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• The Archives is jointly funded by Cork City Council, Cork County Council, and University College Cork. In 1971, these 3 bodies established the Archives as one of the first archives services in Ireland.
• Our new purpose built Archives building opened in 2006 in Blackpool, Cork City.
• The Archives was formerly named Cork Archives Institute and was previously based at Christ Church, South Main Street, Cork City. The Christ Church building is no longer in use by the Archives.
• The day to day operation of the Archives is carried out by Cork City Council. Since 1994, it has been a function of Local Government to make arrangements for the proper management, custody,  care and conservation of local records and local archives and for the inspection by the public of local archives.
• The Archives is managed by a professional archivist and is overseen by an Executive Committee which includes the Archivist/Secretary, the Librarians of Cork City and Cork County, and the Librarian of U.C.C.