Resource Pack 8: 1917 Ford Factory
13 Cork City & County Archives: Through War and Rebellion: Cork 1912-1918
History Channel Automobiles and other videos.
A series of 3 to 5 minute videos that discuss the history of the Automobile from an American perspective. Other videos in the collection branch into other issues in history such as the invention of the light bulb and range from 5 minutes to 20 minutes.
Cork Past and Present Park races: Grand National steeplechase (1869)
London Illustrated News
Cork City Council and Library site which provides a wealth of information free online about the city over the past two hundred years. Guys directory on the site is particularly useful for genealogy projects.
RTE Archive Ford Car Plant to Close 1984
http://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0117/498303-ford-car-plant-to-close-1984/
A very good video explaining why the Ford plant closed in 1984 as a result of Ireland joining the European Union (EEC) in 1973.
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