This website only began in 2009. So my River Lee articles from 2006-2009 exist only in my publications (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181), In the Steps of St. Finbarre , Generations, Memories of the Lee Hydro Scheme and Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork.
My articles on the River Lee, 2009-2011, are blogged.
2006:
19 January 2006, Ode to the River Lee (reflections on riverscapes, the use and perceived sacredness of the River Lee), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
26 January 2006, St. Finbarre and the River Lee (legend of St. Finbarre and his walk down the River Lee), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
3 February 2006, St FinBarre and Gougane Barra (early history of Gougane Barra), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
10 February 2006, Gougane Barra: A Pilgrims Site (account by antiquarian, Thomas Crofton Croker of pilgrim practices), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
17 February 2006, Gougane Barra: Further Descriptions (account by John Windele of pilgrim practices), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
25February 2006, In Search of Gougane Barra (George Petrie’s painting of Gougane Barra, some analysis), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
2 March 2006, The Tailor and Ansty (history of the development of the book The Tailor and Ansty by Eric Cross), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
9 March 2006, The Tailor Remembers (abstract from the book The Tailor and Ansty by Eric Cross), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
16 March 2006, The Educated Tailor (abstract from the book The Tailor and Ansty by Eric Cross), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
23 March 2006, The Candle in the Dark (abstract from the book The Tailor and Ansty by Eric Cross), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
30 March 2006, Lost in Gougane Barra (personal account of Gougane Barra, making place), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
6 April 2006, In the Heart of Uíbh Laoghaire (history of parish of Iveleary), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
13 April 2006, Manoeuvres in Keimaneigh (history of ‘Cath Ceim an Fhia’), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
20 April 2006, Unravelling Ballingeary (short history of Ballingeary), (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
27 April 2006, Exploring Ballingeary (a historical walking trail of Ballingeary), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
4 May 2006, Lough Allua and Oileán Uí Mhaothagáin (History of Crannog in Lough Allua), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
11 May 2006, The Free Country, the Unfree City(perspectives by Sean O’Faolain of the Lee Valley and Uibh Laoghaire), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
18 May 2006, Wonders of Lough Allua (townland translations), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
25 May 2006, Time Passes – Religion and Inchigeelagh, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
1 June 2006, Roman Catholic Inchigeela, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
8 June 2006, Inchigeela Narratives, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
15 June 2006, O’Leary Homeland – Carrignacurra Castle, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
22 June 2006, Breaking the Mould at Inchineave (natural history of River Lee valley), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
29 June 2006, Remembering the ‘Boys of Kilmichael’ 20 11 1920, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
6 July 2006, Kilbarry, Cill Barra – Church of St. Finbarr, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
15 July 2006, Echoes of the Past at Kilbarry, (stone row & holy well), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
22 July 2006, The Forgotten Country (history of Dromcarra area), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
29 July 2006, Harnessing the Power of the Lee (introduction to the Lee Hydro Electric Scheme project), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
3 August 2006, The Gearagh and Nature’s Intercession, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
10 August 2006, The Gearagh- Landscapes Within a Landscape, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
17 August 2006, Further Footprints of a Saint- St. Finbarre’s Church, Macloneigh, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
24 July 2006, Macroom, The Frontier Town (early development, early history), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
31 August 2006, From Macroom to Philadelphia (William Penn, history and emigration), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
8 September 2006, Hidden Treasures, Macroom Castle and Demesne (history of Macroom Castle), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
15 September 2006, Development of Macroom Town (history and development), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
22 September 2006, A Fading Icon St. Colman’s Church, Macroom (history), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
4 October 2006, Bealick Mill – A Renovated Jewel (conservation and history), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
11 October 2006, The Aghinagh Way (Bronze Age landscapes), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
19 October 2006, Mashanaglass Water Mill (excavation work of mill by Edward Fahy pre Hydro Electric Scheme), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
26 October 2006, A Landscape Remembers: Aghinagh Church and Graveyard (history), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
