No booking for talks at Cork Heritage Open Day is required
‘Let’s Talk Shandon’ Public Consultation Event
An exciting new project is underway to develop a heritage led Integrated Urban Strategy for the Shandon Area, which is funded under Strand 1 of the Town Centre First Heritage Revival Scheme (THRIVE).
Cork City Council and its local community partners welcome everybody to our first consultation event ‘Let’s Talk Shandon’ which will be held from 10am to 5pm in the Firkin Crane. All our welcome to come along and tell us everything they love about Shandon and share ideas of how the area could be improved for the local and wider community. Please see www.corkcity.ie for more details.
Brian Maher will give a talk on the history of the Lee Baths. Mauro Dias will give a talk on Biodiversity in the Lee Fields
11am, Kingsley Hotel, Carrigrohane Road.
Military Museum Collins Barracks. A talk on the history of Victoria/ Collins Barracks 1805 to present.
11am and 12.30pm, Military Museum Collins Barracks, Old Youghal Road, Montenotte.
A Talk on the Common Swift Bird with Noel Linehan
11.30am, Cork City Library, Grand Parade.
Military historian Gerry White will discuss the Siege of Cork.
11.30am, St Peter's Cork, North Main Street.
A Gunpowder Walk and Talk with Tadgh O'Connor
2pm to 4pm, Meeting point The GAA Entrance to Ballincollig Regional Park.
Ciara Brett and John Sunderland will give a talk on Beneath the Street: Recent Archaeological Excavations at 92 to 96 North Main Street
3pm, St Peter's Cork, North Main Street.
A talk on Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway 1850 to 1932 with Diarmuid O' Drisceoil
4pm, The City Library, Grand Parade.
