Cork Heritage

Kieran McCarthy's blog about Cork City – Cork History Articles, Heritage and Photography & Historical Walking Tours

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  • About Kieran McCarthy
    • 2. Kieran’s Cork Historical Walking Tours & Talks
    • 3. Kieran’s Cork History Publications & Books
    • 4. Kieran’s Consultancy and Research Projects
    • Kieran’s Academic Papers
    • Kieran’s Heritage Videos
  • About Kieran’s Contact Details
  • Cork Through My Eyes
    • 1. Kieran’s Favourite Photos of Cork
    • 1.Kieran’s Favourite Photos of Cork, Continued
    • 1a. St. Finbarre – Myth and Legend
    • 1b. A Viking Maritime Town
    • 1c. Notes on Cork’s Viking Settlement
    • 2a. Anglo-Normans and the Medieval Town
    • 2b. Life in Medieval Cork
    • 2d. Developing a Port Town
    • 3a. Matters of Conquest, c.1500-1600
    • 3b. Seventeenth Century Cork
    • 3c. Siege of Cork, 1690
    • 4a. Cork, A Venice of North Europe
    • 4b. Huguenots and Quakers
    • 5a. A Changing Townscape, early 1800s
    • 6. The International City, c.1900
    • 7. Cork International Exhibition, 1902-1903
    • 8. Twentieth Century Cork
  • Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2019/20
    • 1. Project Guidelines 2019/20
    • 2. Application Form, 2019/20
    • 3. City Results, 2020
    • Archive City Edition, Results 2016
    • Archive City Edition, Results 2017
    • Archive City Edition, Results 2018
    • Archive City Results 2019
    • Archive County Edition, Results 2016
    • Archive County Edition, Results 2017
    • Archive County Edition, Results 2018
    • Web Resources for Students
    • Project Pages
  • Indices Our City, Our Town, Cork Independent
    • 2006-2011 River Lee Index-In the Steps of St Finbarr
    • 2012-14 Index-Crawford Municipal Technical Institute, Cork
    • 2014-16 County Cork & 1916 Memories
    • 2016 Remembering 1916
    • 2017 The Wheels of 1917
    • 2018 Stories from 1918
    • 2019 Tales from 1919
  • Pathways Through Cork History
    • 3. Northside Narratives: Shandon Street Heritage Trail
    • 5. Cork Walks with Cork City Council
    • 7. Cork Locations, The Young Offenders TV Show, 2018
    • 1. Origins of Cork City- Barrack Street Heritage Trail
    • 6. On Track, Cork & its Railway Heritage
    • 2. Making a City: St. Patrick’s Street Heritage Trail
  • 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 Historical Societies
    • Cork Slang
    • Heritage Links
    • Irish Placenames Project, logainm.ie
    • Northside Folklore Project
    • Ode to Bere Island Heritage & Memory
    • Ode to Cork Harbour
    • Ode to Elizabeth Fort, Cork
    • Ordnance Survey Ireland
    • Postcards of Cork, c.1900
    • School Resources, History Teachers Association, Cork
    • Kieran’s Cork History Summer Course, CPD, Cork Education Support Centre
  • River Lee Project
    • Ode to the River Lee- Photo Exhibition
    • Thinking About Local History
    • Ode to the River Lee Valley (part 2)
    • A River of Memory – PhD Work
  • Sources 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
  • Twinning
  • Visiting Cork- Events & Festivals
    • 1.Tourism: How to get to Cork?
    • 2. Cork Festivals 2019
    • Eye on Cork
    • The Ongoing Gathering
  • About Kieran’s Heritage Events 2020
  • Photographing Cork – Spaces, Memories and Places
    • Cork Heritage Open Day
    • Ode to Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills
    • Ode to St Finbarre’s Cemetery
    • Ode to the English Market, Cork
    • Port of Cork Walk
    • William Lawrence’s Cork
    • Elysian Views of Cork
    • County Cork-Spaces and Places
    • Ode to St. Finbarre’s Cathedral
Cork Heritage

Kieran’s Heritage Videos

 

- Kieran’s Camden Fort Meagher video, June 2014, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdcH00EZXQU

- Kieran’s RTE Radio Morning Ireland interview on Elizabeth Fort, 8 January 2014, http://soundcloud.com/morning-ireland/elizabeth-fort-in-cork-is

- Cllr. Kieran McCarthy gives a brief history of Cork.

