9 August 2010
National Heritage Week, is coordinated by the Heritage Council and runs from 21st – 29th August. Kieran McCarthy invites the general public to the following projects he is running for this important week.
Sunday, 22 August, 2pm, “Heritage Treasure Hunt”, A family and fun activity; start point: outside Cork City Library, Grand Parade, Cork, Duration: 1 ¼ hours
Monday, 23 August, 7pm; “Knights, Quarries and Suburban Growth: A historical walking tour through Ballinlough and environs”, start point: Ballinlough Pitch and Putt car park, opp. Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork, duration: 1 ½ hours
Tuesday, 24 August, 11am; lecture entitled ‘The southern suburbs: a history of Ballyphehane and Turners Cross”, Tory Top Library, Ballyphehane, duration: 1 hour
Tuesday, 24 August, 7.30pm; lecture entitled: “Tales of Theatre and the Arts in Cork’s History”; Civic Trust House, Pope’s Quay, Cork, duration: 1 hour
Friday 25 August, 9-5pm, Kieran’s Lee Valley photographic exhibition for Water Heritage Day at the Lifetime Lab, Lee Road Cork (www.lifetimelab.ie)
Saturday, 29 August, 1.30pm; History and Legacy: A historical walking tour through Cork City Hall, start point: City Hall, Anglesea Street entrance, required booking in advance with heritage office, Cork City Hall, 021 4924018, duration: 1 hour
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1 July 2010
Did you know?
The age of the railways also came to the forefront of the visions of Cork planners in the 1830s. In 1836, two years after the construction of Ireland’s first railway between Dublin and Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire), a railway was proposed to connect the city to Passage via Blackrock. Passage itself was an important minor port in Cork’s lower harbour. In 1836, the lands of Lakelands and Ballinure were surveyed and the engineer, Charles Vignoles planned the routeway of the railway itself. In 1837, the Passage Railway Bill was passed in the Westminster Parliament but work only got underway in the late 1840s. By this time, the Cork Passage Railway Company had been reformed into the Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Company. Legislation was passed for this company in 1846 and in September of this year, the company’s engineer Sir John MacNeil carried out the relative survey work.
History tour of old rail line next Tuesday, 6 July, 7.30p.m. Marina Entrance to old Line with Kieran McCarthy
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27 May 2010
A Guide to Cork’s 20th Century Architecture
Join the Cork Civic Trust and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Southern Region on a tour of Cork 20th century architetcure. This guide will introduce you to sixty five key buildings and structures in the southern capitol. Featuring nearly 100 full colour maps and photographs as well as a detailed fold-out map of the city centre, accompanied by a lively specially commissioned text.
Give the Cork VisionCentre 0214279925 to get a book.
4 May 2010
Re: MA in Local History – October 2010
The School of History, UCC, is running its highly successful two-year part-time MA Degree in Local History, beginning in October 2010. We would appreciate it if you would bring this information to the attention of your members or any interested parties.
The MA in Local History presents a wonderful opportunity for those who would like to engage in original historical research. The programme is tailored for mature students who cannot attend classes during the day, with regular early-evening lectures on local history.
+353 (0)21 490-2551; history@ucc.ie
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12 April 2010
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15 February 2010
Mayfield Men’s Group and Mayfield CDP presents
THE HISTORY OF MAYFIELD by Dr. Sean Pettit
A colourful and entertaining look at the local history of the Mayfield area presented by Dr. Sean Pettit formerly of the History Department of UCC and Cork Person of the Year for 2007.
Dr. Pettit is the author of several books on the history of Cork including My City by the Lee; The City of Cork 1700-1900; Streets of Cork and Official Tourist Trail of Cork. He is also known for his Walking Tours of Cork.
Suitable for all ages including Post Primary Students.
Thursday 25th February 7.30-9.30pm, New Roseville Centre (opposite Great Gas petrol station). Old Youghal Road, Mayfield Cork, admission free of charge. Phone 021 4508562
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18 January 2010
The National Biodiversity Data Centre is pleased to announce the release of its new website on http://www.biodiversityireland.ie/ . The revamped website is released to celebrate International Year of Biodiversity 2010, and to mark establishment of the Centre exactly three years ago today.
The website is a national resource presenting data and information on all aspects of Ireland’s rich biological diversity. It also serves as a link between our expanding knowledge base and the need to provide high quality information to improve decision-making.
Some of the main features of the website include:
- Easy access to 1.07 million observations of Ireland’s wildlife,
- Provisional distribution maps of 8,545 Irish species, presented on a national GIS mapping system Biodiversity Maps http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/
- An online submission form to enable observers submit sightings of Ireland’s wildlife to the National Biodiversity Database;
- An internet data portal linking the Data Centre with the other key national sighting schemes,
- A latest news feature to highlight any new developments in wildlife recording and surveying in Ireland,
- The Centre’s calendar of Events for 2010,
- An on-line library of digital images of some of Ireland’s species freely available to download for use in publications, presentations and other uses.
Further information contact: Dr. Liam Lysaght, Director. National Biodiversity Data Centre, Carriganore, WIT West Campus, Waterford
Phone: 00 353 51 306240
Email: info@biodiversityireland.ie
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6 January 2010
Celebrating Aloys Fleischmann
Later this month President McAleese will open the celebrations organised by Cork City Council to mark the centenary of the birth of Aloys Fleischmann (1910-1992), the Irish composer, conductor, scholar, campaigner, organiser, professor of music at University College and Freeman of the City of Cork. The Fleischmann Centenary Celebration Working Group, chaired by Ms. Máirín Quill, and the Fleischmann family invite you to join the celebration. Throughout the year there will a host of events in Cork and beyond. Fleischmann’s parents will also be commemorated, both in Cork and in the Bavarian town of Dachau from which Fleischmann’s grandfather first came to Ireland in 1879. Fleischmann works will be performed; there will be exhibitions, public lectures, dance performances, a RTÉ lyric fm CD, a documentary and publications. Over sixty-five orgnisations are participating.
Aloys Fleischmann (1910-1992) was born in Munich to Ireland-based German parents on a concert tour at the time. Both parents were musicians; his father, Aloys Fleischmann, Sr., organist and choir master at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Cork and his mother, Tilly Swertz Fleischmann was a pianist and piano teacher in Cork.
Aloys Fleischmann graduated from University College Cork with a BMus in 1931 and a MA in 1932. That year he went to study composition, conducting and musicology at the University of Munich.
Aloys returned to University College Cork in 1934 where he held the position of Professor of Music until 1980. He founded the Cork Symphony Orchestra in 1934 and was involved in the establishment of the Cork International Choral and Folk Dance Festival (now called Cork International Choral Festival) in 1954. Fleischmann worked alongside Joan Denise Moriarty in setting up the Cork Ballet Company in 1947.
His Sources of Traditional Irish Music was compiled during 40 years of work in collaboration with Micheál Ó Súilleabháin of the University of Limerick and published posthumously in 1998.
Click here for more information: http://www.corkcitylibraries.ie/fleischmann100/#d.en.15459
Or ask at your local library for a programme