2 November 2006, Cork City Draft Heritage Plan (critique and commentary), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
9 November 2006, Remembering Fifty Years – Carrigadrohid Dam (work and history), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
16 November 2006, Fortress Carrigadrohid (History of Carrigadrohid Castle), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
23 November 2006, Never a Dull Landscape (history of Carrigadrohid village), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
30 November 2006, The Long and Winding Road (Carrigadrohid to Coachford), River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
7 December 2006, Countryside, Coachford and Sacred Places (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
15 December 2006, A Landscape of Equals: Magourney C.O.I Graveyard (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
21 December 2006, Nineteenth Century Coachford (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
2007:
4 January 2007, Journeys into Muskerry (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
11 January 2007, Coachford: The Postcard Village (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
18 January 2007, When We Were Young (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
25 January 2007, Earthly Insights at Christ Church, Coachford (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
1 February 2007, Nadrid – The Graciousness of the Past (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
8 February 2007, Cronody: A History in Miniature (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
15 February 2007, Cronody Dovecote (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
22 February 2007, Crossing Barriers: Captain Timothy Kennefick Revisited (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
1 March 2007, Aghabullogue Parish: The Heritage of the Land (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
8 March 2007, Travelling Through Aghabullogue Parish (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
15 March 2007, Aghabullogue’s Unique GAA Memorial (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Traill | Cork Heritage
22 March 2007, Aghabullogue: The Footprints of Saints (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
29 March 2007, Markers of the Past at Aghabullogue (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
5 April 2007, Aghabullogue: Experience and Memory (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
12 April 2007, Clonmoyle and Kilcolman: Fading Memories (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
19 April 2007, Kilcolman Church: The Mute Witness of History (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
26 April 2007, Cnocán na gCearc – Strongholds and Souterrains (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
3 May 2007, Dripsey Castle – The Lonely Barricade (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
10 May 2007, Dripsey Castle – Further Politics and Problems (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
17 May 2007, Dripsey Castle and Modern Times (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
24 May 2007, Dripsey Paper Mill – Industry and Origins (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
31 May 2007, Making the Cut: Dripsey Paper Mills (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
7 June 2007, Dripsey Paper Mills: Growth and Decline (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
14 June 2007, Immersing Histories: Dripsey Cheese Factory (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
21 June 2007, Rebuilding Memory: Dripsey and the Cork Woollen Mills (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
28 June 2007, Making Connections: Andrew O’Shaughnessy and Dripsey Woollen Mills (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
5 July 2007, A Lesson to Ireland: Growth of Dripsey Woollen Mills (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
12 July 2007, The Rolling Stone: The O’Shaughnessy Legacy (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
17 July 2007, Dripsey Woollen Mills – Quality, Style and Durability (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
24 July 2007, Dripsey Ambush Memorial (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
2 August 2007, Dripsey Ambush Memorial – Meanings and Memories (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
9 August 2007, Heritage Watch 400, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
16 August 2007, A Gun and Its Story: Frank Busteed (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
23 August 2007, Tracking East – Towards Dripsey Village (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
30 August 2007, Anna Ryan’s Story (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
6 September 2007, A Way of Life at Dripsey (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
13 September 2007, A Parade and A Model Village (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
20 September 2007, Sitting on a Dripsey Stone with Eileen O’Connell (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
27 September 2007, One Day at a Time (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
4 October 2007, Always be prepared…and your time will come (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
11 October 2007, A Jimmy Noonan Production (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
18 October 2007, Inheritance (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
25 October 2007, Countrymen and Education (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
1 November 2007, Ski-ing Matters (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
8 November 2007, Where the Dripsey meets the Lee (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
