'Be passionate about what you are doing': Cillian Murphy's advice to Cork girl for school project
A decade ago she sent an email to the actor asking if he would spare some time to help with her school project.
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A decade ago she sent an email to the actor asking if he would spare some time to help with her school project.
It is great to reach year 20 of the Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project! It is just slightly younger than this column but both this column, the school project and the walking tours are all about popularising more of Cork’s history and story for inter...
Cork, capital of the Rebel County, has enjoyed a long and illustrious history, and is unique among Ireland's cities in that it has experienced every phase of Irish urban development. It is a city of hills and bridges, churches and steeples, nestled around the two branches of the River Lee. Part One explores the history of Cork including its origins as an early Christian monastic centre; the creation of a Viking port and an Anglo-Norman walled town; its transformation through Georgian and Victorian times to the twentieth century and beyond. Part Two visits Cork's most interesting buildings a...