Talk:Cork Institute of Technology

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Contents 1 Merge idea 2 Established Date 3 'Friendly rivalry' reference 4 Proposed merge

[edit] Merge idea

The page Cork School of Music should be merged here, as it is just a constituent school of CIT. Stifle (talk) 13:36, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree, no problems here, the CIT page could benefit from it. -Ablaze (talk) 19:30, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Since there was no objection over the course of 10 days, I've gone ahead and merged. Stifle (talk) 14:53, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Established Date

Anyone know what the exact date CIT was established? The article says opened in 1973 and established in 1974. The Regional Technical College article say 1974 as well. --Ablaze (talk) 08:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Very difficult to determine. Even a intensive check of the Oireachtas debates does not clear up the matter, and I suspect that the lack of clarity is due the college not been opened on time and/or partially opened perhaps off site (thats my impression of the debates). Anybody got access to the colleges or a public library in Cork, could be worth checking. Djegan 13:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'Friendly rivalry' reference

In this short article, a reference was made to a 'Friendly rivary' existing between CIT and nearby UCC. However, this comment does not feature on the UCC article. In fact, the two colleges are located sevral miles apart, on opposite sides of Cork city, adn have very little contact with each other. I therefore suggest that this reference be removed. Dee101 20:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Djegan 21:09, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

The fact is that there is a friendly rivalry between the two colleges. Cork is a small city, and because there is only the two of them, the rivalry exists. They have contact with each other with sports events and other events. Also a lot of people who go to CIT know and visit people/friends in UCC, after all it is on the number 5 bus route into town! Saying that they have very little contact with each other would untrue. --Ablaze (talk) 06:55, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merge

I think the two articles should not be merged. Would merging Cork School of Music (in its present form) overwhelm this article? I think so. Indeed if we were merging on the basis of article size then we would be merging to Cork School of Music, not that I am proposing that. In any case Cork School of Music is one of the few music schools in Ireland.

What would be an excellent idea is increasing the size and quality of this article, particularily on background and history. Djegan (talk) 23:02, 8 April 2008 (UTC)