SMA Folklore Project

The SMA Folklore Project is based in the SMA Folklore Office in the SMA Parish Centre, Wilton. The project is dedicated to collecting, preserving and sharing the local history and folklore of Wilton and the wider area of Cork city.

Our variety of exhibitions are available to view below:

Stories of Stone: The SMA & St Joseph’s Cemetery

Bonna Night: The Fire & Folklore of Midsummer

Shawlies of Cork City

Cork’s Influential Women of Old

Faces of Cork Part 2

The Folklore of Easter

Cork Christmas Traditions

St Brigid & the Forgotten Traditions of Her Day

Faces of Cork Part 1

Ireland’s February Saints