Cork Heritage Week Brochure

Exhibitions taking place in Cork City Libraries during Heritage Week

Tory Top

All Week

Blackpool

All week

Cycling Cities: The Cork Experience Kevin Long of Cork Cycling Campaign presents a photo exhibition on an exciting research project with the University of Eindhoven to explore our history of cycling in Cork for everyday life.

The Day Ireland Made World History: Dr. Ann Louise Gilligan, Dr. Katherine Zappone and the Journey to Marriage Equality Ireland made history on 22 May 2015 by being the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote. The marriage equality referendum was overwhelmingly passed by 1,201,607 Yes votes (62.07%) to 734,300 (37.93%) No votes. This exhibition, describes the struggle for marriage equality for the LGBT community, and the strategy used to win the referendum.

City Library, Rory Gallagher Music Library

All Week

Listening Corner Listen to music on Cd, Vinyl or Gramophone record, a great way to get away from the hustle and bustle of life and explore our vast and rare collection of music.

Blarney

All week

Rainbow Cities Exhibition Cork City is currently the only local authority in Ireland which is part of the global LGBT policy group the ‘Rainbow Cities Network.’ Thie group, founded in 2012, comprises of 41 members from 22 countries and develops best practice policy through shared ideas. It recognizes that municipal and regional authorities have a key role in combating anti-LGBT hate.

Online

All Week

Poetry in the Park: Poems which are installed across Cork City Parks screened across the library network.

Douglas

All week

Can you see what I see An art exhibition based on a book, which according to artist and author Caroline Hyland, seeks to promote living well with dementia while advocating for a society which sees the person first and not the disease.

Glanmire

All Week

Glanmire Heritage An exhibition of interesting pictures of the local area including Dunkettle House.

Hollyhill

All Week

Mary Elmes ‘I got things done’ Exhibition Delve into the extraordinary life of Cork woman Mary Elmes, the first Irish person honoured as “Righteous Among Nations” for her courageous efforts in saving Jewish children during World War II.

Mayfield

All Week

Pleased to Meet You An exhibition of acrylics on canvass by Marie Bryan. Marie’s work was inspired by meeting and getting to know clients of Cork’s Simon Community. The result is a depiction of their interests and passions in a glorious explosion of colour and imaginative composition.