‘We were always here’: Cork Public Museum opens permanent LGBT history exhibition

New exhibition traces Cork’s LGBTQ history through original documents, objects and personal stories spanning decades of activism and social change
Daniel Breen, curator, Cork Public Museum; James Furey, digital archivist, Cork LGBT Archive; Orla Egan, exhibition curator and founder of Cork LGBT Archive; El Egan Morley, Cork LGBT Archive; Richard Keyes McDonnell, Cork LGBT Archive; Jessica Cull, Cork Public Museum, Mera Qamar, Cork Public Museum.

Daniel Breen, curator, Cork Public Museum; James Furey, digital archivist, Cork LGBT Archive; Orla Egan, exhibition curator and founder of Cork LGBT Archive; El Egan Morley, Cork LGBT Archive; Richard Keyes McDonnell, Cork LGBT Archive; Jessica Cull, Cork Public Museum, Mera Qamar, Cork Public Museum.

Wed, 19 Aug, 2026 - 11:30
Amy Campbell

Cork Public Museum has announced the opening of its latest exhibition, We Were Always Here – Cork LGBT History.

The exhibition is a collaboration between the museum and the Cork LGBT Archive and will open to the public today.

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