Clubs, Societies, Trade Unions

Club, Society and Trade Union Archives

These archives often include members' registers, board/committee minutes, financial accounts, correspondence, ephemera, memorabilia, and photographs. Documents relating to membership and activities of clubs and societies are also to be found in many personal and family papers. 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

Freemasons' Archives

The CCCA holds the archives from Cork city and county Freemasons' lodges, plus the archive of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Munster. Historically, the Freemasons have been active in Cork city and many county towns, from the 1700s and 1800s to the present. Records found include, for example, minute books, registers of members, bye-laws, attendance books, financial records, publications and ephemera.

Note Regarding Access: All Freemasons' lodge records are Restricted Access. The written permission of the Munster Provincial Grand Secretary, and/or the Munster Province Archivist and Librarian, is required.

Examples of Archives Held:

Bezaleel Lodge No.234 Kinsale 1877-2006 (1799-1823) U662

Bezaleel Royal Arch Chapter No.234 Kinsale 1896-1992 U632

Boyne Lodge No.385 Clonakilty 1864-1930 U661

Concord Lodge No.71 Cork City 1775- 1972 U655

Cork Council of Knight Masons No.10 1927-2005 U646

District Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Munster 1914 - 1999 U633

First Lodge of Ireland, Cork City 1726-2003 U643

George Chatterton Masonic Publications mainly 1850s and 1860s U685

Grand Lodge of Ireland Printed Archive 1839 - 2000 U628

Harmony Lodge No. 67, Cork City 1958-2002 U665

Harmony Lodge No.555 Fermoy and Cork City 1806-1999 U657

Hibernian Lodge No. 95 Cork City 1738-2007 U645

Lodge No. 156 Bandon/Kinsale 1787-1848 U668

Lodge No. 167, Bandon 1800 U670

Lodge No. 413 Bandon 1818-1830 U671

Lodge No. 528 Kinsale 1775-1792 U672

Lodge No. 68, Youghal 1836-2007 U667

Lodge No.15, Skibbereen 1817-2003 U641

Lodge No.27 Cork City 1748-2000 U650

Lodge No.84 Bandon 1738-2001 U651

Mourne Preceptory No. 1 High Knights Templar 1838 - 2005 U637

Neptune Lodge No.190, Cobh 1849-2002 U642

Prince Masons Chapter No.1, Cork 1838 - 1995 U686

Provincial Grand Lodge of Munster 1810-2007 U639

Ritual Notes Provincial Grand Lodge U678

Royal Arch Chapter No. 3 Cork City 1852 - 2002 U635

Royal Arch Chapter No. 595 Cork City 1926-1963 U634

Royal Arch Chapter No.1 Cork City 1836-1999 U644

Royal Arch Chapter No.15, Skibbereen 1859-1909 U677

Royal Arch Chapter No.190, Cobh 1918-1983 U674

Royal Arch Chapter No.379 Tralee 1864-1877 U656

Royal Arch Chapter No.555 Fermoy 1894-1953 U658

Royal Arch Chapter No.68 Youghal 1911-2018 U663

Royal Arch Chapter No.71 Cork City 1908-1994 U660

Royal Arch Chapter No.8 Cork City 1832-2000 U659

Royal Arch Chapter No.84, Bandon 1910-2007 U673

Royal Arch Chapter No.95 Cork City 1860-1994 U649

Salem Lodge No.62 Tralee 1876-1967 U653

Salem Royal Arch Chapter No.62 Tralee 1876-1973 U640

Shandon Council of Knight Masons No.37 1944-1984 U647

Shandon Preceptory of High Knights Templar, Cork City 1877-1913 U664

South Munster Provincial Grand Lodge Librarian and Archivist [2006-2009] U687

St. Fin Barre's Lodge No.209 Cork City 1918-1979 U652

St. John's 'Quis Separabit' Lodge No. 595 Cork City 1924-1996 U638

St. Patricks Lodge No.8 Cork City 1809-2006 U648

Star of the West Lodge No.130 Tralee 1894-1938 U654

Third (3rd) Lodge of Ireland Cork City 1808 - 2003 U636