If Stones Could Talk – Cork Tells its Own Story

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Pages

  • About Kieran McCarthy
    • 2. Kieran’s Cork Historical Walking Tours & Talks
    • 3. Kieran’s Cork History Publications & Books
    • 4. Kieran’s Consultancy and Research Projects
    • Kieran’s Academic Papers
    • Kieran’s Heritage Videos
  • About Kieran’s Contact Details
  • About Kieran’s Heritage Events 2020
  • Cork Through My Eyes
    • 1. Kieran’s Favourite Photos of Cork
    • 1.Kieran’s Favourite Photos of Cork, Continued
    • 1a. St. Finbarre – Myth and Legend
    • 1b. A Viking Maritime Town
    • 1c. Notes on Cork’s Viking Settlement
    • 2a. Anglo-Normans and the Medieval Town
    • 2b. Life in Medieval Cork
    • 2d. Developing a Port Town
    • 3a. Matters of Conquest, c.1500-1600
    • 3b. Seventeenth Century Cork
    • 3c. Siege of Cork, 1690
    • 4a. Cork, A Venice of North Europe
    • 4b. Huguenots and Quakers
    • 5a. A Changing Townscape, early 1800s
    • 6. The International City, c.1900
    • 7. Cork International Exhibition, 1902-1903
    • 8. Twentieth Century Cork
  • Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2019/20
    • 1. Project Guidelines 2019/20
    • 2. Application Form, 2019/20
    • 3. City Results, 2020
    • Archive City Edition, Results 2016
    • Archive City Edition, Results 2017
    • Archive City Edition, Results 2018
    • Archive City Results 2019
    • Archive County Edition, Results 2016
    • Archive County Edition, Results 2017
    • Archive County Edition, Results 2018
    • Project Pages
    • Web Resources for Students
  • Indices Our City, Our Town, Cork Independent
    • 2006-2011 River Lee Index-In the Steps of St Finbarr
    • 2012-14 Index-Crawford Municipal Technical Institute, Cork
    • 2014-16 County Cork & 1916 Memories
    • 2016 Remembering 1916
    • 2017 The Wheels of 1917
    • 2018 Stories from 1918
    • 2019 Tales from 1919
  • Pathways Through Cork History
    • 1. Origins of Cork City- Barrack Street Heritage Trail
    • 2. Making a City: St. Patrick’s Street Heritage Trail
    • 3. Northside Narratives: Shandon Street Heritage Trail
    • 5. Cork Walks with Cork City Council
    • 6. On Track, Cork & its Railway Heritage
    • 7. Cork Locations, The Young Offenders TV Show, 2018
  • Photographing Cork – Spaces, Memories and Places
    • Cork Heritage Open Day
    • County Cork-Spaces and Places
    • Elysian Views of Cork
    • Ode to Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills
    • Ode to St Finbarre’s Cemetery
    • Ode to St. Finbarre’s Cathedral
    • Ode to the English Market, Cork
    • Port of Cork Walk
    • William Lawrence’s Cork
  • 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 Historical Societies
    • Cork Slang
    • Heritage Links
    • Irish Placenames Project, logainm.ie
    • Kieran’s Cork History Summer Course, CPD, Cork Education Support Centre
    • Northside Folklore Project
    • Ode to Bere Island Heritage & Memory
    • Ode to Cork Harbour
    • Ode to Elizabeth Fort, Cork
    • Ordnance Survey Ireland
    • Postcards of Cork, c.1900
    • School Resources, History Teachers Association, Cork
  • River Lee Project
    • A River of Memory – PhD Work
    • Ode to the River Lee Valley (part 2)
    • Ode to the River Lee- Photo Exhibition
    • Thinking About Local History
  • Sources 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
  • Twinning
  • Visiting Cork- Events & Festivals
    • 1.Tourism: How to get to Cork?
    • 2. Cork Festivals 2019
    • Eye on Cork
    • The Ongoing Gathering
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