Another new heritage asset has been created for the town of Skibbereen by Skibbereen Heritage Centre. The 'Skibbereen Heritage Map' features over 60 sites of interest in Skibbereen with links to videos, in-depth history blogs and heritage 'snippets', all researched and compiled by staff at the heritage centre.
"We are delighted to have found this forum as a way to share the history of our town with a worldwide audience", said centre manager Terri Kearney. "Since lockdown, there has been a huge demand for online resources and we have been working hard to provide that content, digitising burial registers, making videos of local sites and now providing this heritage map".
The map is free of charge to use and can be found under the History/Articles tab of the Skibbereen Heritage Centre website www.skibbheritage.com.
As well as the history of notable buildings, the map also has links to stories about some of the people who once lived in Skibbereen – such as Walter Kindred who opened a sawmill in Ilen Street after returning from his grand tour of India in a Rolls Royce.
"We will continue to add to the map over time and we are also working hard to digitise more local burial registers and create more videos", said Terri, "We've had such positive feedback to our work from users all over the world, some of whom will, hopefully, come to visit these sites in person someday."
The website www.skibbheritage.com also has 'vintage videos' of other sites around West Cork, graveyard and Famine videos, as well as a range of other genealogy resources.
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