Imagining Henry Ford's emotional visit to Cork in 1912

Henry Ford paid an emotional visit to Cork in 1912 and here, Denis McSweeney imagines the scenario that unfolded.

Fr O’Connor was interrupted from his morning routine at the North Cathedral presbytery by his housekeeper announcing that an American gentleman was in the lobby and would like a word.

It was a warm day, August 8, 1912, and the stranger was standing in the doorway, gazing at the cathedral across the road.