Cork Heritage Week Brochure

Saturday August 17

Ireland’s Fossil Heritage Cork City Fossil Walk

Cork City Libraries The amazing life of a Swift

Ireland’s Fossil Heritage is hosting a public walk in Cork City where they will visit some of the best and most spectacular fossils visible in the building stones of the city’s walls and footpaths. The walk is on flat ground and suitable for all ages from 7 years up. Booking essential contact Jess Franklin jfranklin@ucc.ie 10am, Meeting St Mary’s Church, Popes Quay. Rubicon Heritage Modern Routes Towards the Past: Talking 20 Years of Cork Archaeology with Rubicon Heritage Archaeologists from Cork’s Rubicon Heritage will talk about the archaeological discoveries unearthed over 2 decades of work in County Cork and Cork City. 10am to 4pm, Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street.

A talk by Noel Linehan on the Common Swift, detailing its amazing life story, the reasons for its current declining population and what we can do to help it recover. 11.30am, The City Library, Grand Parade.

Cork City Libraries Through Your Doors Again

Book launch and poetry reading with Cathy O’Sullivan. 11.30am, Douglas Library, Douglas Village Shopping Centre, Douglas.

Cork City Libraries Ghoulish Gaols: A Fun History of Cork’s Gaols

An exploration of the macabre history of Cork City Gaol’s, the medieval prisons of the city and the gruesome and ghoulish North and South Gate Gaols. 12pm, The City Library, Children and Young People’s Library, Grand Parade.

Cork City Libraries Mandala Moments: Colouring Cork’s Heritage

Take time to unwind and immerse yourself in the beauty of Cork’s heritage through colouring intricate mandalas from the Cork Mandala Colouring Book by Helen Wall-Horan. 10am to 5.30pm, Hollyhill Library, Harbour View Road, Gurranbraher. Stone carving demonstrations for all and clay workshops for children Explore how our ancestors used stone carving to express their identities and connections to the wider world. Enjoy demonstrations of ancient carving techniques by Victor Daly and digital recording techniques by Gary Dempsey. To book a place on the clay workshops on ancient designs for children contact Susan Herlihy Ceramics by text 087 9028186 . 11am to 4.30pm, Cork Public Museum, Fitzgerald Park.

Nano Nagle Place Archives Drop In at Nano Nagle Place

The South Presentation Congregational Archives will showcase objects at Nano Nagle Place. Delve into the past, explore historical artifacts and learn about the Presentation Sisters.

Booking essential on www.nanonagleplace.ie 12pm to 4pm Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street.

Cork City Libraries Placenames of the Ballincollig Area

Dermot O’Donovan will give a talk on the place names of the Ballincollig area and what they tell us about the past and present of our locality. 11am to 12pm, Ballincollig Library, The Village Shopping Centre, Station Road, Ballincollig.