Pocket-sized guide to city’s landmark buildings launched

A GUIDE to Cork city’s landmark 20th century buildings was launched last night.

The doyenne of Irish food, Myrtle Allen, launched the booklet, which takes readers on a tour of some of the city’s finest buildings constructed between 1900 and 1998.

Ms Allen’s family has a rich background in architecture. Her father, architect Henry Hill, designed two of the southern capital’s best-known buildings – the College of Commerce on Morrison’s Island and the beautiful AIB building at 66 South Mall.