‘Cork through the Barracks’ is a seventy minute documentary which tells the story of Collins Barracks in Cork and what a key role it has played in all of the major historic events in Cork over the past two centuries. In particular it sheds new light on the revolutionary period in Cork and the part that the barracks played in the formation of a new Ireland. Finally it allows viewers inside the high barrack walls to get a better understanding of the role that Collins Barracks plays in Cork today.

The documentary outlines the life of the most famous Corkwoman in America – Mary Jones, formerly Mary Harris. It tells of her extraordinary life – her early years in Cork, her survival of the famine and emigration to Canada, her move to the US and her marriage to George Jones, her life as a mother to four young children, her tragic loss of her entire family and later her business, her entry into the labour movement and her growing involvement in organising workers to the point where she is dubbed “the most dangerous woman in America.