Cork Heritage Week Brochure 2023

Tuesday August 15

Cork City Libraries Introduction to online sources for family history research 10am, Ballincollig Library, The Village Centre, Station Road, Ballincollig. Cork City Libraries Birdsong: A Talk Birdsong: a talk by Usna Keating, Biodiversity Officer at Cork City Council. 12pm to 12.45pm, The City Library, Grand Parade.

Nano Nagle Place Douglas Street Walking Tour

Genealogist and historian David Ryan will lead a tour of Douglas Street based on the 1911 Census. Learn about the people who lived on Douglas Street and surrounding areas in 1911 and what life was life for them. 1pm to 2pm, Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street. Cork City Libraries Cork Centenary Connections RMS Leinster 1918 and Anna Haslam Pioneering Suffragette 1922 2pm, Children’s and Young People’s Library, The City Library, Grand Parade. Cork City Libraries Patrick Street in the 1950s and 1960s Enjoy a nostalgic look with local historian Liam O’hÚigín at Patrick Street in the 1950s and 1960s. 2.30pm to 3.15pm, Bishopstown Library, Wilton. The City Workhouse and St. Finbarr’s Hospital Discover the history of the City Workhouse and St Finbarr’s Hospital with the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy. 6.30pm, Meet just inside the gates of St Finbarr’s Hospital, Douglas Road. Cork City Libraries Library 130 Lecture Series: A Reflection on Cork’s bibliophile history Historian in Residence, Alan Noon discusses Cork’s long history of books and reading. 7pm to 8pm, The City Library, Grand Parade.

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