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PROPOSED DIGITAL ARTIFACT
Knockraha War Of Independence Heritage
Trail
Proposed by:
Lorraine Leahy
PENNY JOHNSTON : NORTH & SOUTH MAIN STREETS.
Oral History Project: “The
overall effect is textured &
multidimensional narrative of
Cork City that highlights local
experience.
Walk 1916: Walking Tour App of the events of 1916.
Overlay snippets of historical images & audio narrative about the sites.
“Maps situate our stories, tie them to specific places, and are among the
most useful tools to aid in our ability to understand the world around us.”
Paul McCoy (StoryMapper: A case study in a map based oral history)
Sing Sing Prison
Kilquane Cemetery
Knockraha
Gogginstown.
Entrance to Sing Sing
Prison.
“LIBERTY HALL”
In 1917 the Knockraha Company of Irish Volunteers was founded in this building by Martin Corry.
Martin Corry TD commemorated in
2001.
THE HOUSE AND FORGE OF
EDWARD MOLONEY, GOVERNOR OF
‘SING SING’ PRISON
The schoolhouse, where Sinn Fein
Courts were held during the War of
Independence
O’Donoghue’s Pub, Knockraha,
where I.R.A. members went
following the Clonmult Ambush
Drawing of Bomb Factory, Ballynanelagh Townland, Knockraha. (W.
Fitzgerald).
THE IDEA BEHIND THE BOMB
FACTORY, BY “NED FITZ” ENGINEER
Ned Fitz was an
Engineering student
at UCC in 1920
Ned Fitzgerald
designed & built the
Bomb Factory in
Ballynanelagh
In 1956 he detailed
all his designs &
plans. These are 3
pages of his writings.
BALLYNANELLAGH BOMB FACTORY DAY AFTER
TRUCE JULY 12TH 1921.
Photo taken by Ned Fitz, Company Engineer. Infront can be seen
the Chills, The Ladles, the main Grenades and other equipment.
CUMANN NA MBAN, KNOCKRAHA.
HISTORY OF ACTIVE CUMMANN NA
MBAN BRANCH IN KNOCKRAHA,
JUST A FEW LINES!
HOW DO I PROPOSE TO
BUILD THE DIGITAL
ARTIFACT?
Getting Started: Chapter 2
• The basic technologies
behind the web.
• How to match appropriate &
properly scaled technologies
to your project.
• How to produce and serve
digital text, images, and
multimedia.
• Hosts for your website.
HOW DO I PROPOSE TO DO IT?
OMEKA
NEATLINE
www.pennyjohnston.
org
For Audio & Video THE DIGITISATION
PROCESS by Róisín
O'Brien
BUTTEVANT HERITAGE TRAIL
Audio Guide: Stories of the town written by the local community.
KNOCKRAHA WAR OF
INDEPENDENCE TRAIL
• Liberty Hall
• Rd to Grenade Factory,
Assembly area to Transport
arm from “The Uponer”
• Bomb Factory at
Ballinanelagh
• Mike Canavan’s Pub
• IRA Court House
• Sing Sing Prison in ancient
Monastic settlement.
• The Rea (Execution & burial
site)
• Ned Moloney’s Forge.
Governor of Sing Sing
Prison
• Arms dump in church.