Published books, newspapers, directories and other sources are available in Cork City Library, local studies department, Grand Parade, Cork http://www.corkcitylibrary.ie/ and Cork County Library, Model Farm Road, Cork corkcountylibrary@corkcoco.ie.
The National Archives of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin, has ‘Griffith’s Valuation’ c.1847-1864, the Tithe Applotment Books 1823 – 1837 and the 1901 and 1911 Census and also provides a genealogical advice service. http://www.nationalarchives.ie
Civil birth, marriage and death records are available from the General Register Office http://www.groireland.ie/.
Many parish/church records for Cork are now available on the Irish Genealogy web site http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/ .
Catholic church records are also to be found with local parishes http://www.corkandross.org/ and http://www.cloynediocese.ie/ and also in the National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/. For Church of Ireland (Anglican) parishes see the Representative Church Body Library, Dublin http://ireland.anglican.org/ For Presbyterian congregations in Cork contact Rev. John Faris jfaris@eircom.net and the Presbyterian Historical Society, Church House, Belfast.