The Butter Museum, Cork – nearly 30 years of pure butter!
Lecture by
Dr Danielle O’Donovan
on
Thursday January 29 2026
at
8pm
in
Clonakilty GAA Club, Ahamilla, P85 WN84
Photo: The Butter Museum
In this talk Dr Danielle O’Donovan, the Director of Cork Butter Museum will look at the history of The Cork Butter Exchange, founded in 1769 and The Butter Museum, founded in 1997, while making butter using vintage equipment which we can all taste as part of the talk.
Danielle O’Donovan, who hails from Ardfield, is Director of The Butter Museum, Cork and Lecturer in History of Art at University College Cork. Before taking up her role at the museum she worked as a consultant for The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Heritage Council and The National Museum of Ireland. She has worked at Nano Nagle Place, for the Irish Heritage Trust and for Trinity College Dublin. Danielle likes to write about art history and local history, when time allows!
Cover charge: €5.