Southern Star; 24th August 1974
Hospital side win Mid Cork Football
…after many years of frustration Our Lady’s Hospital GAA annexed their first Mid-Cork Championship last Sunday at Coachford. They first entered the Mid Cork Championship in 1948 but they failed to make any impact and the club went out of existence in 1953. The reforming of the GAA Inter-Firm Board a year later saw a revival of interest in the hospital and they entered a football team in the competition. They made a big impression on that occasion and qualified for the final but were unlucky to be behind Blarney at the final whistle. aa large influx of players to the hospital helped them build up a very strong club and they entered the Junior A and B Championship and U21 Championship from 1967 onwards….
On Sunday OLH beat Whitechurch in a closely fought game 1 – 8 to 1 – 7.
Scorers for OLH; Frank Cooper 1 – 0, Donnie Sheehan 0 – 2, John Lenihan 0 – 2, Colm Murphy 0 – 1, Frank Kelleher 0- 1, Vincent Hanley 0- 1, and Joe McCarthy 0 -1.
Played;
John Casey, John Fleming, Joe Bradley, Liam Crowley, Liam Cooper, Dan Aherne, David Healy, John Christy, Dan Keohane, Colm Murphy, Frank Cooper, Joe McCarthy, Donnie Sheehan, Vincent Hanley, John Lenihan.
Subs; Jim Driscoll for Joe Bradley, Frank Kelleher for J Driscoll
Cork Examiner June 29 1860
…the Board of Governors kindly granted permission to have a ball held monthly in the large Music Hall of the building.. took place on Monday evening last. Present on the occasion Dr Hatchell, Inspector General, Mr Hennessy, Dublin Castle, Rev. Mr Casey, Catholic Chaplain, Dr Power and sons, Senior and Junior men and all the officers of the institution together with many members of the public. A band of 5 performers palyed several lively airs, jigs, reels, waltzes during the evening which was fully enjoyed by all present. Amongst the general dancing was some hirnpipes by the male inmates, highly credible. the patients were refreshed with tea, buns and cakes….
Belfast Newsletter; 22 January 1861
Dr Power, the medical attendant, reported that the Turkish Bath is now in working order and was tried for the first time on Tuesday. Everyone got on famously. 16 patients had volunteered and expressed themselves quite satisfied. Dr Hatchell, Inspector of Asylums, said he inspected the Baths and found it excellently finished. He congratulated the gentlemen of the Board for having obtained and created such an acquisition…..
Freeman’s Journal 19 April 1921.
Cork Priest Arrested
Crown Forces entered the Cork Districk Lunatic Asylum yesterday where a meeting was being held and placed under arrest Rev Father Aherne, Alderman Sean O’Sullivan, Messrs J Good, Condon Murphy, the Chief Clerk and another man. They were conveyed to the Military Barracks.
Evening Herald. February 17 1922
Cork Sensation
Ex-Soldier shot dead outside the Lunatic Asylum
A young man, stated to be an ex-soldier, who was an IRA prisoner detained in the Lunatic Asylum, cork, while attempting, it is believed, to escape was today shot dead by his guard.
Ladies passing by heard shouting in te Asylum grounds. Suddenly a man rushed through the gates, followed in a short time by two others, who fired and killed him.
Irish Independent. 30 September 1919
Four arrest were made in Cork in connection with the robbery of £1340 from Mr Murphy, Clerk of the Cork Lunatic Asylum on the Western Road on September 16th. the money was being conveyed by Mr Murphy from the bank to pay the staff when a party of 5 or 6 men wearing masks and displaying revolvers help up the vehicle. One of the party seized the horse and the others levelled revolvers at the occupants and the driver and demanded the bag. This was given up and the robbers, getting on bicycles, immediately rode away..