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Maps, Plans and Drawings

Most of map/plan/drawing collections listed below are in hard copy format and may be accessed by appointment in our research room. For a full listing, do a search of our online catalogue or request listings by email to archivist@corkcity.ie 

City of Cork Civil Survey 1924-1925
City of Cork Civic Survey 1924-1925

Local Government and Ordnance Survey Maps

City Engineer OS Maps (1869) 1893 - 1934 (1951)

City of Cork Civic Survey maps, 1924-1925

Ordnance Survey 5 inch Town Plan of Cork City  (Beamish and Crawford Collection) 1871 (Surveyed 1869) Inscribed 1880s-1900

Cork County Council, Planning Department, Planning Policy Unit, National Monuments Records, 1840-1999

Building Control, Cork City Council, maps, plans, drawings (1840s) 1900s. 

Cork Wide Streets Commissioners, maps, plans, drawings, c1820s-1840s

Ordnance Survey Maps of Cork East and West Riding, 1841

Portion of OS Map Cork City 1934
Portion of OS Map Cork City 1934

Architectural or Engineering Plans and Drawings

Chillingworth and Levie architectural drawings (1899) 1911 - 1972

City Architects Department drawings, mainly housing, 1970s-1990s

City of Cork Steampacket Co. Plans, Drawings, and Photographs, 1888 - 1951 (1853, 1855) 

Cork City Gaol, Sunday's Well, Cork, plan drawing, 1926/1931

Cork City Hall architectural drawings c1920s-1970s

Cork County Hall architectural drawings c1950s, 1960s

Cork District Lunatic Asylum South Elevation Drawing, 1847

Electricity Supply Board, Customer and Connection Drawings Volumes, Cork City. c1900-1950

English Market Architectural Drawing, 1956

Former Lee Boot Factory, Washington Street, Cork, Historic Building Record and Drawings, 2022

Institution of Engineers of Ireland Research Collection (1851) 1952, c.1975 – c.1985

New Cork Public Library, Grand Parade, 1927

Samuel F. Hynes collection - churches, 1890s - 1922

Youghal Gaol Drawings and Specifications- Pain Brothers and others, 1825-1831

Cork City Hall elevation drawing c1930
Cork City Hall elevation drawing c1930

Estate Maps

Bauravilla (near Skibbereen), map, 1854

Bishop's Palace Demense, St Finbarre's Cathedral, Maps, 1794, 1797

Castle Hyde Estate, Rental and Particulars of Sale, 1851

Earl of Egmont Estate, Kanturk maps 1737, 1756, 1824

Frank Feeney Maps Collection, 1830-1836 (mid 1900s, 1990)

Longfield Castlemary Estate survey, 1865

Templebodan, near Midleton, 1785

Viscount Midleton estate report, 1850

Waterview Estate Passage West, 1874

Other Maps/Drawings

Paddy O'Keeffe Map Collection, copies, mainly West Cork, 1500s-1960s 

Cork City OS Map inscribed by Robert Walker, c1860-1910 [1595-1915]

Daniel MacCarthy Glas collection, drawings, 1820-1866

South Mall and Grand Parade, Cork. Large watercolour drawing/painting. Mid 1800s

For a full listing, do a search of our online catalogue.