Archive at The Northside Folklore Project

The archive at The Northside Folklore Project contains all the material collected during the course of research and collection work. It is a substantial repository containing the following types of artefact:

Transcripts

Fieldnotes

Sound recordings/audio tapes

Visual recordings including video tape and film

Photographic collections

The archive documents the various and diverse aspects of the folklore and folklife of the people who live on the Northside of Cork city. These aspects include verbal folklore in the form of jokes, stories, riddles, songs, and music. Also included are information of the traditions and customs of urban people. Material culture is represented in the photographic collection and in a substantial collection of video tape compiled during the project's fieldwork stages.

All the archival material in the custody of The Northside Folklore Project Archive is arranged, listed and physically preserved according to archival principals. For more information on acquisition and listing, click on the following links:

Acquisition of archival material

Arrangement and listing

Finding aids and indexes