The Nano Nagle Place Podcast

In the second series of the Nano Nagle Place podcast we leave South Pres and we visit the other convents in Cork city and county to see how the work of the Presentation Sisters reached far and wide. In this episode Sr. Mary Brien tells us the fascinating story of the Presentation Convent in Bandon, Co. Cork, its founder, why it was located in this busy town and the huge role it had in educating ch...

In this very special episode we had the privilege of chatting with Sister Stanislaus (Sister Stan!) Kent who celebrates her 101st birthday on the 10th June, 2022,  She chats about her fascinating life, entering the Presentation Order in 1939, her 40 years of teaching in Youghal in Cork and even the rationing that went on in the convent during World War 2. A huge huge birthday to Sr. Stan! For more...

In the second series of the Nano Nagle Place podcast we leave South Pres and we visit the other convents in Cork city and county to see how the work of the Presentation Sisters reached far and wide. We first visit the Presentation Convent in Bandon, Co. Cork to meet Sr. Mary Brien . In this podcast Sr. Mary was kind enough to bring us on a tour of this historic building. Enjoy the show!   For more...

Sister Julie Watson , the Congregation Leader of the Presentation Sisters is the guest for the final episode of the special series that took us from the closing of the school doors at South Pres to what we know and enjoy today as Nano Nagle Place. She has had a fascinating career, having spent 24 years in Pakistan doing what she was passionate about, which was teaching and it is there that she sta...

In this episode we chat with Programme Manager of Nano Nagle Place, Danielle O'Donovan . We chat about her love of museums since early childhood, we probe into why the Nano Nagle story may have disappeared from history for quite a while and we also talk about the near blank canvass that Danielle had to work with when she and the team created the very special, award winning visitor experience. We a...

In this episode we chat with Sister Josephine McCarthy who set up the Cork Migrant Centre in 2006. She says that Nano Nagle has been a constant in her very colourful life that took her to Peru and Ecuador doing missionary work for 28 years before returning to "Celtic Tiger" Ireland in the early 2000's. Responding to the needs of migrants she set up the Cork Migrant Centre , which has also embraced...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 experienc...

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 tha...

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 o...

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 o...

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 inter...

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...

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 thei...

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 d...

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 a...