My friend Tom Power was going through books in his attic when he found this card.
It is a travellers calling card/blotter from I would guess the 1920s.
It couldn’t have come at a more apposite time.

My brothers and sisters and I are just beginning to get a history of our family in Cork together.

This was all started by my blog piece Another Wedding which has fascinated us all.

But this picture gives me some idea of than size and immensity of Dwyer and Company.
All the buildings are still standing on Washington Street in Cork, directly across the street from the courthouse.
I have such strong memories of being taken in those covered in bridges to visit the various departments and factories connected to the main building.
There must have been over a thousand people employed there in its prime, between the wholesale warehouse, knitwear factory, shirt factory, suit factory, tea blending and goodness knows what else.
As I said we are attempting to get a history together, more for our children and grandchildren than for the best seller lists.

It is a long shot I know but if anyone out there thinks they have any information which we could use do contact me.
There must be thousands of small shops in the country which depended on Dwyers for its supplies.
I have very deliberately called this piece Dwyers of Cork 1.
There will be more!