Council considering signs to highlight city's historical areas

A wayfinding sign in Dillon’s Cross is to be considered under wider plans for signs across the city centre, Cork City Council has said.

At the most recent meeting of council last Monday, local Labour councillor John Maher asked the chief executive for a commitment to place a way finder sign in Dillon’s Cross promoting the historical importance of the area and recognising the existing community.

He called for them to work with the North East Local Area Committee and other relevant committees of Cork City Council, along with Failte Ireland and the National Transport Authority on the matter.

Cormac Ó Súilleabháin, the council’s director of city centre development and operations, said: “Cork City Council is currently considering draft designs for wayfinding/directional signs which could potentially be installed across the city to signpost locations of interest and historical significance.

“Rather than signpost individual destinations in isolation it is considered that a coherent network of consistent signage would be more appropriate.”

He said that a wayfinding project that delivered a network of 48 interpretative panels and 10 fingerpost signs in the city centre was completed in 2025, a project that was funded by the National Transport Authority and Fáilte Ireland.

“As no additional monies are available under the project the Council will need to seek an alternative source of funding for a supplementary scheme.

“ The Tourism Section will follow up with both the National Transport Authority and Fáilte Ireland to ascertain whether funding would be available for any newly proposed wayfinding/directional signage. It will also work with the relevant committees of council in progressing the matter.”