In December 1992 President Mary Robinson invited Irish lesbian and gay activists to Áras an Uachtaráin (the home of the Irish President). President Mary Robinson had been inaugurated in November 1992 so this was one of her initial public…
Cork gay activist, Kieran Rose, pictured in Dublin in 1993 for an article in Impact Trade Union magazine about the GLEN campaign for decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland.
Homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland in June 1993.
A photograph of the Cork Gay Collective Banner at the May Day March in Cork, on 01 May 1985. Photographed is Arthur Leahy holding the banner on the left, with other members of the Cork Gay Collective. Also photographed is Dr Mary Favier (front left),…
A photograph of Donal Sheehan with a cat on another person's shoulders [name unknown] in a garden in Cork in 1980s. Donal was a Cork LGBT and Community activist, a founder member of the Cork Gay Collective and the Quay Co-op Cork.
A photograph of Arthur Leahy and Donal Sheehan in the Quay Co-op, 24 Sullivan's Quay, Cork city attending the launch of Kieran Rose's book (Diverse Communities) in 1994. Arthur and Donal were involved in the establishment of the Cork Gay Collective…
A photograph of Donal Sheehan painting the Quay Co-op prior to its opening in 1982. The Quay Co-op was established as a workers co-op by a range of gay, feminist, environmentalist and left-wing activists. The building on Sullivan's Quay where the…
A photograph of members of Cork Gay Collective and Quay Co-Op, including Arthur Leahy, at the information stand in Daunt Square Cork - providing information and petition in relation to the proposed amendment to the Irish Constitution to protect the…
A photograph of Donal Sheehan holding the Cork Gay Collective banner at the Lesbian And Gay Pride parade in Dublin, 1984. Also pictured is Arthur Leahy and Pat McCarthy who is originally from the Cork members of Dublin Gay Collective.
A photograph of people in the windows of the Quay Co-op during the renovation of the building prior to its opening May 1982.
The Quay Co-op was established as a workers co-operative and housed a vegetarian cafe, food co-op, bookshop, meeting rooms…