15 November 2007, Photographing the Lee Valley, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
22 November 2007, Innocent Days (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
29 November 2007, In Search of Bill Williams (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
6 December 2007, By Following the Truth (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
13 December 2007, Lego, Illusions and Christmas
20 December 2007, Dazzling Histories (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
2008:
3 January 2008, Explorations at Dromgownagh Holy Well (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage
10 January 2008, At the Borders of Memory (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, corkheritage.ie/?page_id=6123
17 January 2008, Beyond the Country (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
24 January 2008, Ringforts and Memory (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
31 January 2008, St. Senan and Inishleena Abbey (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
7 February 2008, The Easy Road (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
14 February 2008, John Manning, The Wayfarer (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
21 February 2008, John’s Adventures (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
28 February 2008, The Window to the Past (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
6 March 2008, In Loving Memory at Kilblaffer (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
13 March 2008, Conservation Notes (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
20 March 2008, Everything and Nothing (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
27 March 2008, The Ordinary and Extraordinary (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
3 April 2008, Testing Your Skills with the 28 (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
10 April 2008, Long Ties at Reen’s Pub, Berrings (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
17 April 2008, Memories at Berrings Crossroads (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
24 April 2008, The Living Landscape (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
8 May 2008, The Rhythms of Life (published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork (http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
15 May 2008, In Loving Memory Revisited (photographic exhibition on St. Finbarre’s Cemetery, Cork)
Articles on the Lee Hydro Electric Scheme:
22 May 2008, At the Gates of Fortress Inniscarra (cultural heritage, past traditions, community, memory and identity), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
29 May 2008, Developing the Lee Scheme (first stages, tests, average fall and flow of the river and the general outline and nature of the valley, creation of preliminary sketch of the development prepared and the approximate cost estimated), published in Generations, The Story of The Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181)
5 June 2008, Negociations (John Paul & Co., Tommy Simmington, contracting firms), published in Generations, The Story of The Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
12 June 2008, Building Inniscarra Dam (work begins, construction progress), published in Generations, The Story of The Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
19 June 2008, Building of a Fortress (construction progress, rock blasting), published in Generations, The Story of The Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
26 June 2008, Working on the Dam (worker issues, contract issues), published in Generations, The Story of The Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
3 July 2008, Return to Gougane Barra (landscape, memory, ruins; walking tours)
3 July 2008, The Camp (religious side, oratory, French connections), published in Generations, The Story of The Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
10 July 2008, Dam Narratives, (tragedies, socials, dances, life on the Lee Hydro Electric Scheme), published in Generations, The Story of The Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
17 July 2008, High Noon (Maurice G.Sweeney, engineer, Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, Whitegate Oil Refinery, Iran), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
24 July 2008, Adventures in Pure Thought (Ferdie O’Halloran, Junior Civil Enginer, Lee Hydro Electric Scheme. construction team), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
31 July 2008, ‘Caithne’ (Donal O’Halloran, electrician, Lee Hydro Electric Scheme), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
7 August 2008, Stand me on my Feet (Jack Sheehan, electrician, Albert Road Power Station, Cork, Inniscarra Dam), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
14 August 2008, Snapshots and Talents [memories of Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, Seamus Madden (Clerical Officer, retired), Patrick O’Leary (Day Worker, retired), Ned Sweeney (Control Room Operator, retired), Flor Deasy (Fitter, retired), Eddie Murphy (Plant Controller, retired)], published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
21 August 2008, Networks of Ideas (John O’Donovan, junior civil engineer on Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, studied under Harry Walsh, University College Cork, science of concrete mix, architecture), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
28 August 2008, Changing Times (Diarmuid O’Shea, first station manager of Inniscarra Dam), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
4 September 2008, Toward a River of Memory (photo exhibition at Gougane Barra, landscapes, memories)
