Category: Cork

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,…

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…