Ireland out of step with Cork on standard time until 1856 when Cork gave up its own time.

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Ireland out of step with Cork on standard time until 1856 when Cork gave up its own time.

Before the railways and the telegraph time was not standardised and many areas had time out of keeping with neighbouring areas. Cork held onto its own version of time until 1856 when it fell in with the rest of Ireland.

This is quoted in ‘Layers’ Tom Spadling’s book on Cork Street Signs. 2013 Associated Editions.

The Cork Examiner on the 7th December 1855 ‘that all the principal towns of Ireland with the exception of Cork were using ‘Dublin time’.

Photos c 1919 and c 1960 St Mathias National School, Ballydehob, West Cork

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https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Ballydehob,+Co.+Cork/@51.5268665,-9.5479801,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4845a1fdfeb67da7:0x0a00c7a99731e680

Photos c 1919 and c 1960 St Mathais National School, Ballydehob, West Cork

Courtesy Mrs and Mr Camier.

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The teacher may be Tom Pollard from outside Tralee ho came to Ballydehob in 1937.

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Mrs Skuce is Louisa Woodhouse who married Paul Skuce in 1916.

West Cork Townland Placename Derivation, Schull Peninsula and Islands, by B D Ó Donnchadha and Poteen seizure Southern Star 1978

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West Cork Townland Placename Derivation, Schull Peninsula and Islands, by B D Ó Donnchadha and Poteen seizure Southern Star 1978

Courtesy mrs and Mr Camier.

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