The Nano Nagle Place Podcast

In this episode we speak with one of our wonderful volunteers, the hugely popular Cork DJ, Stephen Grainger or Stevie G as most people would know him.

Stevie chats about the rewarding work he has been doing for a  number of years with young people at the Cork Migrant Centre at Nano Nagle Place.

He talks about the role of music, how it is such a valuable form or expression for young people and how often he has as much to learn from his multi-cultural group as he can teach them.

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In this episode we chat with the incredibly passionate, and "make it happen" Naomi Masheti, who is the Programme Coordinator for the Cork Migrant Centre at Nano Nagle Place.

She talks about their work with migrants in Cork, many who are living in Direct Provision Centres.

She explains how It always starts with listening, understanding their many emotional and practical needs and then creating the activities and programmes and the enabling conditions to address these and with staggering results.   

This is so similar to the work that Nano Nagle herself did hundred of years ago.

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Siobhan Allen, Head of Ministry at Nano Nagle Place talks about "that moment" on her first day of school when she decided that she wanted to be a teacher.

She chats about her career working in "special" schools, coming out of semi-retirement for this role and how rewarding it is overseeing the work of the Men's Group, the Lantern Project and the Cork Migrant Centre helping those in need just as Nano Nagle had done.

She lives the "Deeds not Words" ethos of Nano Nagle, like so many others at Nano Nagle Place.

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In this episode we chat with a fantastic retired couple, Bernard and Joyce Bosonnet who are volunteers at Nano Nagle Place.

From knowing very little about Nano Nagle, they are now totally immersed and are huge ambassadors for her and her incredible story, doing meet and greet and taking visitors on guided tours.

Like so many others involved with Nano Nagle Place they know there is something very special going on, and they say the place "actually gives so much to them"

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When Agnes O'Sullivan saw the development nearing completion she put it on her "vision board" that she wanted to work there, as she felt drawn to this special place for some reason.

Her wish came true and she admits herself that it never feels like work!

She chats about her role, about the profound effect that it has on visitors and how the work of Nano Nagle will live on in everyone who experiences Nano Nagle Place.

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In this episode we chat with CEO of Nano Nagle Place, Shane Clarke.

We get an insight into his career and experience before he took this role and he explains what drew him to it.

We also discuss how special the place and the people involved are to him, how it has developed since the doors opened and how the vision of the board comes to life each day through the people and all of the activities that take place at Nano Nagle Place.

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Michael O'Sullivan was appointed as CEO to oversee the construction and delivery of Nano Nagle Place, from a near derelict , but sacred site to what we know and enjoy today.

From taking an initial brief, gaining an understanding of what was required, building critical relationships with the Presentation congregation and appointing a team to look after and deliver each element of the project, and overcoming some big hurdles, Michael did a superb job before handing over the "operational reins" of Nano Nagle Place to CEO Shane Clarke.

He tells his story in this episode.

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Jim Corr, who had been the Lord Mayor of Cork city twice, took  the role of Chairman of the Board of the new company with the responsibility of bringing the development of South Pres from concept stage to completion.

He chats about his personal connection to South Pres, the major hurdles faced with the development and in particular convincing the Presentation Congregation to invest in the School of Architecture, which was critical for the ongoing viability of the project.  

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In this episode we chat with Sr. Mary Deane who was the Presentation Congregation Leader at the time when the South Pres development was being planned.

The ambitious plans required significant investment and the support and financial contributions from the international congregations were essential to the project.

Sr. Mary chats about the whole process, the different challenges faced and how international support was secured, which made Nano Nagle Place as we know it today possible.

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In this episode we chat with Sr. Mary Hoare who was the Provincial Leader of the Presentation Order during the development of Nano Nagle Place.

Interestingly, she now lives at the Nano Nagle Centre, at Ballygriffin in County Cork, which was the birthplace of Nano Nagle.

She chats about the dilemma of the crumbling but sacred South Pres site and some of the thinking and obstacles that they faced while they were deciding on what the crucial next steps should be.

She also chats about the Nano Nagle Centre.

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Sr. Mary Dinneen was a former Principal of the Secondary School at South Pres when it closed its doors in 1996.

In this episode we chat with the very special Sr. Mary about her life including entering South Pres as a young woman, when it was an enclosed order.

She speaks about her love of teaching and her pupils, the story of inner city life in Cork and desperately encouraging parents to keep their children in school to complete their education and how gradual societal changes occurred that eventually led to its closure.

We also talk about the transformation of the South Pres site to Nano Nagle Place.

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In this podcast walking tour we retrace Nano Nagle's steps from where she lived and had her first schools on Douglas Street, across the city via the Middle Parish where she had another school, up to Shandon where she had three more. 

Your tour guides, Sr. Bride Given, a Presentation Sisters, and Dr Danielle O'Donovan, Programme Manager at Nano Nagle Place, guide you through Nano Nagle's Cork. We discuss how Nano Nagle changed the city, and how the city was changing around her as the eighteenth century progressed. 

To use this podcast as a walking tour guide stand on the front plaza of Nano Nagle Place and press play! 

Join historian of the burning of Cork Michael Lenihan and design historian Tom Spalding as they discuss the reaction to the burning of Cork city on 11 December 1920 and the reconstruction of the street. 

This podcast can be used as a walking tour. To use it, stand outside The Savoy on St. Patrick's Street and press play! 

Join historian of the burning of Cork Michael Lenihan and design historian Tom Spalding on St. Patrick's Street as they talk us through the events of the 11 December 1920. That winters night, half of St. Patrick's Street and Cork City Hall were purposely set on fire. Discover the who and the why of this terrible act of wanton destruction on the street where it happened. 

You can use this podcast as a walking tour by standing in Daunt's Square and pressing play!