History and local traditions of Cork citizens to be preserved in online archive

Bere Island Community Archive is one of four Cork community groups to join the programme to help communities preserve their local history. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The lives and history of some of Cork’s citizens and their local traditions are set to be preserved in a special archive on a community platform that will be accessible all over the world.

Photographs, documents, personal stories, and traditions are being stored on a database after four historical groups around Cork were the latest to join the national online digital hub.