Talks

Unless stated no booking is required for talks on Cork Heritage Open Day

Shane Ryan will give a talk on Brother James Dominic Burke- The North Monastery’s Technical Genius.

10.30am, The North Monastery, Our Lady’s Mount, Ard Mhuire, Monastery Road.

Ghastly Gaols and Creepy Castles, a talk on Cork’s macabre and hysterical history.

11am, Cork City Library, Grand Parade.

Brian Maher will give a talk on the history of the Lee Baths.

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.

Logainmneacha/ Placenames, a talk on how landscapes, native flora, fauna and events in our past were used to identify places.

1pm, Cork City Library, Grand Parade.

James O’Riordan, Leeside Forge will give a talk on the history and restoration of the Firemen’s Rest.

1pm, outside the Fire Station, Anglesea Street.

Gone but not Forgotten, a talk by the Shandon Area History Group Cork on the history of St Anne’s Church Memorials followed by a short walk around the old graveyards to speak about some of the people buried there.

Reverend Meghan Farr will also give an update on the conservation works at St Anne’s Church.

2pm, St Anne’s Church Shandon.

Diarmuid O’Drisceoil will give a talk on the story of Beamish and Crawford Brewery.

3pm, Cork Savings Bank, 1 Lapps Quay.

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Sculptor Michael Quane will talk about his work and his field as a stone carver.

3.30pm, Cork City Library, Grand Parade.

Book launch and talk about the book ‘James Wilkinson, Cork City Librarian 1892to 1932’ by Maireád Mooney.

4.30pm, Cork City Library, Grand Parade.

Rachel Finnegan will give an illustrated talk on the Reeves Family who occupied Tramore House, Douglas during the 19^th century.

6.30pm, St Luke’s Church, Churchyard Lane, Douglas.