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Heritage Week 2011
Heritage Week 2011 is taking place from 20th August 2011 to 28th August 2011.
The full listing of events is available in pdf format.
Take a step down memory lane as Cork celebrates Cork Heritage Open Day
On Saturday August 27th 2011, prepare to take a step back in time as Cork plays host to Cork Heritage Open Day which is being organised by Cork City Council and will see over 38 buildings open their doors to the public for free for one day only.
The centre of Cork will be a hive of activity as Bishop Lucey Park will host Medieval Re-enactments and displays of weaponry, Active Pulse will perform “Stories by the Lee: Growing Up in Cork (1950’s to the 1970’s) in the Cork Central Library and Gael Taca will give a talk on placenames and proverbs. Cork song, music, poetry and literature will be celebrated in the inaugural Cork Coal Quay Festival while historian Gerry White will give a lecture on tales of sacrifice and courage during WW1 by Cork’s Victoria Crosses
Liam O’hUigin will give a historical walking tour around the old walls of Cork City; Tom Spalding will deliver a walking tour on Cork’s 20th Century Architecture; while the Blackpool Historical Photographic Society will display a photographic exhibition of local schools. Cork Central Library will mount a unique exhibition capturing Ireland through the lens of Colman Doyle while a display of the history of scouting from 1910 will take place in the 37th Scout Hall in Togher.
Venues such as City Hall, UCC Boole Library, the Cork Circuit Courthouse, the South Presentation Convent, Triskel Christchurch, Crawford Art Gallery, CIT Crawford College of Art and Design, and the Lewis Glucksman Gallery are offering free guided tours of their premises. A guided tour will also take place at 12.30pm in Blackrock Castle Telescope Tower and Dungeons; tours are also being offered in the beautifully designed Fota House
The Full Programme of Events is available on http://www.corkheritageopenday.ie
Heritage Week 2010/Seachtain Oidhreachta 2010
21st – 29th August / 21ú - 19ú Lúnasa
Ag Ceiliúradh Oidhreacht Cathrach Chorcaí
Heritage Week 2010 was yet another big success in Cork City. A series of heritage related events were organized by Cork City Council, community groups, heritage and historical societies and individuals. The aim of these events was to raise awareness, appreciation and knowledge of Heritage in Cork City.
Cork City Council would like to thank all those organisations who assisted in making Heritage Week so successful and was delighted to support and promote Heritage Week 2010 at a local level in Cork City. The week is co-coordinated nationally by the Heritage Council with support from the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government and it is part of European Heritage Days, a joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Union.
Please remember that many of the buildings, sites, museums and parks featured during Heritage Week are open to visit and enjoy the whole year round not just during Heritage Week.
If you would like to find out more about the heritage of Cork City please contact
The Heritage Officer,
Cork City Council,
City Hall,
Cork.
Tel 021 4924757
or email: heritage@corkcity.ie
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