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News & Events
HERITAGE EVENTS


Upcoming


    Date/Time:  May 18th at 17:00 until May 19th at 17:00
    Event:       Ireland's Bioblitz 2012
    Location:     Glengarriff National Natural Reserve, Glengarriff, Co. Cork
    Event Organised By:       National Biodiversity Data Centre
    Additional Info: If you would like to join one of the participating teams please contact the National Biodiversity Data Centre by email: info@biodiversityireland.ie or phone 051 306240. Click here for the website and view the Event Guide by clicking here.


    Talk in Kinsale

    Date/Time:  May 18th at 19:00
    Event:       KINSALE'S ACCIDENTAL ROYAL VISIT - Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg's Landing at Kinsale in 1518 will discussed at Blue Haven Hotel on 18 May at 7pm. Speakers include Hiram Morgan(UCC), K.W. Nicholls (UCC) and Jeroen Nilis (Leuven).
    Location:     Blue Haven Hotel, Kinsale, Co. Cork
    Event Organised By: Corpus of Electronic Texts of Ireland and UCC Hunanities Platform, funded by PRTLI 4
    Additional Info: For additional information see introductory article in History Ireland, May/June 2012 and consult original account here



    Gunpowder Walk - Ballincollig


      Date/Time:  May 19th at 14:00 (duration: approx 2hrs)
      Event:         Walk the Gunpowder Trail - A 4km walk within the Regional Park, lead by Jenny Webb
      Location:       Regional Park, Ballincollig, Co. Cork
      Additional Info: Meet at the Western End of the Regional Park, near the Innishcarra Bridge. Wear strong shoes waterproof gear is also advisable. Contact Margaret on 087-6546565 or Jenny on 086 0875755 for further infomration.


      Date/Time:  May 20th at 18:30
      Event:         Evening Birdsong Event for National Dawn Chorus Day
      Location:       Meet at Cuskinny Car Park, Cobh
      Event Organised By: Bird Watch Ireland (Cork Branch)
      Additional Info: For additional information contact jim@irishwildlife.et or phone 085 8132710.


      Date/Time:  July 13th to 15th
      Event:         "Our Ocean Wealth" - The 9th Glandore Classic Boat Summer School
      Location:       Glandore Harbour Yacht Club, Glandore, Co. Cork
      Event Organised By: Glandore Harbour Yacht Club
      Cost: €15
      Additional Info: For additional information contact John Dowling (phone 086-3976239 or email dowling.johnj@gmail.com ). For more details of the event please see the following document


    Past Events

    EVENT: Seasonal Walk - Identifying Trees and Plants and their uses for Food, Medicine and much more - Talk by Nikki Darrell at the Regional Park, Ballincollig, on 21/04/12


    EVENT:A Walk to St. Gobnait's Shrine with a focus on local stories and folklore, archaeology, nature, the landscape etc. at Ballyvourney on 07/04/12 organised by Lee Valley Walking


    EVENT:Tracing Your People - Family History Conference at the Ambassador Hotel on 31/03/12.


    EVENT:  A Walk and Talk through An Gearagh, Macroom on 04/03/12.

    Heritage Gearagh 04th Mar 2012

      The above photograph was taken on 04th March 2012 at a heritage event in the Gearagh with a talk provided by Teddy Cook. Over 70 people were there on the day!



      If you have details of an upcoming Heritage Event which you would like to see listed on this website and/or if you would like to be informed of all upcoming heritage events in the County Area of Cork please send an email to cork.heritage@corkcoco.ie


      NEWS


      • 1) Heritage Week This year, 2012, Heritage Week will run from 18th to 26th August and full details of the events taking place throughout the County Area of Cork will be provided on this website shortly. Click here for further information including a blog on some of the events attended during Heritage Week in 2011.

      • 2) Numerous documents have been added to the Documents Page on this website which can be accessed by clicking here . The Heritage Unit happens to have a number of these publications available in the County Hall so do drop in to see what's available.

      • 3) The Heritage Council Grants Scheme will be advertised in September 2012. This aim of the scheme is to support individuals and communities in their efforts to research, protect and manage aspects of their local heritage. For more information on this scheme go to the Heritage Council Grants page.

      • 4) This year the Heritage Unit of Cork County Council is working on a number of projects arising from the County Heritage Plan and the County Biodiversity Action Plan. Full details of such projects will be added shortly.
         

      Older News and Events

      • As part of the Realignment Works proposed for the Regional Road (R581) between New Twopohthouse and Doneraile, extensive archaeological finds have been unearthed at Caherduggan. For more information on this archaeological survey please click here 
         
      • Cork County Council has recently brought out Guidelines for the Management and Development of Architectural Conservation Areas. These can be accessed by clicking here
         
  
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