Online exhibition of local archives held by Cork City and County Archives Service, relating to Cork and the First World War 1914-1918
Cork and the First World War
Corcaigh agus an Chéad Chogadh Domhanda
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Victoria Cross Book. This entry details Macroom-born Michael O’Leary’s celebrated career with the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, for which he was awarded a Victoria Cross medal in 1915 (Isaac Nash Notter Collection: U392/004).
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Field Service Postcard. Correspondence from Michael O’Leary VC (see above), bearing the soldier’s hand -written signature (Liam de Róiste Collection: U271/C/TT/272).
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Collection of Great War Medals. From left to right: 1914-15 Star, awarded to all who served in any theatre of war outside the UK between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915; Allied Victory Medal with colours representing the combined colours of the Allied nations, and a rainbow additionally representing newfound calm after the war; British War Medal awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces (Sloanes of Ballycotton Navy Collection: PR103). John Brown Handwritten Letter: An RIC Sergeant details the violence of an anti-conscription demonstration which took place on St Patrick’s Street, Cork in 1917 (John Brown Collection: U97/1).
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Thomas P. Waters’ Papers: An Irish Volunteer looks back on ‘the most pleasant activity’ of heckling British Army recruitment meetings in Bantry, County Cork ( Thomas P. Waters’ Paper s: SM625/1).
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Identity Certificate belonging to Eleanor Bryanna Tivy, a nurse from Barnstead House in Blackrock, Cork who served in St Thomas’ Hospital in London (Tivy Papers: U116/A/33).
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Letter from the War Office, London: A note informing the Tivy family of Barnstead House in Blackrock, Cork (see above) of G.L. Tivy’s gunshot wound, 1917 (Tivy Papers: U116/A/33).
Cork and the First World War
Corcaigh agus an Chéad Chogadh Domhanda
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Diary Entry: John H. Bennett records the loss of his son Jack Bennett of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, killed in action in 1915 (Bennett's of Ballinacurra Collection: B609/9/A/035).
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Jack Bennet: Photograph of John (Jack) W. Bennett, Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1915 (Bennett's of Ballinacurra Collection: B609).
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Mess Account Book, 1915 from H.M.S. ‘Defence’ which was sunk on 31 May 1916 at the Battle of Jutland, with the loss of its entire crew (Sloanes of Ballycotton Navy Collection: PR103).
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Princess Mary Box: Issued in 1914 to all servicemen. Most boxes contained a Christmas card, cigarettes, and a picture of the Princess. This box was later used to store a crucifix, prayer book, and other keepsakes (Sloanes of Ballycotton Navy Collection: PR103).
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Hugh Clanchy: A member of the Clanchy Butter Merchant family, and part of the 2nd, Leinster Regiment, 1914 (TJ Clanchy Collection: PR11/28/05).
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Gallipoli: A list of those awarded Certificates of Honour by Mallow Rural District Council for bravery at Gallipoli and other campaigns, 1915 (Mallow Rural District Council: RDC/116).
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Cork District Lunatic Asylum: During and after the First World War, numerous servicemen were admitted to the hospital with symptoms which, these days, could be identified as shellshock or war-related trauma (Our Lady's Hospital [Cork Mental Hospital]: OLH/67/22A/110).
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