A Snapshot of Corca Dhuibhne launched

19 Dec 2024

A Snapshot of Corca Dhuibhne, a new online archive of photographs from the community of Corca Dhuibhne over the last 100 years, is now available to everyone. Ruth Uí Ógáin from CFCD, and a past student of the Department of Digital Humanities UCC, came up with the idea to collect and catalogue the photos and is currently working on the ongoing project.

This project, Blaiseadh de Chorca Dhuibhne, was undertaken by Comharchumann Forbartha Chorca Dhuibhne (CFCD) and received funding from the Heritage Council’s Community Grant Scheme. To date, over 400 photographs have been contributed to the archive by the public and around half of these have now been scanned, uploaded and catalogued with the relevant searchable metadata. This is an ongoing project and CFCD hope to continue adding to the collection in the future. CFCD also hope that the public, especially the people of Corca Dhuibhne, can assist if they have further information regarding any of the photographs and each photo has the facility to submit corrections and suggestions. This project is of particular importance and has two main functions. Firstly, it has allowed the public to loan their personal photographs for scanning and archiving, thus ensuring that there will be a permanent record of their own personal treasures and memories. Secondly, these important visual artefacts, which reflect the social history of the peninsula over the past century, have now been archived and made available to researchers, historians, anthropologists or anyone interested in them. CFCD would like to thank all those who supported this important initiative and especially the generous community of Corca Dhuibhne.

Blaiseadh de Chorca Dhuibhne Tá cartlann nua ar líne de ghrianghraif ó phobal Chorca Dhuibhne le céad bliain anuas ar fáil do chách anois. Is tionscadal é seo ó Chomharchumann Forbartha Chorca Dhuibhne (CFCD) a fuair maoiniú ón Scéim Deontais Pobail na Comhairle Oidhreachta. Go dtí seo, tá os cionn 400 grianghraf bronnta ag an bpobal ar an gcartlann agus leath dóibh seo scanáilte, uaslódáilte agus cláraithe leis na meiteashonraí cuí agus inchuardaithe ar an suíomh. Is tionscadal leanúnach é seo agus súil ag CFCD go gcuirfear leis an gcnuasach amach anseo. Tá súil ag CFCD go gcabhróidh an pobal leo chomh maith, go háirithe muintir Chorca Dhuibhne, má tá eolas breise acu maidir le haon ghrianghraf agus tá boscaí moltaí ann chuige seo. Is í Ruth Uí Ógáin ó CFCD agus iarscoláire de chuid Roinn na nDaonnachtaí Digiteacha UCC, a tháinig suas leis an smaoineamh agus atá i mbun oibre faoi láthair ar an gcartlann. Tá tábhacht ar leith ag baint leis an dtogra seo agus dhá fheidhm ag baint leis. Sa chéad áit, tá CFCD ag soláthar deis agus áit shábháilte don bpobal dá gcuid grianghraif phearsanta chun iad a chaomhnú agus chun go mbeidh taifead inaimsithe coimeádta dóibh. Sa tarna háit, tá na seoda luachmhara seo, a léiríonn stair shóisialta na leithinise le céad bliain anuas, caomhnaithe agus curtha ar fáil do thaighdeoirí, stairithe, antraipeolaithe nó d’éinne gur suim leo iad. Ba mhaith le CFCD buíochas ó chroí a ghabháil le gach éinne a thug tacaíocht don dtogra seo agus go háirithe le pobal flaithiúil Chorca Dhuibhne.