11 September 2008, The Cosmopolitan Lee (Aileen Aeger, ESB Secretary, Inniscarra Dam, 1955-1959), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
18 September 2008, Kieran’s Heritage News (events and initiatives of Kieran McCarthy)
25 September 2008, Signs of the Times (Margaret Murphy, secretary, memories of Lee Scheme), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
2 October 2008, Beyond the First Fifty Years (Development of Inniscarra Dam post construction), published in Generations, The Story of The Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
9 October 2008, Generations (Launch of new publication, Inniscarra Dam history), published in Generations, The Story of The Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
17 October 2008, All Day, Every Day (Inniscarra Waterworks, history, development & modern functions), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
24 October 2008, Cooney’s Forge (memories, Blacksmith, nostalgic currency, anthropological perspectives, smithy archaeological objects, Ballyshonin, Inniscara), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
30 October 2008, Try to Remember (personal memory, ideas on remembering)
13 November 2008, Samuel Lewis’ Inniscarra (1837 history and contemporary view of Inniscarra), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
20 November 2008, What’s in a Picture? (oral history, memory, experience, exploring a family picture of Jane Quinlan, formerly Dripsey and her family history), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
27 November 2008, The Genius of Landscape (landscape textures, rythms, personal view of landscape), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
4 December 2008, Chances and Choices (Healy’s Pub, Inniscarra, interview with Donal Healy), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
11 December 2008, The Blair Legacy (John Blair, Blair family history, St. Patrick’s Street, lee festival), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
18 December 2008, Deeper Magic (ideas of time and links to landscape), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
2009:
8 January 2009, Vocabularies of the Past (James Barry, thoughts on connecting the past and present)
16 January 2009, In the Half Light (ruin, memory, fortified house, Ardrum, Court Scullane), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
22 January 2009, Unveiling Court Scullane (rebuilding memory, Ardrum, inniscarra), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
29 January 2009, Return to the Beginning (rebuilding the ruin, Ardrum, inniscarra, Co. Cork), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
5 February 2009, The Contested Landscape (contested space, place & Ardrum), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
12 February 2009, Duels and Debates (Ardrum & Colthurst estate, eighteenth century), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
19 February 2009, Graceful and Elegant (Annie Twomey, local resident, Colthurst estate & Ardrum, Inniscarra), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
26 February 2009, Inniscarra Community Centre (sense of place, history, fundraising), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
5 March 2009, Shoulder to the Wheel (Inniscarra Community Centre, developments), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
12 March 2009, The Road Goes On (perspectives on community, significance and links to heritage)
19 March 2009, Expectations of Place (landscape, memory, plane trip, Dublin-Sligo)
26 March 2009, Threshing our Heritage (Inniscarra vintage and farming), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
3 April 2009, Farming Progressions (vintage, collecting, Philip Pierce & Co., Wexford, Pierce fire fan, White’s Cross)
10 April 2009, The World, Our Market (Philip Pierce & Co., Wexford, company development)
17 April 2009, Notes from Innislinga (John Manning & Daniel O’Connell staying at Faha, Lower Dripsey), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
24 April 2009, A Different Angle (Suburban Cork, councillor ideas, canvassing)
30 April 2009, The Wayside Inn, Inniscarra (O’Leary family history, public house), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
7 May 2009, Telling Locality (Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project, project aims & details)
14 May 2009, Knowledge and Wisdom (George Williams, Carrignaveen Stud, Inniscarra race horse owner and trainer), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
21 May 2009, Etchings in the Landscape (Cloghroe Station House, o’Leary family, Cork-Muskerry Tram), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
28 May 2009, Strands of Time (Inniscarra Church of Ireland, memory, history, graveyard and ruin), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
4 June 2009, Resolutions (Life of William Bennett & Rev. William Beresford, Inniscarra), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
11 June 2009, Threads of Identity (St. Senan’s Church of Ireland, Inniscarra, identity, sense of place, symbolism, memorials), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
19 June 2009, The Good Samaritan (Richard Barter, Blarney Hydro, Origins of Turkish Baths, Victorian attitudes & ideals), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
25 June 2009, The Victorian Way (Richard Barter, St. Ann’s Hydro, Victorian mindsets, nineteenth century science and adult education, references to Royal Cork Institution and Cork Mechanics Institute), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
2 July 2009, Intertwing Memories (Ruins, memory, re-imagining the past, St. Ann’s Hydro), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
