Episode 10 - The English Market

This episode features an on-location interview tracing the market's development from first opening in 1788, created by the Protestant-controlled Cork Corporation; its growth to include fish, fowl and vegetable markets as well as the core meat trade; taking account of local government reform in 1840 when the city’s Catholic majority took control of local administration; its loss of status in the first half of the 20th century; the major fire that destroyed sections of the market in 1980, and its revitalisation following reconstruction since the 1990’s; description of present-day range of produce and stallholders, what changes have occurred over the decades and centuries and discussion of its place in the history of food production in Cork and as one of Cork’s "cultural icons".

Reference: "Serving a City: The story of Cork's English Market", by Donal O'Drisceoil and Diarmaid O'Drisceoil, Collins Press, 2007.

The plaque is located at the Grand Parade entrance of the English Market.

Contributor: Diarmaid O'Drisceoil, co-author of "Serving a City: The story of Cork's English Market (above)".

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