O’Sullivan, Ted.

Bere Island: A Short History.

Cork, Inisgragy Books, 2002. 20.5 cm x 14.5 cm. 128 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Slight curling of corners on cover. Clean inside with solid binding.

Includes for example the following essays: Geology / Berehaven / O Sullian Clan / Battle of Dunboy / Lord Clinton / Gun Cotton Raid / Escapes / Famine / Population decline / Fishing / Creamery / Transport and Communication / Present Fortifications / Lighthouses / Shipwrecks / Rescues / Schools / Old Cures and Folk Customs / Sports History / Flora and Fauna / Names for Bere Island / List of fishermen 1831 / Proclamation of General Hoche / List of tenants 1861 / Parish priests / Teachers / District Nurses / Carraig Crohur Crah 1870 etc.

″Bere Island – Ireland in a microcosm; the history of a nation encapsulated in the fabric of an island of under 2000 hectares.” (Publisher)

• Keywords: Bere Island · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Catalogue Irish History Two – Origins of Irish Identity · County Cork · Irish History · Irish Interest · Irish Islands · Irish Local History · West Cork
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0951918605
• Inventory Number: 72679AB

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