Cork Heritage
News & Events
HERITAGE EVENTS
Upcoming
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: A Walk taking in some of evening bird songs during a visit to Cuskinny, Cobh on 20/05/12. The event was organised by Bird Watch Ireland (Cork Branch) with approximately 40 people present at the event. with
EVENT: A Walk taking in some of the highlights of the Gunpowder Mills in the Regional Park Ballincollig on 19/05/12 with an excellent talk provided by Jenny Webb on the day
The above photograph was taken during the walk on 19/05/12. Over 30 people were there on the day!
EVENT: ACCIDENTAL ROYAL VISIT - Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg's Landing - Talk at the Blue Haven Hotel in Kinsale on 18/05/12.
EVENT: Bioblitz 2012 in Glengarriff National Nature Reserve, Co. Cork which, with a total of 1020 species recorded over a 24hr period, saw this Cork Nature Reserve winning the overall competition! Click here for more details on the success!
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.
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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