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11th Annual Celebrating Cork Past Exhibition

Millennium Hall/Lecture Hall, City Hall, Cork. Saturday September 28th 2019. 10:00 – 18:30.
For exhibition information please contact richardtcooke@yahoo.com.
We would very much welcome your thoughts, comments and suggestions please email celebratingcorkpast@gmail.com. Thanks Brian Bermingham
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For 2019:
Cork Academy of Music will be awarded the Lord Mayors annual Community Heritage award in grateful appreciation for their contribution to the Cultural life of Cork using Music as a tool for Social Inclusion.
Billy Murphy will be awarded the Cork historian of the year award 2019, in grateful appreciation for his lifetime promotion of the history, heritage and culture of Cork.
Declan Ryan will be awarded the Tribute Award 2019 is in grateful appreciation for his lifetime contribution to the Musical
Culture and Heritage of Cork.

Tom Foley

Blackpool native, Tom Foley was born in 1943 and grew up near the Grotto, on Dublin Street. A pupil of Blackpool National School, Tom’s passion for history began at a young age, inspired by what he saw and heard in the friendly community around him.

When he left school at 16, he got a job in Murphy’s Brewery, starting off in the bottling store and then going out in the horse and cart and lorries. During his time in Murphy’s, Tom traveled widely during his holidays. After spending ten years in Murphy’s, Tom was made redundant but it wasn’t long before he landed in a new position in Youghal Carpets and spent twenty years there.

In 1994, Tom, together with Jim Fitzpatrick and several others established the Blackpool Historical Society which operated out of the Blackpool Community Centre. Over the years they organised a great deal of exhibitions and lectures and built up a fine photographic collection of Blackpool. In 2000, the society published Rare and Recent Photographs and in 2003 Cork’s Own Blackpool; they also produced a DVD: Blackpool to the Fore.

Tom also has a lifelong love for art and the history of art, especially colourful landscapes.

Cork Academy of Music

The Lord Mayors Community Heritage Concert Committee have chosen the Cork Academy of Music on its 25th Anniversary as the 2019 recipient of the Lord Mayors annual Community Heritage award in grateful appreciation for their contribution to the Cultural life of Cork using Music as a tool for Social Inclusion.
This award is presented annually by the Lord Mayor to organisations, groups or individuals in recognition of the immense contribution they have made to the Musical, Entertainment and Cultural life of Cork.
We congratulate Mr Bob Seward, Chairman and founder of Cork Academy of Music, the Board of Management staff and Students of the academy for the tremendous work the academy has carried on for the past 25 years.
Through this work the academy has not alone provided so many opportunities for a large number of people who attended the academy over the last 25 years but has also firmly established the Cork Academy’s of Music’s footprint on the musical, cultural and social landscape of cork.

Cork Academy of Music WebSite

Billy Murphy

The Lord Mayor and County Mayor of Cork, presents to Billy Murphy in grateful appreciation for his lifetime promotion of the History, Heritage and Culture of Cork on the occasion of Celebrating Cork Past local history exhibition.
Billy Murphy Born in 1940, entered the FCA service at 18years, then he joined The Royal Marines and was sent to Deal in Kent. After 12 months training Billy passed out as a Marine Commando in 1958. His First commission was in Malta, a British Base. His First ship was (LST) a Landing Ship Tank called HMS Striker. He Left Malta for Aden because Iraq was volatile due to the rise of Saddam Hussein.

Bahrain was his host port for 18months. He Returned to UK to the Depot in Deal.

Billy joined the 4-1 Commando in Bickleigh in Devon.

The Tanzanian army mutinied and 4-1 Commando was sent in to quell the mutiny, based on an airfield in Tabor-a, the mutiny ended after 3 Months. Billy Returned to the UK, and went touring for 12 months recruiting for the Royal Marines. After which he was sent to Malaysia and stayed until the trouble ended with Sarawak defeated in his efforts to claim all of Borneo.

Billy returned to Cork, retired from the army, and joined the airport police for 27 years.

Billy researched, investigated and compiled with the late Michael Holland Curator in UCC over 40 names of lectures, professors students and general staff.

He has a vast knowledge of so many individuals of WW1 VICTIMS from UCC. On WW1 itself and Cork Sportsman who participated in WW1. Billy assisted in the project of putting into place a lovely memorial of WW1 from the Middleton area.