Drinan Street

DRINAN STREET

May 19, 2023 by infomatique

CONNECTING SULLIVAN’S QUAY AND COVE STREET

This is part of a complex collection of streets and lanes and there is a large construction site (where the tax office building was located) in the immediate area. It would appear that there are a number of English Language Colleges on the street.

Among the main industries in the parish during the 18th and 19th centuries were the brewing, malting and glass making industries. No fewer than six breweries and two malthouses were operating in a concentrated area between today’s Sharman Crawford Street and Drinan Street, with two other malthouses situated on Rutland Street and Morrison’s Island.

DANU BY KITSUNE JOLENE

May 18, 2023 by infomatique

MURAL ON DRINAN STREET OFF SULLIVAN’S QUAY IN CORK

Kitsune Jolene is from Ghent, Belgium and is known for her colourful and emotive works and dreamy depictions, drawing inspiration from personal life stories or mythology and folklore.

I had never heard of Drinan Street until I photographed this large mural.

Coláiste Éamann Rís, now located in Turner’s Cross, is the oldest school on Cork’s southside. Originally founded in 1828 on Sullivan’s Quay by the Christian Brothers, the school has evolved over the years to meet the changing needs of Cork City and its young people. The old school is now part of the Flying Enterprise bar and restaurant complex.

Both South Presentation Primary School and Sullivan’s Quay CBS (Sullie’s Quay), which once catered for many hundreds of pupils, were forced to close through falling numbers in 2006.

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