Writing this as the annual tour for Hardcore Cork is fully booked! 2025 will be the third year in a row that this tour goes ahead as part of Heritage Week, and it’s my favourite way of promoting Cork’s geological history.

It’s been an absolute pleasure preparing and re-researching for this one while bracing for a relaunch of Hardcore Cork with new content. New items includes these postcards that I only printed a limited number of – you may get your hands on them at the City Library, City Council or a select few cafés in town.

Genuinely grateful to Geological Survey Ireland and Cork City Council for the funding to realise this, to the researchers at UCC for their time, to local experts for the chats and to Aude Cincotta for trusting me with continuing this project.

Thank you so much if you’re registered for this Saturday August the 16th and see you there!