This is located outside Anglesea Garda Station in Cork City. I actually took this photograph in August 2021 but for various reasons I had to delay publishing most of my photographs from that visit but the main reason was that I damaged my hard drive, by dropping it, and I could not locate the backups until a few weeks ago. During my visit I also had problems with my Sony 70-200mm lens and many of my photographs were unusable.

David O’Brien was appointed Cork City Librarian in December 2020. Previously, he has worked in the Community Section of Cork City Council where he helped direct the community element of the city’s Covid-19 response.

Originally from the Clonakilty area of West Cork, David is the 8th person in the history of the city to hold the position of Cork City Librarian.

The role of Cork City Librarian was established in 1892. Eight City Librarians have served the city of Cork.



Previous Cork City Librarians:
Liam Ronayne 2004-2020
Hanna O’Sullivan 1986-2003
Seán Bohan 1965- 1984
James Gaffney 1961-1965
Dermot Foley 1955-1960
Eugene Carberry 1933-1955
James Wilkinson 1892-1933

Cork city’s main library was housed in a variety of locations between 1892 and 1930, but when the people of Cork think of the ‘City Library’ they think of the landmark building on the Grand Parade, opened in September 1930. The construction owes much to the resilience of then city librarian James Wilkinson in the face of great adversity, in particular the destruction in 1920 of the Carnegie Free Library on Anglesea Street during the War of Independence. Wilkinson, a Yorkshireman, was Cork librarian for 40 years until his retirement in 1933.