Launch of Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 31 Cork/Corcaigh

The celebration of the launch of Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 31 Cork/Corcaigh by H.B. Clarke and Máire Ní Laoi took place in Cork City Hall on Tuesday 14 May and continued with the IHTA Seminar ‘Marshland to Metropolitan City’ on Wednesday 15 May in the former Cork Savings Bank on Lapp’s Quay. 

Lord Mayor, Cllr Kieran McCarthy officially launched Cork/Corcaigh in the atrium of Cork City Hall. A proud Corkman, he gave the audience a real flavour of the importance of Cork as an historical city and described the atlas as a ‘decoder key to the past’. Congratulatory speeches were given by Professor Pat Guiry, President of the Royal Irish Academy, Michael Potterton, Chair of the IHTA editorial board and Maynooth University and Howard Clarke. Read more about the atlas in Echo Live by Sarah Gearty.

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IHTA Seminar 2024 - Marshland to Metropolitan City - Cork through the Irish Historic Towns Atlas

The following day, the annual IHTA Seminar was based on the Cork/Corcaigh atlas and took place in the UCC Centre for Executive Education (formerly the Cork Savings Bank). There was plenty of discussion over various elements of Cork’s long history – from the initial physical development to the military landscapes, to acquisitions in Cork’s cultural and educational repositories, the detangling of the Nano Nagle convent site and development of convents, the extensive printing trade, an analysis on the complex layers of street name changes, the memories and social history of Blackpool and the suggestion of a smell map, architectural built heritage and the fascinating industries of Cork city from 1750 to 1930s. The day was packed with ideas, images and maps of Cork, which was summarised by some observations at the end of the day by author Howard Clarke.