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Cork Independent Our City, Our Town Articles
1999-2005 Histories of Cork
2006-2011 River Lee Valley Series – In the Steps of St Finbarr
2012-14 Crawford Municipal Technical Institute, Education & Industrial Development
2014-16 Mapping Cork Histories
2016 Articles, Remembering 1916
2017 Articles, The Wheels of 1917
2018 Articles, Stories from 1918
2019 Tales from 1919
2020 Articles, Remembering 1920
2021 Articles, Journeys to a Truce 1921
2022 Articles, Journeys to a Free State 1922
2023 Articles, Recasting Cork 1923
2024 Articles, Making an Irish Free State City
2025 Articles, Making an Irish Free State City
Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2024/25
1. Project Guidelines, 2024/25
2. Application Form, 2024/25
3. Suggested Project Themes
4. Project Categories, Presentation & Prizes
5. Web Resources for Students
6. City Results, 2025
Archive, City Edition Results 2022
Archive, City Edition Results, 2021
Archive, City Edition Results, 2023
Archive, City Edition Results, 2024
3. Project Page Examples
Exploring Cork City’s History
10. Twenty-First Century Cork
1a. St. Finbarre – Myth and Legend in Cork
1b. Cork: A Viking Maritime Town
1c. Cork’s Viking Settlement
2a. Anglo-Normans and the Medieval Town of Cork
2b. Life in Medieval Cork
2c. Developing the Port Town of Cork
2d. Creating the Cork Coat of Arms
3a. Cork in the Sixteenth Century
3b. Seventeenth Century Cork
3c. Siege of Cork, 1690
4a. Cork, A Venice of North West Europe
4b. Cork’s Huguenots and Quakers
5a. Cork and its Changing Townscape, Early 1800s
5b. The Great Famine in Cork City
6. Challenges of Early Twentieth Century Cork
7. Cork International Exhibition, 1902-1903
8a. Cork and the War of Independence, 1920
8b. The Burning of Cork City, 1920
9a. Cork’s Early Twentieth Century Suburban Expansion
9b. Cork’s Late Twentieth Century Highlights
5c. On Track, Cork & its Railway Heritage
History Trails
1. Bridges of Cork Audio Heritage Trail
2. The Marina Audio Heritage Trail
History Trail, Blackpool Area
History Trail, Cork’s South Docks
History Trail, Daly’s Bridge AKA Shakey Bridge
History Trail, Grand Parade
History Trail, Lee Fields
History Trail, MacCurtain Street to Penrose Quay
History Trail, Middle Parish Area
History Trail, Oliver Plunkett Street
History Trail, Paul Street District, From Cornmarket Street to Emmet Place
History Trail, Seamus Murphy, Cork Sculptor
History Trail, Shandon Street Area
History Trail, The Mardyke Walk Area
History Trail, The Marina
History Trail, The Walled Town of Cork
History Trail, The Young Offenders TV Show, Cork Locations, 2018
History Trail, Barrack Street Area
History Trail, St Patrick’s Street Area
Regions of County Cork
Cork Harbour Pictures
Cork Harbour Stories
River Lee History Trail
West Cork Gems
Resources For Researchers
Archaeological and Architectural Heritage Sources in Cork City and County
Biodiversity/ Nature in Cork
Cork City and County Archives
Cork City in Maps
Cork Film Heritage
Cork Folklore Project
Cork Heritage Open Day
Cork Historical Societies & Groups
Cork in the 1960s, Anthony Barry Archive
Cork Public Museum
Cork Slang
Irish Placenames Project, logainm.ie
Ode to Elizabeth Fort, Cork
Ordnance Survey Ireland
Postcards of Cork, c.1900
Resources for Family Research
Ancestry.co.uk Irish and UK Family Records
Census of Ireland 1901/ 1911
Cork Records Website
Irish Genealogy Toolkit
Irish Military Archives
Irish War Memorials
Useful Links For Irish Heritage Sites
William Lawrence’s Cork
Visiting Cork
1.Tourism: How to get to Cork?
2. Cork Festivals
Twinning
Kieran’s Heritage Tours/ Events 2025
Photographing Cork
1. Kieran’s Favourite Photos of Cork
Ode to Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills:
Ode to Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork
Ode to St Finbarr’s Cemetery, Cork
Ode to the English Market, Cork
Ode to The Quadrange, UCC
Ode to St. Finbarre’s Cathedral
3. Project Page Examples
