Old Cork Photos

[Carmona]

I heard me Dad once calling it The Lee Chateau. Which kinda made sense to someone who didn't know what 'Le' meant anyway.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

I heard me Dad once calling it The Lee Chateau. Which kinda made sense to someone who didn't know what 'Le' meant anyway.

Apparently back in the 1970s it was said that it used to be popular with "effeminate men". I don't know if this was true or not as I didn't use to frequent pubs back then.

 

[sigourney's knickers]

Apparently back in the 1970s it was said that it used to be popular with "effeminate men". I don't know if this was true or not as I didn't use to frequent pubs back then.

Yes.

It was.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Yes.

It was.

Thanks Siggy.
These customers hardly flaunted their sexual preferences openly in public bars back then at the risk of being arrested.

 

[Channa]

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[Yermon]

Apparently back in the 1970s it was said that it used to be popular with "effeminate men". I don't know if this was true or not as I didn't use to frequent pubs back then.

Yup Cork's first (un)official Gay Bar when I think homosexuality was still on the books as a criminal offence. One of the Reidy's was an "effeminate man". It was unkindly said "He's not half the man his sister is".

Then Slicks kinda took over with a younger generation - blackboard and chalk in the jacks and all.

 

[jams]

Yup Cork's first (un)official Gay Bar when I think homosexuality was still on the books as a criminal offence. One of the Reidy's was an "effeminate man". It was unkindly said "He's not half the man his sister is".

Then Slicks kinda took over with a younger generation - blackboard and chalk in the jacks and all.

whoa - flashbacks..

It didn't do to get on the wrong side of her.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

whoa - flashbacks..

It didn't do to get on the wrong side of her.

She was an awful wagon apparently.

 

[markyboy]

She was an awful wagon apparently.

She used to haunt the Wine Vault as well in her spare time

 

[Yermon]

She used to haunt the Wine Vault as well in her spare time

Anyone out there remember Reidy’s - it used be on the corner of Sheares’ Street opposite St Francis Hall - long since knocked to make way for the extension at the rear of the Mercy Hospital.
She used to run that for a while prior to opening Reidy’s Wine Vault opposite Jury’s Hotel.

Wine Vault was a gorgeous place when it first opened. Very classy and big crowds initially. Seemed to lose trade relatively quickly and just went out of business. Nearby Millwheel was another that used be mobbed but just went out of business too