Cork in the 1960s - Hardcover

The aspect that is most striking about Anthony Barry's collection of photographs is the pace of life which he captures so beautifully. His subjects, the ordinary people of Cork, are caught in completely natural poses, mostly unaware that they are being photographed. Cork people haggle on the Coal Quay, stare into space, queue for a bus or watch the world go by from a street corner. Some of Barry's subjects are having animated discussions, arguing or pulling up a stray sock. It is most definitely a portrait of another time. It is now over ten years since Anthony Barry's first collection of photographs 'No Lovelier City' was published and this long-awaited follow up will be hugely popular.

Anthony Barry was born in Cork in June 1901. At the age of fourteen he entered his father's tea business. He later joined the National Army, where he served as a captain until the end of the Civil War. He returned to the family business and built Barry's into a premier tea firm. He was a founding member of Cumann na nGaedheal and in 1954 was elected to Dail Eireann. He served in the Dail and Seanad until 1965. He was a member of Cork Corporation until 1967 and was Lord Mayor of Cork in 1961-62.