City of Cork Steampacket Company Archive Descriptive List

IE CCCA U370

City of Cork Steam Packet Co Ltd

of material for the Innisfallen and its Cork-Fishguard service, mainly circa 1951. Other undated promotional material and Company forms are placed after this, including accommodation plans of SS ‘Kenmare’ and SS ‘Lairdshill’. Finally, there are news cuttings, 1948-66, regarding, eg, withdrawal of SS Kenmare from service (1956), refloating of Hadrian Coast in Cork Harbour (1962), and first visit of MV Meath cattle ship to Cork (1966).

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U370/D/005 Scrapbook

Date:

1925 - 1938

Title:

Level: item Extent: 219pp Scope and Content:

Scrapbook containing copies of Company advertisements, notices, and posters, in newspapers, brochures, and small posters and handbills. Many are concerned with travel to sporting events, such as the FA Cup Final, Ireland-England rugby internationals, and the Grand National, while many others refer to tourist trips, excursions, and cruises, and regular services. In the 1930s, many of the items refer to ‘daylight’ and excursion cruises to Glengarriff and other lo cations, usually on bank holidays.

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U370/D/006

Date:

1933 - 1937

Title:

Album

Level: item Extent: c50pp Scope and Content:

Album containing City of Cork Steam Packet Company and British and Irish Steam Packet Company promotional literature, timetables, and related items, referring both to cruises and regular passenger services.

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U370/D/007

Date:

1933 - 1935

Title:

Album

Level: file Extent: c50pp Scope and Content:

Album containing British and Irish Steam Packet Company press advertisements and notices, and promotional material, mainly regarding Dublin to Liverpool services, 1933-35. Includes cuttings of newspaper notices, with names of newspapers in which they appeared and on what dated noted underneath. The first notice present, July 1933, refers to the resumption of services after a labour dispute. Also present is a car badge offered by the Company as a mark of one’s visit to the Irish Free State. There are also advertisements referring to the film ‘Man of Arran’, and the Dublin Horse Show.

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