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Cork's Counting House Bought for €35m as Council Plans New 'World-Class' Library

The €35 million project will add 300 study spaces and performance areas, and council officials say it will open sooner than a new-build library.

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The building was previously incorporated into plans for the Cork Events Centre

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Irish TimesIrish Times
Lean Left

Cork’s Counting House complex to house new city library after €35m purchase

Former Beamish and Crawford site will replace existing Grand Parade library, which opened in 1930

·Dublin, Ireland
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The JournalThe Journal
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Cork's historic Counting House to be reborn as new city library after €35m council purchase

The €35 million acquisition by Cork City Council will replace the existing library in Grand Parade.

·Ireland
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Irish ExaminerIrish Examiner
Lean Left

Cork public library set for Counting House complex after €35m purchase

Counting House complex 'emerged as the most affordable, lowest risk, and best performing option'

·Ireland
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Cork's Counting House bought for €35m as council plans new 'world-class' library

The building was previously incorporated into plans for the Cork Events Centre

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Council buys former Beamish & Crawford brewery building for use as new Library | TheCork.ie (News & Entertainment)

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corkbeo.ie broke the news on Monday, May 11, 2026.
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