Florence Fulton Hobson was Ireland's first woman architect but faced many barriers in her career.

In 1915, Iris Cummins graduated as Bachelor of Engineering, with honours, becoming the first female to graduate in engineering in Cork.

The modern-day Parish of Glanmire is a union of the ancient parishes of Templeusque, Rathcooney, Dunbullogue. Kilcully and Templemichael.

The Wells Journal announced the death of Aileen [Aleen] Cust in 1937, noting that her demise ‘had robbed the ranks of women pioneers of...

Elizabeth Anne (Elise) Sandes died on 19 August 1934, a remarkable woman, and ‘for 66 years the friend of Soldiers and founder of all the...

Early Life Tom Barry, like many young Irish men joined the British Army during World War I ‘to see what war was like, to get a gun, to...

Emmet Dalton, soldier, volunteer and film producer was at Kilworth Camp, Cork, when news broke of an uprising in Dublin. Dalton and many...

The origins of 'Rebel Cork'

On 19 April 2022, the announcement was made that €85,000 is to be provided under the Community Monuments Fund to carry out conservation...

Introduction The general valuation of rateable property in Ireland is a vital resource for those researching their Irish ancestors. ...

‘If Andrew Carnegie were alive today, he would smile with pleasure on the earnestness of the efforts of philanthropists like Bill Gates,...

#Cork City and County Archives have released the gravestone inscriptions index from the Abbey Cemetery, Bantry, West Cork with the...

Two new online additions for those researching #Cork family history were announced recently. Cork City and County Archives have added...

#Onthisday 100 years ago Father James O’Callaghan was mortally wounded by Crown forces at the home of at the residence of Alderman Liam...

#Onthisday 100 years ago #Cork man William Bransfield was led from his home by four men and shot dead. The Carrigtwohill native was an...

On this day 100 years ago, brothers Patrick and Daniel Duffin were ‘slain at Belfast for Ireland – 23rd April, 1921.’

They fought together during the War of Independence, and six years after the truce, the former comrades of 1st Cork Brigade were once...

The roads of Ireland are dotted with memorials commemorating those killed during Ireland’s revolutionary period 1916 – 1923. On the...

In the early hours of Wednesday, 26 May 1920, ‘villagers, tenants and estate workers witnessed the sensational picture of’ Kilbrittain...

Terence MacSwiney, husband, father, politician and revolutionary began the last week of his life in Brixton Prison in October 1920....