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Cork City is twinned with 6 cities:-

  • Cologne, Germany
  • Coventry, England
  • Rennes, France
  • San Francisco, U.S.A.
  • Swansea, Wales
  • Shanghai, China  

Cork City Council will provide grants to Cork City based groups who are willing to pursue activities to promote the twinning links between any of the twinned cities subject to certain conditions.

Application forms together with the conditions applying, are available from the Reception Desk, Cork City Council, City Hall or alternatively, may be downloaded by selecting the link below. 

Closing date for receipt of applications is 5.00p.m on Friday, 2nd March, 2012. 

Twinning Grant Application Form 2012

International Relations

Twinning

The Twinning or Sister city concept developed in Europe following the Second World War. It was seen as a way of removing old enmities which had developed in the war years and it is now grown to such an extent that it covers not just the European mainland, where it began, but also the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Asia, Africa and beyond. Cork is currently twinned with six cities:

The objective of twinning is to help develop links in many areas – cultural, educational, social, tourist, technical, scientific and economic and it is hoped that the development of such links would have benefits for all communities involved. For further details contact:

Noreen Mulcahy,
European Liasion Officer,
Cork City Council,
City Hall,
Cork .

Tel +353 (0)21 4924037
Fax +353 (0)21 4314238
email: noreen_mulcahy@corkcity.ie