Exhibitions
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MAY /JUNE
Bishopstown Library May | No longer Forgotten: Cork Women of the Revolution This exhibition remembers the contribution made by Cork women during the revolution. June | Diarmuid’s World : The art of Diarmuid Moynihan Enjoy perusing Diarmuid’s beautiful art. Bryan, presenting portraits she undertook during the summer of 2023 with residents and volunteers at Cork Simon Community. Launch Wednesday June 5th at 6.00 pm. June | Winners of Make a Model Boat May and June | Historic Maps of Cork. With the highly anticipated launch of the Irish Historic Town Atlas of Cork, view some of the city’s historic maps from the Local Studies and Learning collection. Maps are among the most important sources for tracing the development of a city through time. The geography of Cork city is unusual. The centre of the city is built on what was a series of marshy lands in the tidal estuary of the river Lee. Many of the main streets were formed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries when the waterways between the islands were arched over with culverts carrying the water which still flows under the streets of the city. Local Studies and Learning Department, City Library. All welcome to view. June | An exhibition by artist Marie Competition – Cork Harbour Festival 2024 at The Children’s and Young People’s Library, The City Library.
The City Library
May | Two Photographers, One Story by Artem Trofimenko and Hermann Marbe and Botanical Adventures in Analogue Photography by Ashleigh Ellis in collaboration with Willie Farr and Herman Marbe. Presented by the Slow Camera Exchange. theslowcameraexchange.com May | Gladys Leach. View the beautiful drawings of Gladys Leach, a beloved Cork artist who specialised in line drawings of gracious historic buildings. The exhibition includes her collection of 8 drawings commemorating the 800 years of Cork’s Charter as a city ‘A Portrait of Cork, 1985’ and the 1974 limited edition book of her Cork drawings ‘The Scenery and Character of Cork’. The drawings are accompanied by text by Sean Feehan, each description full of fascinating snippets about specific buildings. May and June | The Stanford Centenary Celebrations and its Cork Connections. This exhibition celebrates the Charles Villiers Stanford centenary. Charles Villers Stanford was a prolific Anglo-Irish composer. The exhibition highlights one of his operas based in a fictional west Cork village, named Shamus O’Brien. The main female role in this opera was given to Cork soprano, Kate ‘Birdie’ Conway known as the ‘Cork Nightingale’ internationally. A focus will be given to this extraordinary woman in the exhibition, who went on to become one of the founding members of Cumann na mBan. May and June | Grief’s Broken Brow. We are delighted to exhibit this fine press book featuring poetry and art inspired by archival material and artefacts from the War of Independence or the Civil War. The book was part of Poetry as Commemoration, a UCD Library project, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media under the Decade of Centenaries programme 2012-2023, a project in which Cork City Libraries took part. May and June | Leeside Lingo! - an exhibition of language reading materials and resources for Children and Young People at The Children’s and Young People’s Library, The City Library.
Blackpool Library
May and June | Beatha agus buanna Phádraic Uí Chonaire. The life and literary legacy of Pádraic Ó Conaire. This exhibition considers the historical and literary importance of Ó Conaire’s Seacht mbua an éirí amach. It also discusses Ó Conaire’s life and other works. May and June | Ár seoda leabhar Gaeilge. To coincide with our Pádraig Ó Conaire exhibition, come and see a display of his work (among others) taken from our collection of rare Irish language books.
Blarney Library
May | Scenes of Blarney - An exhibition of work by local artist Anne Gabriel. June | Our Place Our Space a photographic exhibition from Blarney Library Patrons.
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