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The building was opened to the public as a city hall in roughly 1903, and a brass plaque commemorating this event is on display in the Cork Public Museum. [2] The old city hall was destroyed on 11 December 1920 by the Black and Tans during the Irish War of Independence as part of the Burning of Cork .
Cork Public Museum (Irish: Músaem Poiblí Chorcaí) [1] is a city museum in Cork, Ireland.Housed in a mid-19th century building within Fitzgerald Park in the Mardyke area of the city, [2] the museum's exhibits focus mainly on the history and archaeology of the Cork area.
Patrick Street, Cork. Photochrom print c. 1890–1900. Cork, located on Ireland's south coast, is the second largest city within the Republic of Ireland after Dublin and the third largest on the island of Ireland after Dublin and Belfast. Cork City is the largest city in the province of Munster. Its history dates back to the sixth century.
Cork City Hall. With a population of over 222,000 [5] Cork is the second-most populous city in the State and the 16th-most populous local government area. [80] Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, it was made a county borough, governed by a county borough corporation.
Fitzgerald's Park or Fitzgerald Park (Irish: Páirc Mhic Gearailt [1]) is a public park in Cork city and the location of the Cork Public Museum. [2] The park is located on the Mardyke and is a short distance from Cork city centre and University College Cork. [3]
C. City Gate Mahon; City Hall, Cork; Clayton Hotel Cork City; Collins Barracks, Cork; Cork Butter Museum; Cork City Gaol; Cork College of Commerce; Cork Courthouse, Anglesea Street
The 1878 General Prisons (Ireland) Act reorganised the prisons in Cork. The Cork City Gaol became a women's gaol (for Cork City and Cork County) and the Cork County Gaol near University College Cork became the men's gaol (for Cork City and Cork County). On the day the change came into effect, male prisoners were marched out of the Sunday's Well ...
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