Cork Heritage Open Day Brochure

TITLE & Booking Details Guided version of the walkingshandon.ie Audio Tour. Enjoy a guided audio tour of the Shandon area organised by the Shandon Area Renewal Association. Discover historic locations and places where famous people lived. No booking required ¶ Bridge to Bridge: A creative Walk of University College Cork. Explore the built heritage, art and biodiversity of University College Cork lower grounds in this creative walk for adults. Booking essential on 021 4901844/ info@glucksman.org ¶ Explore the rich geological heritage of Cork city with geologist Thomas Heising. Booking essential on www. corkheritageopenday.ie/events

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TITLE & Booking Details ¶ Specialised Curatorial Tours on Fota House’s original contents will be given by Martina Madden. Booking essential on https:// bookings.fotahouse.com/Home ¶ Guided tour of the Coal Quay with the Coal Quay Festival. Enjoy a historic stroll through the Coal Quay with Michael O’Donovan. Booking essential on www. corkheritageopenday.ie/events ¶ Good Day Cork are hosting a listening Cafe of their audio documentary ‘Living Heritage.’ Booking essential on www.gooddaycork.com Guided tour of the Crawford Art Gallery.

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Fota House, Fota Island.

Meeting Point: Shandon Footbridge.

12pm

1pm & 3pm

1.30pm Meeting Point: Peg Twomey’s Shop, Coal Quay.

12pm Meeting Point: Alumni Bridge,

Main Gates of UCC.

The Test Site, Kryl’s Quay.

2pm

12pm Meeting Point: Cork City Hall,

Crawford Art Gallery, Emmet Place.

2pm

Anglesea Street side opposite the District Court. National Sculpture Factory, Albert Road. Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street.

A Gunpowdermill Walk and Talk with Tadhg O’Connor.

Meeting Point: The GAA Entrance

2pm to 4pm

Guided tours of the National Sculpture Factory.

12pm to 3pm

to Ballincollig Regional Park.

St Peter’s Cork, North Main Street.

Ciara Brett and John Sunderland will give a talk on Beneath the Street: Recent Archaeological Excavations at 92-96 North Main Street. ¶ Guided Tour of the Middle Parish with Liam O hÚigín. Booking essential on www. corkheritageopenday.ie/events A talk on Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway 1850 to 1932 with Diarmuid O’Drisceoil.

3pm

¶ The Archives Drop in: The South Presentation Congregational Archives will

12pm to 4pm

showcase objects at Nano Nagle Place. This event provides a unique opportunity to explore historical artifacts and to learn more about the legacy of the Presentation Sisters. Booking essential on www.nanonagleplace.ie ¶ Adrian Mulligan who is part of the Frederick Douglass Group and a Professor of Geography at Bucknell University, in Pennsylvania, USA will give a walking tour which will begin outside the Imperial Hotel. Following the walking tour there will be a short talk in the Frederick Douglass Lounge in the Imperial Hotel. Booking essential on the Imperial Hotel Eventbrite Page. ¶ Backwater Artists Group, Cork Printmakers and Lavit Gallery Guided tours. Booking essential on Cork Printmakers Eventbrite. Military Historian Gerry White will give a talk on the Siege of Cork.

3pm Meeting Point:

St Peter’s Church, North Main Street.

Cork City Library, Grand Parade.

4pm

Meeting Point: Outside the Imperial Hotel, South Mall.

1pm (Walking Tour) 2pm Talk

Backwater Artists Group,

1pm & 2pm

Backwater Studio, Wandesford Quay.

St Peter’s Cork, North Main Street.

1pm

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