Maps and Local History Exhibition

Local Studies, Cork County Council Library is delighted to display the Royal Irish Academy’s exhibition titled ''Mapping Urban Ireland: an exhibition of historical maps of Irish cities and towns'' as part of our exhibition for Heritage Week 2024. This exhibition also explores the history of Cork’s unique cultural landscape through a series of historical maps.

To complement this exhibition, the Local Studies Library will showcase items from our own map collections including an early edition of the book 'Maps of the Roads of Ireland Surveyed 1777' by Taylor and Skinner, published in 1778.
The exhibition also includes information on the Down Survey (1656-58), the Ordnance Survey (1824-1846), the Standish Barry Estate Map of 1846 and the 1860s Bandon Town Map.

Venue: LHQ Gallery, Cork County Council Library & Arts Service, County Library Building, Carrigrohane Road, Cork T12 K335

The exhibition will be on display for Heritage Week from Monday 19th to Friday 23rd August and it will continue until August 30th.The exhibition will be open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm.

All welcome. No booking required.