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Cork gay activist Dave Roche photographed in a club in Saltzbury, Austria in 2002. Dave was on a weekend away with a group of gay men from Cork.

Will Kennedy in Irish army uniform in the Lebanon in 1992. Will joined the Irish army in 1988 and worked as an army chef until he left in 2012.

Will Kennedy at Dublin Pride Parade 2019 wearing ACT UP Cork t-shirt. Will is a Cork gay activist and founder of ACT UP Cork and Positive Cork groups.

Toni Burgess ready to head out to Beours Dyke Bar to watch lesbian musician Grace Petrie play.
Toni is a Cork lesbian activist and parent. Toni was one of the first Irish lesbians to successfully fight to keep custody of her children after coming…

Toni Burgess at Cork Pride 2019.
Toni is a Cork lesbian activist and parent. Toni was one of the first Irish lesbians to successfully fight to keep custody of her children after coming out as lesbian.

Cork gay activist Cathal Kerrigan in 1975

Cork gay activist Cathal Kerrigan speaking at UCC LGBTQ Society's Queer Conference in Aula Maxima in UCC in 2019.

Valerie Mulcahy in action as part of the Cork Ladies Senior Gaelic Football team playing in the Cork v Meath qualifier match as part of the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Champions League. The match was played in Semple Stadium in Thurles, County…

Valerie Mulcahy sporting a Pride Ireland Rainbow T-shirt and rainbow laces at a Pride picnic after training in June 2021. - this was part of the #LaceUpWithPride AVIVA fundraiser for BeLonG To LGBT Youth Service.
Valerie Mulcahy came out publicly as…

Emma Bidwell at a lesbian party in Cork in 1994.
Emma ran The Other Side bookshop in The Other Place LGBT Community Centre in Cork in the 1990s and was one of the instigators of the annual Cork Lesbian Fantasy Ball.