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Restore Clock Tower
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A campaign to restore Cobh's Clock Tower, a listed building (https://tinyurl.com/Old-Town-Hall), owned jointly by Cork County Council and the Port of Cork.
Officials, “Let’s restore Clock Tower.”

Seven years later, @Corkcoco and @PortofCork:
July 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Not a million miles away, this clock is maintained by Stokes of Cork. Can you guess where?

All public clocks should look this good.
How about it @Corkcoco and @PortofCork?

#RestoreClockTower
#PublicClocks #LocalHeritage

Photo credit: n/a
June 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Restored buildings are:

Good for the local economy
Good for development
Good for employment
Good for community
Good for residents
Good for visitors
Good for the soul.

#RestoreClockTower
#BarryscourtCastle
#EastCork
June 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If you cover up the cracks and leave the clocks, windows and weather vane untouched, you’re only planning to do half a job.

Do it right or don’t bother at all. Half a restoration is no restoration.

@Corkcoco @PortofCork
#RestoreClockTower #Cobh #HeritageIreland
May 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Lynch’s Quay is the oldest in the town. Lord Midleton had this quay constructed in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He then....
April 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
April 11, 1912: 'Titanic' arrives at #Cobh at 11.30 a.m. & drops anchor at the mouth of the harbour. The pilots' roster is decided in Clock Tower & at 1.40 p.m., John Cotter guides the ship out & departs from 'Titanic' at Daunt Rock. #TitanicTimeline #RestoreClockTower #Titanic
April 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Good news for Shandon and the Kinsale Museum. Both have been allocated grants totalling €322,000 from the national Historic Structure Fund to restore their clocks to working order.

A Clock Tower without a working clock makes no sense.

#RestoreClockTower
April 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Pictiúr eile de chuid Robert French. Tá an radharc seo pas beag difriúil óna phictiúirí eile den 'Clock Tower'.

Cén fad eile go mbeidh orainn fanacht go mbeidh an Túr Clog chomh snasta seo arís?! Cad deir sibh Cork Co. Co. agus Port of Cork??

#RestoreClockTower
#SnaG
March 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“The dock labour is co-operative and efficient and the turn around of ships expeditious and satisfactory.”

Quiet pride on every page from a 1950s handbook. So different from the boorish corporate-speak served up to us today.

#LocalHeritage

#RestoreClockTower
March 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Everyone is talking about the exquisite restoration of Notre Dame and everyone is talking about the pitiful deterioration of Clock Tower. #RestoreClockTower. #NotreDamedeParis.

We need @OPW to come in and take over from @Corkcoco & @PortofCork. They are out of their depth.
February 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If it was up to #TidyTowns, Clock Tower would be a building to be proud of. Here they are sprucing up the sign outside.

Instead we’ve had to suffer years of Cork County Council and Port of Cork’s ownership and inaction.

#RestoreClockTower #LocalVolunteers
January 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It couldn't be easier Cork Co Co:
"Grant Alert: The Heritage Council’s Historic Towns Initiative 2025 is open for applications!
Local Authorities: Drive heritage-led regeneration in your towns.
🗓️ Deadline: Feb 15, 2024"
📖 Details: ow.ly/vXp850Unomc
#IrishHeritage #HistoricTowns #GrantOpportunities
December 9, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Sunrise at Clock Tower

Photo by Rebecca O'Donovan

#RestoreClockTower
November 29, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Well done to this year’s @cobhchronicle for an article highlighting the history & neglect of Clock Tower. Time for the owners to #RestoreClockTower

Copies winging their way to Cork County Council and Port of Cork CEOs.
November 18, 2024 at 4:25 PM