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Cork City Hall

Cork City Hall

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Cork City Hall

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Location: Cork, Munster, Ireland

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1. The English Market – National Monument loop from The Lough

11.5km

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2. Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral – National Monument loop from Victorian Quarter

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3. Blackrock Castle Observatory – Blackrock Village loop from Cork Kent

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September 30, 2020

The original Cork City Hall was destroyed on 11 December 1920 by the Black and Tans during the Irish War of Independence in an event known as the "Burning of Cork".[1]

Following a design competition, designs by Alfred Jones and Stephen Kelly (Jones and Kelly architects, based in Dublin) were selected, and the construction contract for the replacement civic buildings awarded to John Sisk & Son.[2][3] The foundation stone of the new City Hall building was laid by Éamon de Valera on 9 July 1932. The cost of this new building was provided by the British Government in the 1930s as a gesture of reconciliation.[4] On 24 April 1935, Cork Corporation held a meeting in the new hall for the first time. The City Hall was officially opened by de Valera on 8 September 1936.[5]

The structure's entry in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as one of the city's "monumental classical buildings" and its site as important.[6]

The building is faced with dressed limestone quarried in Little Island and includes a concert hall.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall,_Cork

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Cork City Hall

1. The English Market – National Monument loop from The Lough

2. Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral – National Monument loop from Victorian Quarter

3. Blackrock Castle Observatory – Blackrock Village loop from Cork Kent

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