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Placenames of Kilglass, Killashee, Killoe
Placenames of Kilglass, Killashee, Killoe (Short descriptions from O'Donovan's Field Name Books from County Longford
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Placenames of Clonbroney, Clonguish, Columbkille
Placenames of Clonbroney, Clonguish, Columbkille (Short descriptions from O'Donovan's Field Name Books from County Longford
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Placenames of Forgney, Granard, Kilcommock
Placenames of Forgney, Granard, Kilcommock (Short descriptions from O'Donovna's Field Name Books from County Longford
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Alexander Grant
Advert for Alexander Grant Drapers
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Placenames of Noughaval, Rathcline
Placenames of Noughaval, Rathcline (Short descriptions from O'Donovan's Field Name Books from County Longford)
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Placenames of Ardagh, Ballymacormick, Cashel
Placenames of Ardagh, Ballymacormick, Cashel (Short descriptions from O'Donovan's Field Name Books from County Longford)
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Placenames of Rathreagh, Shrule, Street
Placenames of Rathreagh, Shrule, Street (Short descriptions from O'Donovan's Field Name Books from County Longford).
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1907 Guy's Cork Almanac and Directory
Title page of the 1907 Guy's Almanac and Directory for the City and County of Cork
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Daniel Sheehan advertisement
Advertisement for Daniel Sheehan (china, glass, lamp and oil merchant) from Guys Directory of Munster 1893
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London House advertisement
Advertisement for the London House (department store) from Henry & Coghlan's General Directory for Cork 1867
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Cork Arms advertisement
Advertisement for the Cork Arms (tea stores) from Henry & Coghlan's General Directory for Cork 1867
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William Banks advertisement
Advertisement for William Banks (grocers) from Henry & Coghlan's Gnereal Directory for Cork 1867
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Lee's advertisement
Advertisement for Lee's (clothing) from Wilkies Cork City Directory 1872
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Francis Guy advertisement
Advertisement for Francis Guy (lithographer and stationer) from Guy's Directory of Munster 1886
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1759: Rocque’s map of Cork city
1759: Rocque’s map of Cork city
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Selection of maps
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Cork gets its name from the marsh on which the city is built.
A plan of Cork in 1545
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1886 Francis Guys Directory of Munster
Title page from the 1886 Francis Guys Directory of Munster, comprising the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
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In 2007, we created the weight of 428,000 double decker buses in waste
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There are over 600 different flowering plants in the Burren in County Clare.
English Name: Burnet rose, Scotch rose Botanical Name (Latin): Rosa pimpinellifolia (R. spinosissima) Irish Name: Briúlán Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ROSACEAE Brief Description: Very spiny, deciduous shrub, usually c. 0.5m tall; flowers solitary, white, cream or pink; hip black with persistent crown of sepals.
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'Irish Names of Places' by P.W. Joyce, 1869
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Ireland’s biodiversity is rich and varied
The Dingle Dolphin named Fungi, has become a firm favourite with locals and tourists. The young bottle-nosed dolphin has been around our shores since 1984.
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Woodford Bourne whiskey advertisement
Advertisement for Woodford Bourne (wine merchants) from Guys Cork City and County Almanac and Directory 1910
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1585-1600 map of Cork city
This map which dates from the period 1585-1600 is in the Hardiman Collection in Trinity College, Dublin. Historians and cartographers regard it as a very accurate representation of Cork at the end of the sixteenth century.
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1610: Corcke city map
John Speed’s map of Cork in 1610 mistakenly places Shandon Castle (16) to the west of the city. Its correct position was to the north of the city in the present-day Shandon area.
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1545: Plan of Cork city
The plan of Cork dated 1545 was engraved on stone by P.J. Klasen from a copy of an ancient sketch in the Tower of London. It was first published in Tuckey’s Cork Remembrancer (Cork, 1837). The original plan has been lost. Some historians doubt that the map is as old as is claimed
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It’s best not to create waste in the first place
The waste keeps piling up.
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1726: Restored detail of John Carty's Plan of Cork city
This segment of Carty’s map of 1726 was restored by the noted local historian C.J.F. MacCarthy in 1990.
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1585-1600: Pacata Hibernia map of Cork city
This map was first published in Pacata Hibernia ( London , 1633) but is thought to date from circa 1600. Pacata Hibernia deals with the Elizabethan wars in Ireland .
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1726: John Carty, Plan of Cork city
John Carty’s map of 1726 has an unusual feature. It has representations of the family coats of arms of those who subscribed to its publication.
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1872: Wilkie’s map of Cork city
1872: Wilkie’s map of Cork city
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