Douglas is a outlying area in Cork City and the name given to the Roman Catholic parish in which it lies. In the later part of the 18th and the 19th century, a number of ‘big houses’ were built in the area, homes for Cork City’s merchant princes. These included Donnybrook House, Castle treasure House,…
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Cork City
Cork City is the third biggest city in Ireland and has dependably been a critical city due to its seaport. It started on an island in the swampy estuary of the River Lee (Corcaigh in Irish means a bog), and bit by bit scaled the precarious banks on either side. Today the waterway moves through…