Clubs, Societies, Trade Unions

Club, Society and Trade Union Archives

These archives often include members' registers, board/committee minutes, financial accounts, correspondence, and photographs. Documents relating to clubs and societies are also to be found in other types of collections, such as, personal and family papers, local government archives and business records. For a full list of these archives, do a search of our online catalogue.

Examples of some of the archives of clubs, societies and trade unions held by Cork City and County Archives

Amalgamated Engineers Union (A.E.U) 1925-1990
Ancient Order of Hibernians, Crosshaven 28 Jan 1910 - 3 May 1915
Communications Workers Union, Cork Branch (1959) 1966 - 1990
Cork Catholic Young Men's Society 1882-1960
Cork Children's Fresh Air Fund Association 1932 - 1984
Cork Civic Party 13 Jun 1946 - 28 Dec 1948
Cork Community Development Institute 1972-1996
Cork Constitution Rugby Football Club 1892-1993
Cork Coopers’ Society 1870-1965
Cork Council of Trade Unions, 1915 - 1988
Cork County Club 1837-1989
Cork County Cricket Club 1873 - 1990
Cork Grafton Club 1888-1939
Cork Industrial Development Association 1909-1919
Cork Literary and Scientific Society 1816 - c1975
Cork Master Tailors Association May 1897 - Mar 1964
Cork Mountaineering Club c 1975 - 1990
Cork Newsboys' Club 1942 - 1957
Cork Protestant Orphan Society 1855 - 1899
Cork Preservation Society 1962-1991
Cork Shakespearian Society 1894 - 1901
Cork Stonemasons Union 1882-1990
Cork Typographical Society Records 1806-1968
Cork Freemasons' Lodges, various, 1700s - 1900s (access restriction applies)
Indigent Roomkeepers Society of the City of Cork 1888, 1945-1955
Irish Guild of St.Luke and SS. Cosmas and Damian (Cork Branch) 1934-1968
Irish Medical Association Cork Branch 19 Jul 1902 - 5 Mar 1918
Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) Scrapbooks 1965-1971
Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU) Cork Branch 29 Nov 1920 - 29 Mar 1922
Irish Volunteers Cork Corps Membership 1913-14 (in the Liam de Roiste collection)
Mallow Club 1896-1908
Munster Dairy School and Agricultural Society 1809-1843
Old I.R.A. Men's Association (Cork County) (1923) 1935-1937
Operative Plasterers and Allied Trades Society (Cork Branch) 1898-1990
Richard Dowden personal archive, ephemera and records from various Cork societies and organisations- 1800s
Sick Poor Society, Cork (North Parish) 1820-2000
National Union of Sheet Metal Workers of Ireland, Cork Branch 1954-1990
Sinn Fein meeting, Macroom, Royal Irish Constabulary File 1919
Skiddy’s Alms House 5 July 1809-31 October 1843‌
Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union Records Cork Branch 1920 - 1994
Thomas Hewitt personal archive, ephemera and records from various Cork societies and organisations- 1800s