Title

Time

Venue

Children's Open Day Treasure Hunt: Enjoy a fun-filled activity with a difference and explore the old buildings of Cork in a special Historic Treasure Hunt for Kids. Fantastic prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place including Family tickets to the Pantomime “Beauty and the Beast” at the Everyman Palace Theatre and a Family Room at the Clarion Hotel. Questions will be available on the day in the participating buildings.

10am-5pm

Cork City Central Library, Grand Parade, Crawford Art Gallery, The Masonic Hall and Triskel Christchurch

Craft Fair Cork’s Alternative Market at Unitarian Church

10am-5pm

Princes Street

Shandon Historic Exhibition Exhibition of historical photos and history of the Shandon Area with PowerPoint presentation.

10am-5pm

COFFA House, Church Street, Shandon

Eyewitness: Ireland through the Lens of Colman Doyle 

10am-5.30pm

Cork City Library, Grand Parade

CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery Open Day & Exhibition

10am - 6pm

CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery

Blackpool Historical Society Photographic Exhibition of Local Schools

10am-1pm and  2.15pm-4pm

Blackpool Library, Blackpool Shopping Centre

A Walking Tour of Cork’s 20^th Century Architecture by Tom Spalding Booking Essential 021- 4279925

10.30am

Cork Vision Centre@ St Peters. Limited to first 35 people.

Guided Tour of University College Cork Boole Library 

11am

Boole Library, UCC

Guided Tour of the Buildings and Grounds of South Presentation Covent

 11am and 2pm

South Presentation Covent

Guided Tour of CIT Crawford College of Art & Design Guided Tours 

11am and 2pm

Crawford College of Art & Design

Logainmneacha agus Seanfhocail (Placenames & Proverbs) Information session on placenames & proverbs

11am-12.30pm

Gael-Taca Irish Language Information Centre, 22 Sullivan’s Quay

Medieval re-enactments & displays of weaponry

11am-4pm

Bishop Lucey Park, Grand Parade

Guided Tour of the Medieval City with City Archaeologist Ciara Brett

2pm

Meet at gates of Bishop Lucey Park, Grand Parade.

Lifetime Lab Water Open Day.

11am-4pm

Lifetime Lab, Lee Road

Display of History of Scouting from 1910 to present

11am-3pm

37^th Scout Hall, Tramore Road, Togher

Children's Nature Hunt – Discover the trees, birds and bugs in the heart of Cork City

11.30am

Fitzgerald Park – Meet at Main Gate

Guided Tours of Blackrock Castle Telescope Tower and Dungeons at 11.00 am, 11.30 am and 12.00 pm. Theatrical guided tour at 12.30 pm. Please note that capacity for each tour will be 40 people.

11am-1pm

Blackrock Castle Observatory

Guided Tours of Fota House, Fota Island, Carrigtwohill, Co.Cork Booking Essential evelyn@irishheritagetrust.ie

11.30am, 1pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm

Fota House

Guided Tours of Cork Circuit Court House

11.45am,12.30pm and 1.15pm

Cork Circuit Court House

Guided “Behind the Scenes” Tour of Everyman Palace Theatre. Booking Essential 021 - 4501673 

12noon

Everyman Palace Theatre Booking essential 021-4501673

Guided Tours of Triskel Christchurch. Booking Essential 021 - 4272022

12noon and  2pm

Triskel Christchurch.  Booking essential 021-4272022

The Cork Coal Quay Festival 2011: A Celebration of music, story, poetry, photography & theatrical performances

12noon-6pm

Middle Parish Community Centre, Grattan Street

Active Pulse present “Stories by the Lee: Growing up in Cork 1950’s to the 1970’s”

1pm

Cork City Central Library, Grand Parade

Lewis Glucksman Gallery UCC Guided Tour

1pm

Lewis Glucksman Gallery, UCC

Guided “Behind the Scenes” Tour of Cork Opera House

1pm, 2pm and 3pm

Cork Opera House

An Exhibition of Fresh Memory Map Stories See & hear new stories collected during Heritage Week for the Cork Memory Map.

1pm to 6pm

Civic Trust House

Beware of the Greeks Bearing Gifts History & story-telling of the impact of the Greeks & Romans on Western European Art

Guided Tours 1.15pm and 3.15pm

Crawford Art Gallery

Cork Canoe Challenge Team relay canoeing challenge in aid of the Diabetes Federation of Ireland 

1:30pm-4pm

Crosses Green by French’s Quay, Cork

Guided Tour of Cork City Hall & Council Chambers. Booking essential 021 -4924717

1.30pm

Cork City Hall.

Cork Victoria Crosses of the Great War Tales of Sacrifice & Courage during World War 1 by historian Gerry White

2pm-4pm

Bishopstown Library, Wilton, Cork

2pm-5pm

St. Finbarr’s Scout Hall, Upr Doyle Rd, Friar’s Walk

An Exhibition of Patrick Galvin's "The Madwoman of Cork" printed on lithographs

2pm-6pm

Cork Arts Theatre

Walking Tour of the Old City Tour with local historian Liam O hUigín

3.15pm

Depart at South Gate Bridge

Buildings & Their Occupants Tour examining the commonplace object

3.15pm

Crawford Art Gallery