Celebrating Cork's Past Exhibition

Over forty Cork historical societies and groups will gather for an exhibition at the Millennium Hall, City Hall, Cork on Tuesday 20th October, 2009 (11am-7pm) to celebrate Cork’s past.

This unique event brings together local heritage and history groups from the city and county area for the first time. The exhibition will showcase the fascinating and exciting work carried out by these voluntary groups. 

The day long exhibition aims to present an afternoon of talks and chat bringing a cross section of Cork’s finest historians and ‘caretakers’ of Cork’s past to speak about the Cork region’s history and memories as only they know how. The theme of the exhibition is celebration and participation.  This event is a must for all those interested in local history and heritage and will be of particular interest to schools and young people.

Commenting, Cork historian and organiser Richard T. Cooke, commented; “We all live in areas where the past is all around. This history makes us who we are. The Celebrating Cork Exhibition is about bringing historical groups together so that they meet each other, chat and share ideas so historical societies can plan for the future. The aim is also to present their rich histories to the Cork public.”

 Celebrating Cork's Past Exhibition is supported by Cork City Council and admission is free. 

 For further information, please contact, Richard T Cooke on richardtcooke@yahoo.com  or log on to www.corkheritage.ie

Pictured at the launch of the Exhibition were (l-r) Richard T. Cooke, Organising Committee, Niamh Twomey, Heritage Officer, Cork City Council, Brian McGee, Archivist, Cork City & County Archives, Cork City Council and Mary O'Leary, Organising Committee.

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