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CORK , a See also:city, See also:county of a city, See also:parliamentary and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough and seaport of Co. Cork, See also:Ireland, at the See also:head of the magnificent inlet of Cork See also:Harbour, on the See also:river See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee, 1652 m. S.W. of See also:Dublin by the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway. Pop. (1901) 76,122. Until the See also:middle of the 19th See also:century it ranked second only to Dublin, but is now surpassed by See also:Belfast in commercial importance. It is the centre of a considerable
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Based on See also:information embodied from the See also:Ordnance Survey, by permission of the Controller of H. M. See also:Stationery See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office.
designed by See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Deane, occupies a beautiful site on the river in the See also:west of the city, where Gill See also:Abbey, of the 7th century, formerly stood. It is a See also:fine See also:building in Tudor See also:Style, " worthy," said See also:Macaulay, "to stand in the High See also:Street of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford." A large library, museum and well-furnished laboratory are here. The See also:Crawford School of See also:Science (1885); and the See also:Munster See also:Dairy and Agricultural School, 1 m. west of the city, also claim See also:notice; while besides parochial and See also:industrial See also:schools several of the religious orders located here devote themselves to See also:education. The Cork library (founded 1790) contains a valuable collection of books. The Royal Cork Institution (1807), in addition to an extensive library and a rare collection of See also:Oriental See also:MSS., possesses a valuable collection of minerals, and the collections of casts from the See also:antique presented by the See also:pope to See also:George IV. There are numerous See also:literary and scientific See also:societies, including the Cork Cuvierian and Archaeological Society. The See also:principal clubs are the County and the Southern in See also:South Mall, and the City in See also:Grand See also:Parade; while for See also:sport there are the Cork See also:Golf See also:Club, Little See also:Island, three See also:rowing clubs, and the Royal Munster and Royal Cork Yacht clubs, the latter located at See also:Queenstown. The theatres are the See also:opera-See also:house in See also:Nelson's See also:Place, and the See also:Theatre Royal.
The See also:country neighbouring to Cork is highly attractive. The harbour, with the ceaseless activity of See also:shipping, its See also:calm See also:waters, sheltered by many islands, and its well-wooded shores studded with pleasant watering-places, affords a See also:series of charming views, apart from its claim to be considered one of the finest natural harbours in the See also:kingdom. Military depots occupy several of the smaller islets, and three batteries guard the entry. This is about i m. wide, but within the width increases to 3 m. while the length is about 10 m. The See also:Atlantic See also:port of Queenstown (q.v.) is on Great Island at the head of the See also:outer harbour. See also:Tivoli (the See also:residence of Sir See also:Walter See also:Raleigh), Fort See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, Lota See also:Park, and Blackrock See also:Castle are notable features on the See also:shore; and Passage, Blackrock, Glenbrook and Monkstown are watersideresorts. Inland from Cork runs the picturesque valley of the Lee, and See also:low hills surround the commanding situation of the port.
The harbour is by far the most important on the south See also:coast of Ireland, and dredging operations render the quays approach-able for vessels See also:drawing 20 ft. at all states of the See also:tide. Its See also:trade is mainly with See also:Bristol and the ports of South See also:Wales. The imports, exceeding £1,000,000 in See also:annual value; include large quantities of See also:wheat and See also:maize, while the exports (about L9000 annually) are chiefly of See also:cattle, provisions, See also:butter and See also:fish. The Cork Butter See also:Exchange, where See also:classification of the various qualities is carried out by See also:branding under the inspection of experts, was important in the See also:early See also:part of the 17th century, and an unbroken series of accounts See also:dates from 1769 when the See also:present See also:market was founded. There are distilleries, breweries, tanneries and See also:iron foundries in the city; and manufactures of woollen and See also:leather goods, tweeds, friezes, gloves and chemical manure. Nearly six-sevenths of the See also:population are See also:Roman Catholics. The city does not See also:share with the county the rapid decrease of population. It is governed by a See also:lord See also:mayor, 14 aldermen and 42 councillors. The parliamentary borough returns two members.
The See also:original site of Cork seems to have been in the vicinity of the See also:Protestant See also:cathedral; St Finbar's ecclesiastical See also:foundation attracting many students and votaries. In the 9th century the See also:town was frequently pillaged by the Northmen. According to the See also:Annals of the Four Masters a See also:fleet burned Cork in 820; in 846 the Danes appear to have been in See also:possession of the town, for a force was collected to demolish their fortress; and in 1012 Cork again See also:fell in flames. The Danes then appear to have founded the new city on the See also:banks of the Lee as a trading centre. It was anciently surrounded with a See also:wall, an See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order for the reparation of which is found so See also:late as 1748 in the city See also:council books (which date from 161o). Submission and See also:homage were made to See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. on his arrival in 1172, and subsequently the English held the town for a See also:long See also:period against the Irish, by See also:constant and
careful See also:watch. Cork showed favour to See also:Perkin See also:Warbeck in 1492, and its mayor was hanged in consequence. In 1649 it surrendered to See also:Cromwell, and in 1689 to the See also:earl of See also:Marlborough after five days' See also:siege, when Henry, See also:duke of See also:Grafton, wasmortallywounded.
• Cork was a borough by See also:prescription, and successive charters were granted to it from the reign of Henry II. onward. By a See also:charter of See also:Edward IV. the lord mayor of Corkwascreatedadmiral of the port, and this office is manifested in a triennial ceremony in which the mayor throws a dart over the harbour.
See C. See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, See also:Ancient and Present See also:State of the County and City of Cork (I75o), edited by R. See also:Day and W. A. Copinger (Cork, 1893) C. B. See also:Gibson, See also:History of the City and County of Cork (See also:London, 1861); M. F. Cusack, History of the City and County of Cork, 1895.
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