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.

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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 wh…

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 disapp…

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 Ec…

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 bee…

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 wor…

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 "speci…

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 an…

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 tru…

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 …

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 br…

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 sta…

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 invest…

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, …

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 enterin…

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 …

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 stre…

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…