9 July 2009, Along the Memory Shore (St. Ann’s Hydro, farm, allotments, ruins, memories, Quigley legacy, Zwena McCullough, late twentieth century developments), published in Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, Co. Cork, http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=1181
16 July 2009. There was a Time… (Carrigadrohid reservoir, ruins, Lee Scheme, Cork Macroom Direct Railway, Buingea Bridge), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
23 July 2009, Divisive Geographies (Our Lady’s House of Hope, Lee Hydro Electric Scheme, Lehane’s, Religious landscapes and meanings, townland derivations), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
30 July 2009, Look into my Eyes (500th article, retrospective, the look, listen and learn of heritage), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
6 August 2009, Tangents at Bawnatemple (Canovee, early monastic enclosure, St. Brendan, graveyard, identity, memory), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
13 August 2009, Canovee Education and Identity (early history of Canovee N.S., memory, education and identity), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
20 August 2009, Open for Debate, Cork Heritage Open Day (urban architecture, landscape, human geography of the buildings of Cork City), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
27 August 2009, The Work of the Living (Canovee soup house cross roads, Irish Great Famine, rural Ireland, memory, landscapes, remembering), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
3 September 2009, Macroom Union Workhouse (Macroom Poor Law Union, workhouse, relief, media reports, memory, Canovee Soup House), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
10 September 2009, California Dreaming (historical tangents, Irish emigration to California, memory, survival, 1849 Gold Rush), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
17 September 2009, Emigrant Journeys (San Francisco Irish Experience, trials, tribulations), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
24 September 2009, You must have faith (interview with Mary Kate Harrington, Canovee, Killinardrish, memories, nostalgia, place), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
1 October 2009, A Sense of Place at Rooves (Finbarr Crowley, Holy Well, Stone Row, Ringfort, preservation perspectives),(not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
8 October 2009, Beneath Rooves Bridge (ruins, memory, remembering, landscape, time, Lee Valley), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
16 October 2009, Towards Farran (Aglish, Ballineadig, Cill na Cluaine, Clarke family, Farran House, tobacco company), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
23 October 2009, Farran Woods (child memories, history, wildlife, nature, National Rowing Centre), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
30 October 2009, Castle Inch (Castle history, Barretts and McCarthy Castle, also appears with images in Kieran’s book, Ed. Generations, Lilliput Press), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
5 November 2009, Rites of Landscape (Lee Valley Golf Course and Country Club, Muskerry Golf Club, landscape values, meaning and qualities, golf and cultural geography, golf and masculinity), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
12 November 2009, Kilcrea, Cast in Stone (Franciscans, Kilcrea history, sites of memory and human experience), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
19 November 2009, Eye of the Friar (Kilcrea Abbey layout and history), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
26 November 2009, Slain in his Bloom (Kilcrea Abbey, graveyard, Art O’Laoghaire), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
3 December 2009, Ford of the Caves (Ovens Caves, Antiquarian accounts), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
10 December 2009, New Book – Sunday’s Well Boating and Tennis Club (research project by Kieran, history of sporting club), (not blogged, see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
17 December 2009, GAA Narratives (Eire Og history, Ovens, commemorating the 125th Anniversary of the second GAA meeting in Cork), (see local studies, Cork City Library for copy)
2010:
4 January 2010, Fragments of Memory (Ovens history, Donal O’Flynn, local historian, St Mary’s Church of Ireland, Desertmore, Clashanafrinn), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
11 January 2010, Words in Stone (St John the Baptist Church Ovens, symbolism, architecture, sanctity), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
18 January 2010, Delights and Inspires (Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farran, Gothic Revival, architect Matthew Ellison Hadfield, William Clarke), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
25 January 2010, Ballincollig Bound (placenames, archaeological sites, early Ballincollig history),(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
4 February 2010, Beyond the High Wall, Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills (early development, history, Board of Ordnance, Leslies, Tobins), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
11 February 2010, A Productive Process, Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills (production process of gunpowder at Ballincollig), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
18 February 2010, The Industrious Landscape, Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills (production process of gunpowder at Ballincollig, 1856 survey of work going on), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
25 February 2010, The Familiar and Forgotten, Ballincollig Gunpowder mills (walking around the ruins, ruin ideas, society), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
