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unusual facts about Patrick Street


Vera Perlin

With the aid of donations and volunteer work the association opened the Vera Perlin School in 1959 on Patrick Street.


The Bothy Band

Matt Molloy joined internationally known ensemble The Chieftains, and Kevin Burke, after several solo projects, including two with Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, helped found the band Patrick Street with Jackie Daly (formerly of De Dannan) and Andy Irvine (formerly part of Planxty).


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Cork 20 Rally

The final stage of the 1980 event started on Patrick Street and went through Grand Parade and the South Mall in front of thousands of spectators.