Original Lord Mayor charter returned to city

THE original legal charter conferring the title of Lord Mayor on the head of Cork City Council has been returned to the city where it is being put on public display.

The manuscript parchment document, dating to July 1900, has been presented to Lord Mayor Donal Counihan by Professor Timothy Counihan and his son Michael Counihan, SC.

The first city mayor to receive the honour was Sir Daniel Hegarty, who had helped to greet Queen Victoria on her second visit to Ireland, in 1900, and who is mentioned specifically in the text of the charter.