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Great to see images we took for the Cobh Heritage Centre promoting the digitisation of memorabilia associated with Irish emigration on the front page of the Irish Examiner today.
Cobh Heritage Centre, a wonderful interpretive centre which tells the story of Irish Emigration has announced that it has digitised several artefacts following a public call out for memorabilia associated with Irish emigration. The call out resulted in artefacts from all over the world being donated to the Cobh Heritage Centre. The artefacts have been digitised and several are on display at the Cobh Heritage Centre.
A selection of these include:
- Message in a bottle – a small bottle and note thrown from the Titanic by Jeremiah Burke. The note said “From Titanic, goodbye all, Burke, Glanmire, Cork.”
- A letter written on the Titanic by Edward Colley to his cousin. The letter was posted when the Titanic arrived in Queenstown / Cobh.
- A shillelagh that belonged to an emigrant in the U.S. in the 1860s.
- A water canteen that was used in the U.S. Civil War.
- Two flags (United States and Company flag) that were hanging on the S.S. America on its last voyage into Cobh.
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Tess Dooley exploring the magic of Riverstown House, one of 45 buildings in Cork taking part in Cork Heritage Open Day
Cork Heritage Open Day which is organised by Cork City Council in partnership with the Heritage Council, is a wonderful celebration of the built heritage in the city. Cork Heritage Open Day marks the start of Heritage Week which runs from August 14 to August 23rd in Ireland.
At Lunasa PR we have project managed all of Cork Heritage Open Day and have created all the content- text and video for the website www.corkheritageopenday.ie
The website goes live on Saturday August 14 and you can view over 45 guided tours of buildings in the city, enjoy guided tours of natural heritage sites in Cork, hear interviews with local historians and watch wonderful archival footage of Cork in times gone past.
A selection of the buildings featured on the website include Riverstown House in Glanmire, the Quaker Meeting House and Graveyard, The Maryborough Hotel, Cork Opera House, The Courthouse on Washington Street, Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills, Blarney Castle, Cork City Hall, Cork Savings Bank, St Luke’s Church and Military Museum, Collins Barracks and Cork’s 96FM Broadcasting House.
Enjoy exploring and discovering the built heritage of Cork!
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Cork Heritage Open Day is an annual festival attended by 20,000 people which sees Cork’s historic buildings open their doors to the public for one day only in August. Due to Covid 19 restrictions, many of the buildings in the city were closed and Cork City Council asked us to create a virtual Cork Heritage Open Day Experience that the public could enjoy from their homes. (more…)
