'It's the most important city in the world'; Watch Frank O'Connor talk to the BBC about Cork in 1961

"For me, the beautiful houses are just places where mother worked as a charwoman and where I went to pick her up at 6 o'clock."

A video shared from the BBC archive of beloved Cork writer Frank O'Connor speaking about the city of his birth in 1961 has been a huge hit online.

The clip from the BBC arts magazine programme 'Monitor' shows the author talking to presenter Huw Wheldon about his upbringing in Cork's 'slums' and who it led to his development as a writer.