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Cork gets its name from the marsh on which the city is built.
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Irish, Language, Literature and Traditions by Dr. Briona NicDhiarmada, the Irish language's growth, decline & revival, it's champions, it's heroes & the myths and legends of today and yesterday.
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The Census of Ireland for the Year 1851, Part V, Table of Deaths Vol I, Containing the Report, Tables of Pestilences and Analysis of the Tables of Deaths, Dublin: Alexander Thom and Sons, 1856
The Census of Ireland for the Year 1851, Part V, Tables of Deaths Vol I describes in detail the history of famine and disease in Ireland from ancient times until the mid 19th century when Ireland was ravaged by the Great Irish Potato Famine.
Lays Of The Red Branch By Sir Samuel Ferguson
Sir Samuel Ferguson's collection of mythological tales Lays Of The Red Branch was published in 1897. The book is based on the ‘Ulster Cycle’ of Gaelic mythological legends.
Rack of Lamb with Irish Stew Consomme
Prepared by Kevin Dundon
Guinness and Pecan Bread
Prepared by Kevin Dundon
- fish
fish
35.3K
- fish 2
fish 2
35.3K
- beef and whiskey
beef and whiskey
35.3K
- Vegetable soup
Vegetable soup
35.3K
- Rack of lamb
Rack of lamb
35.3K
- Poached pears
Poached pears
35.3K
- Introduction
Introduction
35.3K
- Guinness bread 1
Guinness bread 1
35.3K
- Yeats, W.B., Later Poems, MacMillan And Co. Ltd., London, 1931
Yeats, W.B., Later Poems, MacMillan And Co. Ltd., London, 1931
Later Poems by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was published in 1931 and is among the final collections of poems produced by the Nobel prize winning Irish nationalist, poet and senator.
65.6M
- Smith, Charles. The ancient and present state of the city of Cork. Volume 1. Dublin: W. Wilson, 1774
Smith, Charles. The ancient and present state of the city of Cork. Volume 1. Dublin: W. Wilson, 1774
Charles Smith's The Ancient And Present State of the City of Cork exists in two volumes and describes the history of Cork city from earliest times until the latter half of the 18th century. His work has a broad scope covering a range of natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical information.
48.1M
Life & Society | Cork City Library
- Ferguson, Sir Samuel, Lays Of The Red Branch, Dublin:Seals, Bryers & Waker, 1897
Ferguson, Sir Samuel, Lays Of The Red Branch, Dublin:Seals, Bryers & Waker, 1897
Sir Samuel Fergusons' collection of mythological tales Lays Of The Red Branch was published in 1897. The book is based on the ‘Ulster Cycle’ of Gaelic mythological legends.
30.7M
Life & Society | Dublin City Public Libraries
- A Complete History of the Westmeath Hunt
A Complete History of the Westmeath Hunt
A Complete History of the Westmeath Hunt from its foundation, with description of the country and accounts of runs, reminiscences of different packs which have hunted in the county during the last hundred years, and some interesting bits of county history, amusing scenes in the field (illustrated), appendix (in verse), the W. M. H. in Jubilee Year, list of members (illustrated), with likenesses by Colonel James Smyth. By Edmund F. Dease. Dublin 1898
17.9M
Life & Society | Westmeath County Library
- 102 Sketches of Irish Character
102 Sketches of Irish Character
49.6M
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- The Young Builder's Rudiments
The Young Builder's Rudiments
The Young Builder's Rudiments: or the principles of geometry, mechanicks, mensuration and perspective, geometrically demonstrated. Together with the five orders of columns in architecture, according to the proportions of the celebrated Palladio. Calculated for the use of workmen, gentlemen and others, who delight in designing, drawing, painting, engraving, and gardening, &c. Adorn'd with about thirty large copper plates, curiously engrav'd by J. Vandergucht and B. Cole. By B. Langley. London: Printed for J. Millan at his shop near White-Hall, MDCCXXX.
24.8M
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- ghosts of old dublin 2
ghosts of old dublin 2
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Libraries | Dublin City Public Libraries
- ghosts of old dublin 1
ghosts of old dublin 1
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