Category Archives: Co Cork

The Garrison Game? Soccer’s ‘foreign’ image in Irish popular culture

by igt_admin Posted on May 7, 2015

A guest post from David Toms about the ‘garrison game’…. ‘Support your own games. Don’t mind the skulker and miserable kind of fellow who says, “There’s no game like Soccer”, “No game like Rugby”- in fact, “No game like the … Continue reading →

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A Sensational Court Martial: the Wathen Affair, Cork Barracks 1833-4

by igt_admin Posted on January 13, 2014

In December 1833, Cork barracks was the setting for a court martial that drew crowds of spectators, and whose proceedings were published in papers across Britain and Ireland. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Brudenell,1 the officer commanding the 15th Hussars, had pressed 6 … Continue reading →

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Digitised Document: Cork Military Tattoo Programme, 1936

by igt_admin Posted on September 30, 2013

In an earlier post, I wrote about the Cork Military Tattoo in 1936, reproducing the dramatic and eye-catching front cover of the souvenir programme, which features a distinctly German silhouette of an Irish soldier. But the front cover is just … Continue reading →

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