One of the CFP’s founders, Professor Gearóid Ó Crualaoich during a 2025 interview
Three Decades of Preserving
Across 2026, the Cork Folklore Project is celebrating 30 years of collecting preserving and sharing the unique memories, oral heritage and folklore of Cork City and County.
What is the Cork Folklore Project?
We are a community-based non-profit, founded in 1996 in partnership with the Department of Folklore and Ethnology, UCC and Northside Community Enterprises.
What do we do?
We digitally record stories and memories from the people of Cork. Our collection holds over 1,000 hours of recordings on a range of subjects: working life, leisure, social change, health, childhood, and everyday life. We are recognised nationally and internationally for our high standard of folklore collection and dissemination.
How can you access the material?
Our full audio collection is open to the public and researchers by appointment.
You can also browse much of our material on the Online Catalogue, Memory Map, Journal and Media section on this website.
Contact Us
Phone +353 (87 9160373)
Email manager@corkfolklore.org
Office Paul St, (2nd Floor), Cork City. T12 W14H.
CFP Manager: Dr Tomás Mac Conmara
CFP Research Director: Dr Cliona O’Carroll
Social Media
facebook.com/corkfolklore
twitter @corkfolklore
instagram @corkfolklore
Cork Folklore Project Volunteer Training Workshop – November 2025
If you are interested in volunteering with the CFP, email us at manager@corkfolklore.org or ring 087 9160373
For past members of staff see Alumni and Friends