News – Cork Local Studies

Welcome to our news section which contains some recent items of interest and additions to our collections.

Placenames are of great importance in Ireland, helping to shape and define both place and...

We are delighted to display the Royal Irish Academy’s Exhibition titled Mapping Urban Ireland: an...

Many foreign travellers wrote an account of their travels in Ireland in the late eighteenth,...

As part of the 125th anniversary of Cork County Council, you can visit the Local...

Historian and author, Joseph EA Connell Jnr, will be give a talk on various aspects...

Participation in street games has been a timeless pursuit for children throughout Cork. This podcast...

The town of Youghal is steeped in history and heritage. The Local Studies Library has...

Digital copies of our collection of Irish Tourist Association files from the 1940s are now...

As the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising approaches, why not take a look at...

Our local studies library holds a variety of books covering the history of sport in...

Our local studies department boasts an impressive collection of books detailing the fascinating history of...

As Christmas 2022 fast approaches, why not take a look through our collection of the...

The Irish Tourist Association files for County Cork are a rich source of history of...

The War of Independence and Civil War Exhibition This exhibition of Cork’s unique role in...

Historian and author Joseph E.A Connell Jnr who has written several books on the Decade...

This exhibition of Cork’s unique role in the history of the War of Independence and...

Commercial Directories provide a fascinating insight into the social and business history of Cork. To...

Irish Life and Lore is an oral history archive which preserves Ireland’s unique local, national...

The Irish Tourist Association Topographical and General Survey Files which were compiled in the 1940s...

Some of the latest history books added to our Cork and Journals Collections

Calling all secondary school students! We can help you with your CBA/Classroom Based Assessment. If...