Hidden Cork

Charmers, Chancers & Cute Hoors

Michael Lenihan

• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN:
  9781856356862
  9781856356374
• eBook ISBN:
  9781856357081
• Topic: Histoire
• Subtopic: Histoire de l'Irlande

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

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Table of contents

• Foreword
• Quack Doctor in Cork
• The Sinking of SS Killarney
• Harry Badger
• Eccentric Mayor Pick
• Scab Labour
• Two Cork Criminals
• Priest Hunting in Cork
• Mass Grave of 1690
• Early River Transport
• Paying for a Title
• An Insult to Swift
• Muskerry Tram Crash
• Cork’s Silent Transport
• James Barry, Female Surgeon
• A Letter Writer
• The Bibliophile Bishop
• A Mayor Hanged
• The Waterloo Glass Factory
• Tales of a Rake
• Cork Arctic Explorer
• The Paper Man
• The Outlaw Art Ó Laoighre
• Abducting an Heiress
• Bull-baiting in Cork
• The Rebels
• Early Aeronautics in Cork
• Healthcare for the Poor
• Buried Alive
• Abandoned Babies
• Steeple Ready to Fall
• The Bard of the Lee
• Cork’s Greatest Collector
• Founder of Roches Stores
• Arson and Murder
• The City Flooded
• Controversial Election
• Cork’s Finest Hour
• Legend and Land Squabbles
• Travelling in Cork
• Catholic Bishop, Protestant Landlord
• Eccentric Historian
• Queen’s Arson
• Black Eagle of the North
• Henry Ford
• Folklore of Cork
• Battle of the Starlings 1621
• Lamentable Burning
• A Cork Poisoner
• St Anne’s Shandon
• Failing Banks
• Lotto Fever Hits Cork
• Scandals, News and Gossip
• Debtors Incarcerated
• Rebuilding the Cathedral
• Riots and Faction-Fighting
• Bells and Cannons
• The Illumination of Cork
• Records of Cork
• Criminals Whipped
• Beggars
• Commercial Buildings
• Cork Workers in Conflict
• Perfectly Preserved
• First Cork Exhibition
• Murder of the Lord Mayor
• Hunger Strike
• Slaves Jump Ship in Cork
• Revolutionary Doctor
• Smith’s History of Cork
• Beamish v. Murphy’s
• Promoting Fine Arts
• The Sirius
• Tom Green
• Bibliography