Congratulations to the Transition Year Heritage Class – winners of the Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2014

We are delighted to announce that the Transition Year Heritage Class has won the Senior Class Category of the Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2014

The project was entitled ‘The City is the Heart and the People are the Pulse’ and was accompanied by an excellent documentary edited by Catriona Meehan & Introduction by Lauren McDonnell

Cork city is one of the oldest in Ireland and has a rich and nuanced history spanning 13 centuries. Today it is an eclectic city where 18th century townhouses share a skyline with the towering Elysian. The glass-fronted Opera House reflects the antique façades of the red-bricked Civic Trust House and the Columns of St Mary Church. The colourful tapestry of our urban landscape has been created by generations of different hands. Cork also has a significant cultural heritage contributed to by the vibrant artistic communities, the musicians, the poets, the historians, the sportspeople and the merchants.

Like Cork city’s own diverse landscape, our class is comprised of 25 girls with different interests and aptitudes, backgrounds and experiences. Therefore, rather than focusing on one specific aspect, we chose to research different elements of Cork’s long history and then come together to create a collective tribute to our city’s Heritage.

The project consisted of six chapters, each on a different element of our city’s diverse heritage. Karina Doody and Rachel O’Connor’s chapter was on the The Bridges of Cork: Fiona McGuckin, Sarah Carroll , Jennifer Osborne , Aoibhinn O’Riordan & Aoife Burke’s chapter on Patrick Street:  Anna McCarthy, Grainne Morgan, Hayley Lenihan, Katie Horgan, Essie O’Connell researched Cork Sport Through the Ages.  Ciara Desmond, Tegan Dunlea, Meg Haugh & Catriona Meehan examined the history of Theatre in Cork, and Emma  Curran, Maeve Wrixon, Muireann O’Riordan, Amy Kelleher, Lorna Hickey &  Sinead Mills explored the history of Fashion through the Ages:

 Well done girls it’s an excellent achievement.

Watch out for the upcoming display by the Heritage on the History of St Angela’s College.