Hidden Cork
Hidden Cork

Author: Michael Lenihan

Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1856356868

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Michael Lenihan delves into the rich tapestry of Cork history to reveal some of its most bizarre events and strangest characters. From quack doctor Baron Spolasco, to the outlaw Art O Laoghaire, Cork has seen some eccentric, wonderful and downright nasty people. With revelations of mass graves in Bishop Lucey Park and how Jonathan Swift was insulted by being awarded the freedom of the city, and stories of the Gas Works' strike, Hidden Cork opens the door on history, dumps the boring bits and brings to life the flow of time through the streets of Cork.

The Churches of Cork City
The Churches of Cork City

Author: Antoin O'Callaghan

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2016-03-07

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0750968648

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The churches, chapels and meetings houses of Cork are the bedrock of the city. They represent the finest of architecture; house some of our most treasured art and their development mirrors and records the growth of the city itself. A comprehensive and accessible guide for locals, tourists and historians, this work provides a fascinating insight into the wider history of Cork for well over a thousand years.

Terrys of Cork 1600-2000
Terrys of Cork 1600-2000

Author: Kevin Terry

Publisher: Terrys of Cork

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780954740917

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This book looks at Terrys of Cork with particular reference to settlement patterns of Terrys in the City, and the Baronies of Barrymore, Cork, and Imokilly, between 1600 and 2000. This area was selected after preliminary examination found that there are instances of close and interchangeable links between urban and rural settlements of Terrys within this area. It will also examine Terrys who emigrated from Cork and settled in France, Spain, the United States, England and Australia.

Famine and Disease in Ireland
Famine and Disease in Ireland

Author: E Margaret Crawford

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-06-01

Total Pages: 2390

ISBN-13: 1000173348

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This collection contains Five volumes of reprints of contemporary works relating to the Great Famine, including writings on the medical conditions in Ireland at the time gathered from the "Dublin Journal of Medical Science" and similar publications.

The Remembrances of Elizabeth Freke 1671-1714
The Remembrances of Elizabeth Freke 1671-1714

Author: Elizabeth Freke

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780521808088

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In writing and then rewriting autobiographical remembrances recalling three decades of marriage and ensuing years of widowhood, Elizabeth Freke strikingly redefines the relationships among self, family, and patriarchy characteristic of early modern women's autobiography. Suffering and sacrifice dominate an extensive ledger of disappointment and bitterness that reveals over time the complex emotions of a Norfolk gentry woman seeking significance and even vindication in her hardships and frustrations. The infirm woman who eventually found herself utterly alone remained to the end a contentious, melodramatic, yet formidable figure - a strong-willed, even sympathetic person intent upon asserting herself against what she perceived as familial neglect and legal abuse. By making available both versions of the remembrances in their entirety, this new, multiple-text edition clarifies the refashioning inherent in each stage of writing and rewriting, recovering with unusual immediacy Freke's late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century domestic world.