Cork Collection (page 9)

Emigration. Irish Emigration. The Emigration Agents Office
Engraving of the Emigration Office at Cork, of Mr G. O Neil. Crowded with men discussing business and reading papers and families with women and children sitting on boxes, waiting for their ship

Emigration. Departure of the Nimrod and Athlone Steamers
Emigrants set sail from Cork for Liverpool in the first stage of their transatlantic jouney. Dock side with exterior of two steam ships

Father Matthew Leaving Cork for America, 1849
Engraving showing a dock-side scene in Cork as a crowd bid farewell to a popular priest, leaving for America

Patent Reversible Lifeboat, 1875
Engraving of a patent reversible lifeboat for ships, designed by Anderson and Burkinshaw of Bridlington Quay, 1875. The lifeboat could be used either way up

William O Brien (1852-1928)
Photograph of William O Brien, the Irish journalist and nationalist, seen during his term of office representing Cork in the British Parliament

The Galley Head Lighthouse, near Cape Clear, Cork, 1879
Engraving of the Galley Head Lighthouse, near Cape Clear, November 1879. A Board of Trade paper had been issued that year, praising the lighthouse and the quality of its light

Queen Victorias saloon in the royal carriage
The saloon of Queen Victorias carriage on the London and North Western Railway. The carriage was designed at an estimated cost of 3000

Five presentation vases / cups
The Queens Gold Vase, The Royal Hunt Cup, The Ascot Cup, the silver vase presented to Captain Callaghan, Adjutant of the North Cork Rifles, and the claret jug and salver presented to Mr Smith

Horse Whisperer
JAMES SULLIVAN, the Irish horse whisperer of Dunhallow, County Cork (Ireland), who was able to tame horses almost instantaneously

Richard First Earl Cork
RICHARD BOYLE, first earl of CORK Lord High Treasurer of Ireland

Captured Moonlighters
Captured moonlighters - Irish terrorists who struck by night - are marched to Cork gaol

Fight with Fenians
Gunfight between Fenian moonlighters and the police, at Mill, near Cork

House Collapse, Cork
House collapsed, Cork

Emigration Office Cork
At the emigration agents office, Cork, would-be emigrants pay their passage money for the journey to America

Emigrants at Cork
On the quay at Cork, emigrants wait to sail to the Americas

Leaving Ireland
Leaving Cork, Ireland for America via Liverpool on the Nimrod and Athlone steamers

Family Gathers Peat
The whole family, from the father to the baby, work in the peat bog, County Cork, Ireland

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