City Hall, Cork

The City Hall, Cork (Irish: Halla na Cathrach, Corcaigh) is a civic building in Cork, Ireland which houses the administrative headquarters of Cork City Council.

City Hall, Cork
Halla na Cathrach, Corcaigh
Cork City Hall, as viewed from Lapp's Quay
General information
Address	Albert Quay
Town or city	Cork
Country	Ireland
Coordinates	51.8971°N 8.4654°W / 51.8971; -8.4654
Construction started	1932
Completed	1936
Design and construction
Architect	Alfred Jones Stephen Kelly
Main contractor	John Sisk & Son

The original Cork City Hall was destroyed on 11 December 1920 by the Black and Tans during the Irish War of Independence in an event known as the "Burning of Cork".[1]

Following a design competition, designs by Alfred Jones and Stephen Kelly (Jones and Kelly architects, based in Dublin) were selected, and the construction contract for the replacement civic buildings awarded to John Sisk & Son.[2][3] The foundation stone of the new City Hall building was laid by Éamon de Valera on 9 July 1932. The cost of this new building was provided by the British Government in the 1930s as a gesture of reconciliation.[4] On 24 April 1935, Cork Corporation held a meeting in the new hall for the first time. The City Hall was officially opened by de Valera on 8 September 1936.[5]

The structure's entry in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as one of the city's "monumental classical buildings" and its site as important.[6]

The building is faced with dressed limestone quarried in Little Island and includes a concert hall.

A major extension was completed by ABK Architects in 2007 and opened that year.[7]