Hilda Buckley was born in the 1930s. Her grandfather was from England and worked as a linotype operator (typesetting) in The Cork Constitution newspaper. Hilda worked in the Cork Steam Packet Company (known as B&I Line) as a secretary and she lived at Southern Road, Cork. She was involved in the beginnings of ballet in Cork, including the Cork Ballet Group (from 1947-1953) and the Cork Ballet Company (from 1954). She performed as a dancer in several productions, including roles alongside Joan Denise Moriarty. Died 22 October 2006.
Archival History ↴
Donated to Archives in 2010
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Donation
Content & Structure
Scope & Content: Buckley, Hilda, d.2006 ↴
Items 1 – 13: Personal scrapbooks compiled by Hilda Buckley relating to Cork Ballet Group, covering each year from 1947-1953, plus Cork Ballet Company 1954-1992 (13 items).
Items 13 – 17: Scrapbooks re. Irish National Ballet, 1974-1988 (4 items).
Contents includes news clippings, photographs of productions and performers, pamphlets, posters, event programmes, letters, greeting cards and various written memorabilia. The collection is a valuable source of information about the history of ballet in Cork and Ireland, and in particular about Joan Denise Moriarty, teacher, founder and leading member of the Cork Ballet Company.
Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention
Arrangement ↴
Items 1 – 13: Personal scrapbooks compiled by Hilda Buckley relating to Cork Ballet Group, covering each year from 1947-1953, plus Cork Ballet Company 1954-1992 (13 items).
Items 13 – 17: Scrapbooks re. Irish National Ballet, 1974-1988 (4 items).
Conditions of Access & Use
Access Conditions
Open by appointment to those holding a current readers ticket
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Subject to rules governing reproduction of records of CCCA
