FALVEY LIBRARY

You are exploring:  Library  >
 
Exhibits Home  > 
  
Rambles, Sketches, Tours: Travellers & Tourism in Ireland  > 
  
Cork


Cork / Corcaigh

The main administrative center of Cork lies on an island at the mouth of the River Lee with suburbs and other towns on the mainland and nearby islands in Cork Harbour.  Ireland's second-largest city at the start of the 19th century, Cork was also a busy seaport, as evidenced by the city motto: Statio Bene Fide Carinis (Latin for "A Safe Harbour for Ships").  Patrick Street and the Mardyke promenade presented impressive streetscapes for visitors while the city's seven churches and the customs house were some of the noteworthy buildings.  A few miles from the city lies Blarney Castle, home of the famous Blarney Stone.

The Famous Cities of Ireland (1915) by Stephen Lucius Gwynn. Halls' Ireland (1911), volume I. Hardy's Tourist's Guide, Third Tour: Lakes of Killarney, Cork, &c. &c. (1859) by Philip Dixon Hardy. Ward and Lock's Pictorial and Historical Guide to Cork and its Neighbourhood [1890?].

 

Top left: Gwynn, Stephen Lucius. The Famous Cities of Ireland. Ill. Hugh Thomson. Dublin: Maunsel & Co. Ltd., 1915. [Internet Archive]

Top right: Hall, S. C. and Mrs. S. C. Hall. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character and History. Volume I. Boston: Francis A. Niccolls, 1911. [Internet Archive]

Bottom left: Hardy, Philip Dixon. Hardy's Tourist's Guide: Third Tour: Lakes of Killarney, Cork, &c. &c. With Map and Engravings. Dublin: Hardy and Sons, 1859. [Digital Library]

Bottom right: Ward, Lock, and Company. Ward and Lock's Pictorial and Historical Guide to Cork and its Neighbourhood: With Excursions to Bantry, Glengarriff, Killarney, and Other Places in the South-West of Ireland. London: Ward Lock Co., [1890?]. [Digital Library]