4 March 2010, Inheritance, Heritage and Memory in the Lee Valley, New Publication by Kieran McCarthy, (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
11 March 2010, Horgan’s Vision (Canon Daniel Horgan, Church of St Mary and St John, Ballincollig, history, architect George Goldie), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
18 March 2010, Threads of Landscape (Local historian Dermot O’Donovan, Ballincollig in 1892, Guy’s County of Cork Directory), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
25 March 2010, Ballincollig Barracks, 1901 (1901 census of Ballincollig Barracks), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
1 April 2010, A Soldier’s Grave (Ballincollig Military Cemetery, interview with local historian, Anne Donaldson), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
8 April 2010, A Place for Us (Gougane Barra history, Fr Patrick Hurley), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
15 April 2010, That Flying Spirit (Ballincollig history, Alan Cobham’s Flying Circus, GAA in the 1930s. 40s), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
22 April 2010, The Quiet Revolution (Ballincollig, ESB rural electrication scheme roll out), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
29 April 2010, A Village Transforms (Ballincollig in 1945, late twentieth century developments),(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
6 May 2010, Carrigrohane, A Geography Inspired (History of Carrigrohane Castle), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
13 May 2010, Discover your Area (Report on Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2010),(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
20 May 2010, The Pearls of Carrigrohane (Carrigrohane, Leemount history and folklore, Samuel Lewis and Carrigrohane) (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
27 May 2010, Humanising History (St Peter’s Church, Carrigrohane, early history), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
3 June 2010, The Resilient Landscape (St. Peter’s Church, Carrigrohane, nineteenth century, Arthur Lionel Tobin memorial window), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
10 June 2010, Through the Stained Glass (St. Peter’s Church, Carrigrohane, nineteenth century stained glass window, artists Henry Holiday & W.G. Saunders), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
17 June 2010, A Work of Faith (reviewing the Gothic style, its symbolism, St. Peter’s Church, Carrigrohane, work of architect William Henry Hill), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
24 June 2010, A Labour of Love (Gibbings Memorial, St. Peter’s Church, Carrigrohane, short autobiography of Robert Gibbings, artist and writer), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
1 July 2010, A Caretaker of the Past (St. Peter’s Church, Carrigrohane, short autobiography of Robert Day, antiquarian and writer), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
8 July 2010, Memories and Hidden Corners (history of pews, plaques, memorials, St. Peter’s Church, Carrigrohane), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
15 July 2010, Fragments of Antiquity (Currykippane/ Curraghkippane, history of church, Profile of explorer Jerome Collins), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
22 July 2010, A Just Tribute (Currykippane, Dunscombe family history in Cork City; Edward O’Callaghan, fought in the Battle of Trafalgar), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
29 July 2010, From Russia with Hope (Short history of Jewish community in Cork; creating ‘Jewtown’, Hibernian Buildings, Albert Road; Jewish plot in Currykippane), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
5 August 2010, Tangents and Cultural Encounters (Jewish plot in Currykippane, family history of Gerald Goldberg, early career), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
12 August 2010, Politics and Literary Treasures (short account of career of Gerard Goldberg, cultural interests, work of writer David Marcus, nephew, New Irish Writing, Irish Press), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
19 August 2010, Kieran’s Heritage Week (Kieran’s heritage week programme, Family heritage hunt, Historical walking trails in Ballinlough and Cork City Hall, lectures on Cork’s Turner’s Cross and Ballyphehane, Cork Theatre, photo exhibition on Lee Valley), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
26 August 2010, Strangers and Shadows (place and changing meanings, short account of visit to Paris), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
2 September 2010, A Tragedy of Ireland (Ballycanon memorial, Clogheen, history and memory, (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
9 September 2010, A Politics of Remembering (Ballycanon memorial, Clogheen, history and memory), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
16 September 2010, For the Sake of Balance (Ballycanon memorial, Clogheen, account by Cornelius O’Keeffe of Ballycannon of incident, taken from the Irish Bureau of Military History, Dublin),(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
23 September 2010, The Protection of Ireland (Patrick Murphy Civil War Memorial, Leemount, narrative), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
30 September 2010, Hauntings, Open Wounds & Whispers (Patrick Murphy Civil War Memorial, Leemount, memory), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
7 October 2010, At the Sword of Light (Patrick Murphy, further details, civil war victim, Republican plot, St Finbarrre’s Cemetery), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
