The VRTI Goes to Cork

On 21 September 2024, Cork City Library hosted the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland in the City Library on Grand Parade in Cork for a special event: Finding Cork in the Virtual Record Treasury.

Deputy Director Dr Ciarán Wallace addressing a packed audience.

Dr Lynn Kilgallon displaying a beautiful Irish Historic Towns Atlas map of medieval Cork City.

The two sessions were fully booked out and the audience heard presentations from Helen McGonagle, Local Studies Librarian at Cork City Library, Dr Ciarán Wallace, Deputy Director of the VRTI, Dr Lynn Kilgallon, VRTI Research Fellow in Medieval History, Brian Gurrin, VRTI Research Fellow and Census Specialist, and Brian McGee, Senior Archivist at Cork City and County Archives.

Dr Brian Gurrin dissecting some census fragments.

Brian McGee of Cork City and County Archives presenting on the many resources accessible in the Archives.

The Lord Mayor of Cork Dan Boyle gave opening remarks during the first session.

Lord Mayor Dan Boyle alongside VRTI Deputy Director Ciarán Wallace and Cork City Librarian David O’Brien

Hero image: Cork Grand Parade in 1948. Source: Wikimedia Commons