Officials, โLetโs restore Clock Tower.โ
Seven years later, @Corkcoco and @PortofCork:
@restoreclocktower.bsky.social
A campaign to restore Cobh's Clock Tower, a listed building (https://tinyurl.com/Old-Town-Hall), owned jointly by Cork County Council and the Port of Cork.
Officials, โLetโs restore Clock Tower.โ
Seven years later, @Corkcoco and @PortofCork:
Not a million miles away, this clock is maintained by Stokes of Cork. Can you guess where?
All public clocks should look this good.
How about it @Corkcoco and @PortofCork?
#RestoreClockTower
#PublicClocks #LocalHeritage
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Restored buildings are:
Good for the local economy
Good for development
Good for employment
Good for community
Good for residents
Good for visitors
Good for the soul.
#RestoreClockTower
#BarryscourtCastle
#EastCork
A New Harbour Hub Terminus for Lynchโs Quay.
Is this enough motivation @PortofCork and @Corkcoco ?
#RestoreClockTower
#ReduceCarUse
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
If you cover up the cracks and leave the clocks, windows and weather vane untouched, youโre only planning to do half a job.
Do it right or donโt bother at all. Half a restoration is no restoration.
@Corkcoco @PortofCork
#RestoreClockTower #Cobh #HeritageIreland
..... leased it to a Mr. William Lynch and it became known as Lynchโs Quay. The same family held the lease until 1829.โ from 'History of Cobh' by Mary Broderick. #LocalHistory #RestoreClockTower
๐ธby Kieran MacKessy
โLynchโs Quay is the oldest in the town. Lord Midleton had this quay constructed in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He then....
24.04.2025 10:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0April 11, 1912: 'Titanic' arrives at #Cobh at 11.30 a.m. & drops anchor at the mouth of the harbour. The pilots' roster is decided in Clock Tower & at 1.40 p.m., John Cotter guides the ship out & departs from 'Titanic' at Daunt Rock. #TitanicTimeline #RestoreClockTower #Titanic
11.04.2025 14:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Good news for Shandon and the Kinsale Museum. Both have been allocated grants totalling โฌ322,000 from the national Historic Structure Fund to restore their clocks to working order.
A Clock Tower without a working clock makes no sense.
#RestoreClockTower
Here is the latest update. No thanks to โslap dashโ restoration:
m.independent.ie/regionals/co...
Here is the latest update. No thanks to โslap dashโ restoration:
m.independent.ie/regionals/co...
Pictiรบr eile de chuid Robert French. Tรก an radharc seo pas beag difriรบil รณna phictiรบirรญ eile den 'Clock Tower'.
Cรฉn fad eile go mbeidh orainn fanacht go mbeidh an Tรบr Clog chomh snasta seo arรญs?! Cad deir sibh Cork Co. Co. agus Port of Cork??
#RestoreClockTower
#SnaG
โThe dock labour is co-operative and efficient and the turn around of ships expeditious and satisfactory.โ
Quiet pride on every page from a 1950s handbook. So different from the boorish corporate-speak served up to us today.
#LocalHeritage
#RestoreClockTower
Everyone is talking about the exquisite restoration of Notre Dame and everyone is talking about the pitiful deterioration of Clock Tower. #RestoreClockTower. #NotreDamedeParis.
We need @OPW to come in and take over from @Corkcoco & @PortofCork. They are out of their depth.
Dublin Port doesnโt forget its roots. It works with local groups to highlight the port's history, has a full time Heritage Director & has published a comprehensive Conservation Strategy.
@PortofCork doesn't even try.
#RestoreClockTower #Heritage #Cork.
Click here: issuu.com/dublinportco...
Spitbank lighthouse #Cobh
A screw-pile #lighthouse which marks a shallow sand bank in Cork Harbour.
Built by the blind Irish engineer Alexander Mitchell, who pioneered the screw-pile technology.
๐ท๐ทโ๏ธ
corkcoast.com/photos/coast...
#speirgorm #coast #corkCoast #ireland #irish #maritimeCork #cork
If it was up to #TidyTowns, Clock Tower would be a building to be proud of. Here they are sprucing up the sign outside.
Instead weโve had to suffer years of Cork County Council and Port of Corkโs ownership and inaction.
#RestoreClockTower #LocalVolunteers
It couldn't be easier Cork Co Co:
"Grant Alert: The Heritage Councilโs Historic Towns Initiative 2025 is open for applications!
Local Authorities: Drive heritage-led regeneration in your towns.
๐๏ธ Deadline: Feb 15, 2024"
๐ Details: ow.ly/vXp850Unomc
#IrishHeritage #HistoricTowns #GrantOpportunities
Sunrise at Clock Tower
Photo by Rebecca O'Donovan
#RestoreClockTower
Well done to this yearโs @cobhchronicle for an article highlighting the history & neglect of Clock Tower. Time for the owners to #RestoreClockTower
Copies winging their way to Cork County Council and Port of Cork CEOs.