14 October 2010, Warfare, Disorganisation and Reconstruction (reduction in trade, rebuilding of St. Patrick’s Street, 1920s), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
21 October 2010, Footprints of a Free State (Ireland in the 1920s, structuring of Free State, Cork in the 1920s, Philip Monahan, Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair 1932), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
28 October 2010, Depressions, Ideas and Spins (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork, 1932, preparations, George Crosbie), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
4 November 2010, The Market Place of Ireland (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork, 1932, planning, aims, objectives), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
11 November 2010, Building an Irish Affair (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork, 1932, organisation, aims), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
18 November 2010, With Confidence in Ourselves (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932, opening event, speeches), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
25 November 2010, The Palace of Industries (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932, The Main Exhibition Hall, Munster Arcade, Woollen Industries), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
2 December 2010, Cork on Display (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932, Carrigrohane Straight Road, The Main Exhibition Hall, The Palace of Industries; Irish Hospital Sweepstakes; T. Lyons & Co., South Main Street; Henry Ford & Co.; Cash & Co. Patrick Street; T.O’Gorman, hat manufacturer, Shandon; Paddy O’Sullivan, tobacco, Red Abbey Factory, Mary Street, Cork), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
9 December 2010, A Sense of Ireland (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932, Hall of Industry, Irish Tourist Association, Great Southern Railway Company, Cork harbour Commissioners, Dr. John C. Saunders, Health Displays), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
16 December 2010, A Munster Line Out (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932, Hall of Industry, stands, Joseph Hosford, J.W. McMullen, J.W. Dowden, Cleeves of Limerick City, Henry Denny, Cork Distilleries Ltd., F.C. Porte, W.H. Goulding), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
23 December 2010, Beamish and Crawford Development Proposal (Kieran’s concerns, heritage strategy, planning), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
2011:
6 January 2011, Through the Agricultural Hall, (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932, Agricultural Hall, Irish Free State Department of Agriculture, Forestry Stations, Gougane Barra Forestry programme), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
13 January 2011, Print, Lines and Stances (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932, Irish Independent stand, William Martin Murphy, brief note on his career, Railway, Tram contractor), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
20 January 2011, The Bantry Band (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
27 January 2011, A National Shop Window (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932, excursions, transport, education), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
3 February 2011, Building a National Identity (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932, concert hall, Jonathan T. Horne, amusements, Arcadia, Lower Road), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
10 February 2011, Pictures at the Savoy (opening of Savoy Cinema, St. Patrick’s Street Cork, May 1932)
(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
17 February 2011, Irish Unity and City Hall (laying of the foundation stone of Cork City Hall by Eamonn DeValera, 9 July 1932), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
24 February 2011, A Disappearing Memory (Irish Industrial and Agricultural Fair, Cork 1932, closing day, financial problems, creation of Lee Hall in Cork Showgrounds), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
3 March 2011, Coming of Age (tribute article to North Monastery School, Cork, celebrating 200 years, 1958 past pupils reunion photo), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
10 March 2011, Cork’s Proudest Possession (early origins of Lee Baths, Carrigrohame Straight Road, June 1934), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
17 March 2011, The Wright Record (Joseph S. Wright, Motorcycle Speed Record, Carrigrohane Straight Road, 6 November 1930), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
24 March 2011, Car Race Fever 1936 (Cork Motor Car Races 1936 on the Carrigrohane Straight Road) (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
31 March 2011, Landscapes of Dare Devilry (Cork Motor Car Races 1936 on the Carrigrohane Straight Road), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
7 April 2011, Kieran’s Events, Lifelong Learning Festival, 10-17 April 2011(McCarthy’s History in Action, Royal Cork Institution book launch & lecture, River Lee lecture, McCarthy’s Community Talent Competition, historical walking tour of St. Finbarr’s Hospital), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
14 April 2011, History Tour of St. Finbarr’s Hospital (reflections, Cork Union Workhouse, Douglas Road history, Great Famine); (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
21 April 2011, Royal Cork Institution, Pioneer of Education, New Publication (short history, Rev Thomas Dix Hincks. Botanic garden, St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Antonio Canova Casts, Cork Institute of Technology, University College Cork), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
