Lord Mayor Launches Denny Lane Exhibition at Cork Archives Institute

Lord Mayor Cllr. Deirdre Clune launched the exhibition ‘Denny Lane (1818-1895): Renaissance Man’ at Cork Archives Institute on Friday 23rd September. The exhibition celebrates the life of Denny Lane, and the recent return to Cork of his personal archive.

Denny Lane’s family at the Cork Archives Institute at the launch of the Exhibition on 23 September 2005

The exhibition is open to the public at Cork Archives Institute, Christ Church, South Main Street, Cork from Saturday 24 September 2005 to Friday 23 December 2005, Monday – Saturday 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. (Group visits may be arranged by appointment).

The exhibition includes original and facsimile manuscripts from the personal archive of one of Cork’s most interesting historical figures. Denny Lane (1818 - 1895) was an eminent Corkman, scholar, businessman, politician and is perhaps best known in Cork for his ballad ‘Carrigdhoun’, which appeared in The Nation newspaper in 1845.

Aside from presenting the best of Lane’s personal archive, the exhibition employs photographs and illustrations sourced from the National Gallery of Ireland and Cork City Library.

At the launch on 23 September, the Lord Mayor presented bound copies of the Descriptive List of the Denny Lane Papers to Lane’s great granddaughters, Claire Heald and Anne Roche, who have ensured that these papers have been brought back to Cork for its year as Capital of Culture 2005.

The exhibition is also a way of saying ‘goodbye’ to Christ Church on South Main Street, which has served the Archives well for over 20 years, as this year sees us moving to a new purpose built facility in Blackpool, funded by the Cork City Council Capital Programme 2005.

Brian McGee,
Archivist,
Cork Archives Institute.
Tel. 021 4277809
archivist@corkcity.ie

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