with Peter Nash and Katya Korolyova (Illustrations),
    Colette Beausang and Anne Roche (Cobh Youth Services),
    James Bilson and Kate Damery (YMCA Cobh)

Published in July 2019

Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh Youth Services, YMCA Cobh
Cobh, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland

Two booklets were collaboratively written and illustrated to promote harmonious relations between youth and the older community of Cobh by Elizabeth Woods, Kevin Leong, Peter Nash, Katya Korolyova, and the staff and students of YMCA Cobh and Cobh Youth Services.

Me & My Mate Manners is an illustrated booklet for 4-8 year olds on polite and respectful behaviour.

Loosely modelled around contemporary etiquette books, Etiquette for Cobh-Heads and Old Folks offers two complimentary sets of guidelines - one for young people and another for the older community - that exemplify respectful and considerate behaviour in a range of common situations. The booklet is informational but also serves as a social contract and as a symbol - display of the booklet in businesses, institutions and public organisations indicates sympathy with the booklet's intentions and signal safe and welcoming spaces for young people with the same understanding.

Please click on the cover images below for electronic copies of the booklets:

Elizabeth Woods and Kevin Leong would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions of Roisin Bailey, Colette Beausang, Angela Bertles, James Bilson, Breandán O’Brien, Evan Broderick, Liam Broderick, April Carroll, Margaret Carroll, Nathan Casey, Seán Cleary, Jayden Cronin, Shannon Cronin, Kate Damery, Zoe O'Donovan, Philip O'Driscoll, Sera Ellis, Amy Hayes, Sylvia Joy, Roisin Leahy, Rossa Lyons, Aleksandra Maciejowska, Amber O'Mahony, Willie Maloney, Jared McCarthy, Myles McCarthy, Holly Mehigan, Conor Molyneux, Bonnie Mullane, Inge Nieuwstraten, Nicole Nkezamuzima, Anne Roche, Felipe Roche, Isabelle Snow, Summer Stromsoe, Caroline O’Sullivan, James Sylvester, Vladimer Tischer, Alex Walsh and Deimantas Zebrauskas.

The writing and publication of Me & My Mate Manners and Etiquette for Cobh-Heads and Old Folks was a part of See You Tomorrow, a series of collaborative projects prototyping collective future visions for the town of Cobh. The booklets can be freely used for non-commercial purposes as long as the authors are acknowledged i.e. they are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This project has been assisted by the Australian and Queensland Governments through the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Queensland, their respective arts funding and advisory bodies, and by Cork County Council’s Creative Communities Award.