28 April 2011, Planning an International Motor Car Race [Carrigrohane Straight Road, Cork, 1937;(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
5 May 2011, Of Time and Motion, 1937 (Cork International Motor Car Race, 1937, Carrigrohane Straight Road, H.B. Prestwich winner), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
12 May 2011, Making a Cork Derby, 1938 (Motor Car Racing, Carrigrohane Straight Road), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
19 May 2011, Thrills and Spills (Cork Grand Prix, 1938, Carrigrohane Straight Road; Dudley Colley, Rene Dreyfus),(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
26 May 2011, Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2011 (Project report, findings, summaries),(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
2 June 2011, Constitutions and Agreements, April 1938 (Anglo-Irish agreement, Ireland’s firt president, Dr. Douglas Hyde, Cork in April 1938), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
9 June 2011, Shrine of the Holy Rosary (Lee Road Shine, Cork, history, society, Cork in August 1952), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
16 June 2011, Coca Cola Comes to Cork, 1952 (Coca Cola factory, history, Carrigrohane Straight Road, Cork, Munster Bottlers, Jim Farley, Chairman of Coca Cola International), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
23 June 2011, Kieran’s New Book, Munster Agricultural Society, The Story of the Cork Showgrounds,(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
30 June 2011, The Things of the Past (Lee Road Shrine, Soirle MacCana, designer & Leo Broe, sculptor), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
7 July 2011, Diving into History (Andy O’Brien, Brown Bomber, Lee Baths; motorcar racing, Cork 20 race, motorcycle racing, Carrigrohane Straight Road, 17 July 1954), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
14 July 2011, Planning a Skyscraper (Cork County Hall, origins, history), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
21 July 2011, A Skyscraper to Catch the Eye, (Cork County Hall, history), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
28 July 2011, Attributes of a Skyscraper (Cork County Hall, history) (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
4 August 2011, Speech Notes at a Skyscraper (Cork County Hall, history, Patrick McSweeney, architect), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
11 August 2011, Northside Walking Tour (North Monastery, Blackpool, Gurranabraher, Cork local history), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
18 August 2011, Kieran’s Heritage Week 2011, (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
25 August 2011, Lecture: Creating an Irish Free State City (lecture for Heritage Week, history of Cork City Hall, Philip Monahan, housing at Capwell, Turners Cross, Gurranabraher), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
1 September 2011, Planning a City Hall (Cork City Hall, history, 75th anniversary of its opening, 8 September 1936) (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
8 September 2011, Building a City Hall (Cork City Hall, history,75th anniversary of its opening, 8 September 1936), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
15 September 2011, The Fruits of Sacrifice (Cork City Hall, opening on 8 September 1936, Eamonn DeValera speech), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
22 September 2011,Voices of the Lee Valley (Kieran’s historical exhibition, Gougane Barra history, landscape and place) (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
28 September 2011, A Living Heritage (Gougane Barra history, St. Finbarr’s Oratory, dedication on 15 August 1901), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
6 October 2011, A Sanctuary of Knowledge (Gougane Barra history, parish priest, writer, collector, Fr. Patrick Hurley), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
13 October 2011, The Reworking of Memory (Gougane Barra history, social improvement, Jeremiah Joseph Callanan, Gaelic League, Ballingeary Irish College), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
20 October 2011, Routeways in Culture (Gougane Barra history, tourism, coaches, Cork and Macroom Direct Railway), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
27 October 2011, Tracking Tourism (Gougane Barra, mass tourism, 1920s, 1930s, automobiles, Gaumont Film Unit), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
3 November 2011, A Stronghold of Ireland (history, Gougane Barra, mass tourism, Cronin’s Hotel) (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
10 November 2011, Memories of Afforestation (Gougane Barra, Irish Forestry Commission, 1937), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
17 November 2011, The Golden Landscape (Gougane Barra, Tailor and Ansty, Eric Cross) (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
24 November 2011, Gliding of the Willow (Gougane Barra, Robert Gibbings, Sweet Cork of Thee),(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
1 December 2011, Conversations in Irish Identity (Gougane Barra, Sean O Faolain, The Silence of the Valley, Vive Moi, The Irish: A Character Study), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
8 December 2011, Creating Ireland’s First National Park (Gougane Barra Forest Park history),(article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
15 December 2011, A Golden Chain (Gougane Barra Sunday Ceremonies), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)
22 December 2011, The Weir of Destiny (perspectives on the Lee Fields, Cork), (article blogged on date in www.kieranmccarthy.ie)