Mitchelstown Castle, Co. Cork, was the inheritance of Wollstonecraft’s employer, Caroline King, Lady Kingsborough. During 1777–8 her husband, Robert King, remodelled it in Palladian style and improved the estate with the assistance of Arthur Young, who described it in A tour in Ireland (1780). Robert and Caroline separated in 1789. Robert died as second earl … Read more
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–97) is revered by feminists as the author of A vindication of the rights of woman (1792), which advocated the rational education of women as a matter of public and national importance. She also published fiction, travel writing, criticism and educational books. While living in Revolutionary France in 1794, Wollstonecraft gave birth to … Read more
Boland’s Mills, green flag with harp; City Hall, tricolour; College of Surgeons, tricolour; Four Courts, a professionally made green flag with a plain gold harp; GPO, tricolour (flown on the Henry Street corner) and green flag with ‘Irish Republic’ in gold (flown on the Prince’s Street corner). The British returned the ‘Irish Republic’ flag to … Read more
In 1920 the Cork Fire and Ambulance Brigade had been in existence for 43 years, having been established as a municipal entity in 1877, and had been commanded since 1891 by Capt. Hutson. Operating out of the Central Fire Station on Sullivan’s Quay (on the south channel of the River Lee), and substations at Grattan … Read more
Born on 26 March 1856, the son of John Massey, a Limavady farmer who left for better fortunes in New Zealand in 1862, William remained behind with relatives to complete his education. Eight years later, aged fourteen, he joined his parents in New Zealand. A contemporary described Massey as ‘bluff and hearty, thick set, and … Read more