Facts and Figures
- Number of library buildings: 10
- Library Link van: 1
- Total library stock, including e-sock on 23 July 2025: 628,368 items
- Bookfund 2025: €400,200
- City Council per capita budget for book purchase 2025: €1.79
- Number of visits to Cork City Libraries 2024: 954,847
- Number of items borrowed from Cork City Libraries 2024: 849,415
- Number of registered members on 31 December 2024: 37,149
- Number of PC sessions booked 2024: 57,311
- Total number of events in all libraries 2024: 4,358
- Number of public-access computer workstations with Internet: 81
- Amazing staff: 101
Most borrowed items 2024
Once Was a Boy by Theo Dorgan was the most borrowed book by patrons of Cork City Libraries in 2024, borrowed 202 times. This was also our One City One Book title for 2024. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the deep end by Jeff Kinney was the most borrowed children’s title, borrowed 190 times