Sketches in Carbery County Cork: ITS ANTIQUITIES, HISTORY, LEGENDS, AND TOPOGRAPHY.

Only This BrambleHill Press edition has:Completely re-typeset for ease of reading (not a PDF scan)Spellings have been modernisedExplanatory Footnotes have been addedA west Cork classic which details the captivating histories of many towns, ancient families, and noteworthy people which made up the barony of Carbery.Donovan covers the history of Carbery from the Milesians all the way up to the great famine times. In his informed and accessible style he examines: The sack of Baltimore, The Battle of Kinsale, The O’Driscolls, Cape Clear, Glandore, Skibbereen, Leap, Myross, St. Kieran, Sir. Walter Coppinger, Lough Hyne, The Spanish invasion, Harrington’s Lights, St. Fachtna, Sherkin Island, and many more intriguing people and places. Like a great storyteller Donovan sprinkles anecdotes, local gossip, and folklore onto the stories he relates.About the author:Daniel Donovan Junior was the son of the famous famine era doctor, Dr Daniel Donovan Senior, who was known for his compassion, and newspaper articles, as a dispensary doctor during The Great Hunger.Sketches in Carbery collects and expands on many of Dr Daniel Donovan Junior’s local history articles which first appeared in The West Cork Eagle.Buy this book today to learn more about the fascinating history of the towns and people of west Cork. Read more