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Kieran McCarthy's website 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
    • 4. Kieran’s Consultancy and Research Projects
    • 5. Kieran’s Academic Papers
    • 6. Kieran’s Heritage Videos
    • 3. A River of Memory – PhD Work
  • Books & Publications by Kieran
  • Contact Kieran
  • 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
    • 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
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Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2024/25

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