National Heritage Week 2026 at Cork City and County Archives Service
Genealogy and Archives Day
@ Cork City and County Archives Service, 32 Great William O'Brien Street, Cork.
Weds. 19th August 2026
Illustrated talks by archivists and historians on genealogical and local history including Cork workhouse records, school records and the history of the famous U.S. revolutionary Stephen Moylan and family from Cork.
Speakers:
Brian McGee, Senior Archivist: 'Workhouse Records, School Records, and Other Genealogical Sources in the Cork City and County Archives'
Michelle O'Mahony, Historian, OM Consulting - "If the Walls Could Talk- Life in Cork Union Workhouse"
Hannah Lynch, Assistant Archivist: The Records of the Cork Wide Streets Commissioners.
Dr. Mervyn O'Driscoll, Historian, UCC: TBC
Michelle O'Mahony, 'The Moylan Family of Cork' the contributions of the Moylan brothers, from Blarney Street, to the formative years of the USA.
10.30am to 4.00pm
Light lunch provided
Places limited, booking essential
(Note that booking is open from 27th July only)
Email archivist@corkcity.ie