In this case study, Orla Egan from Cork LGBT Archive reflects on some of the issues facing critically endangered community archives. Orla highlights how working with the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) has aided the Cork LGBT Archive’s digital preservation journey. Working to

Community organization | Community development | Community archives

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Interview with Orla Egan of the Cork LGBT Archive created for Heritage Week 2020. In this interview Orla talks about the contents of the Cork LGBT Archive.

Gay culture | Cultural change | Community archives

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The seventy-five-page long document details the proposal to the Atlantic Philanthropies by the Transgender Equality Network [TENI] for the building of sustainable LGBT communities. The document is submitted by BeLonG To, Cork Gay Community Development Project, Dundalk Outcomers,

Curated collection--Sara Phillips | Curated collection--Human rights | Curated collection--LGBTQ people

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The Organising Committee of the 2019 Outing the Past LGBTQ History Festival Cork with David Norris at the Festival Launch in the Gay Project February 2019. L-R: Padraig Rice, Co-ordinator of Gay Project; Fiachra Ó Suilleabháin, Gay Project Board Member; Senator David Norris; Orl

LGBTQ History | OUTing The Past | LGBTQ Events

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Senator David Norris speaking at the launch of the Outing the Past LGBTQ History Festival in the Gay Project Cork February 2019

LGBTQ History | OUTing The Past | LGBTQ Events

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Photograph of Orla Egan with members of the LINC Drama Group following their performance of her play Leeside Lezzies at the launch of OUTing The Past LGBTQ+ History Festival in the Gay Project Cork

LGBTQ History | OUTing The Past | Cork

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Sapphire, 1978 Newsletter of the Cork Branch of the Irish Gay Rights Movement (IGRM) Volume 1 No 1

Cork Branch, Irish Gay Rights Movement, 1975- IGRM | Cork Lesbian and Gay Activism | LGBTQ Newsletter

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Photograph of Colette Finn, Chair of Gay Project Cork and Senator David Norris at the launch of OUTing The Past LGBTQ+ History Festival Cork. Backdrop of Cork LGBT Archive Exhibition.

LGBTQ History OUTing The Past Exhibition LGBTQ Arts LGBTQ History LGBTQ Events

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Leaflet of Irish Gay Rights Movement, established in 1974. It outlines the reasons for the establishment of the IGRM and its focus and objectives. A branch of the IGRM was established in Cork in 1975.

Irish Gay Rights MovementIGRMLGBT Activism Ireland 1970sInformationHomosexuality in Ireland

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Leaflet for the OUTing The Past LGBTQ+ History Festival held in Cork 1st and 2nd March 2019. This was the first time the OUTing The Past Festival was held in the Republic of Ireland.

LGBTQ History OUTing The Past Festival LGBTQ Festival Programme LGBTQ Events History

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Letter from isolated gay man, living in rural Cork in 1980s, to Cork gay organisation, seeking contact. He outlines how none of his friends know he is gay and that he feels very isolated at times. He is afraid to give his name and address, but asks that someone from the group p

Gay Men Ireland1980sIsolationCork IGRMCommunities (LGBTQ)Gay MenLGBTQ Emotions

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Poster for the first Irish Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, held in Cork in October 1991, as part of the Cork Film Festival.

LGBT | Film festivals | LGBTQ Film Festivals

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