Northside Community Enterprises, with both a physical and digital presence. As with all our material, access to full interviews is supervised through a variety of permissions and forms. [corkfolklore.org] |
| Collection Web Address | https://corkfolklore.org/archivecatalolgue/collections/show/7 |
| Reference | |
| Description | Interviews (conducted between 2014 and 2016) with individuals from Cork's LGBT community, including: Eddie Kay: CFP_SR00502_kay_2014 Christine Browne: CFP_SR00516_browne_2014 Stephen Dee: CFP_SR00518_dee_2014 Dermot Casey: CFP_SR00519_casey_2014 Padraig McCarthy: CFP_SR00521_mccarthy_2014 Clive Davis: CFP_SR00532_davis_2014 Finbarr Kiely: CFP_SR00534_kiely_2014 Ken Curtin: CFP_SR00547_curtin_2015 Paul McAllister: CFP_SR00548_mcallister_2015 Jonathan Neville: CFP_SR00549_neville_2015 Tara Whelan: CFP_SR00555_whelan_2015 Edmund Lynch: CFP_SR00556_lynch_2015 Tony Doherty: CFP_SR00558_doherty_2015 Cathal Kerrigan: CFP_SR00561_kerrigan_2015 Barra O'Donnabhain: CFP_SR00576_odonnabhain_2016 |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1970-2016 |
| Century | 20th, 21st |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | Cork Folklore Project |
| Address | North Cathedral Visitors Centre Roman Street Cork City |
| Eircode | T23 NX76 |
| Telephone | (021) 422-8195 |
| Email Address | folklorearchive@gmail.com |
| Repository Web Address | https://corkfolklore.org/ |
| Comment | The information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the archives. The lists were compiled by staff of the Northside Folklore Project and we are grateful for their assistance. It must be remembered that due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually. At the time the Original Directory was compiled, The Northside Folklore Project contained: (1) 300 sound recordings; (2) 4000 photographs; (3) 35 video tapes. Some of the entries in the database offer examples of the material the archive holds, other entries provide details of collections added since 2000. |
| latitude | 51.90459 |
| longitude | -8.47584 |