Fonds N18 - The Firkin Crane Papers

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Cote

IE 2135 NDAI N18

Titre

The Firkin Crane Papers

Date(s)

  • 1991-2007 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

66 items

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Nom du producteur

(Established in 1992)

Histoire administrative

Firkin Crane, one of Cork City’s landmark buildings, was designed in 1855 by Sir John Benson to meet the needs of the city’s thriving butter market. Following the closure of this trade in 1924, the building acted as a margarine factory. It was later acquired by Joan Denise Moriarty with the financial assistance of the Arts Council to have it refurbished as a home for her professional dance company. During the refurbishment, the building was gutted by fire. It was subsequently restored with support from Cork City Council, the Irish Government, the European Union, Irish businesses, multi-national corporations and the Irish American Fund, and re-opened in 1992 as a centre dedicated to dance, living theatre, concerts, opera, art exhibitions, poetry readings and a variety of sound, visual and multimedia arts. Until 2006, Firkin Crane was also the location of the Institute for Choreography and Dance (ICD), directed by Mary Brady, which aimed to stimulate choreographic practice and dance research as a means of dance development. It provided space for interchange between choreographers to examine issues, work methodologies and goals particular to each, in a practice-centred environment. Today, Firkin Crane provides a supportive environment for professional artists in the form of a professional residency programme, Blank Canvas.

Histoire archivistique

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Donated by Paul McCarthy on behalf of Firkin Crane to the National Dance Archive of Ireland on 21 June 2011.

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Portée et contenu

Posters and other promotional material reflecting dance culture in Cork City and the wide variety of dance performances at Firkin Crane and other venues.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

All records have been retained except for two photocopies which have been destroyed.

Accruals

Further accruals are likely.

System of arrangement

The documents have been arranged chronologically by date.

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Conditions d’accès

Unrestricted access to all items.

Conditions governing reproduction

Standard copyright regulations apply to all items. For photocopying or reproducing material, please consult with the staff.

Language of material

  • anglais

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

    Paper documents in good condition.

    Finding aids

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    Existence and location of originals

    Existence and location of copies

    Related units of description

    Library and archive resources, including a large video and film archive, are held at Firkin Crane, John Redmond Street, Cork.

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    Mots-clés - Sujets

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    Rules and/or conventions used

    This description follows guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd edition, 2000, Irish Guidelines for Archival Description, 2009, National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 and EAP Guidance on Data Protection for Archive Services, 2018.

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        Archivist's note

        Papers arranged and described by Anna-Maria Hajba in August 2012 and revised in April 2020.

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