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Corkbeg House
Corkbeg House was an historic house built on the island of Corkbeg in Cork Harbour. It was demolished to facilitate the creation of the Whitegate oil refinery. House The land where Corkbeg House was built originally belonged to the Condon (surname), Condons. The remains of the castle they built in 1369 lie near the location of the house. The area of Corkbeg was tied very closely to the Fitzgeralds who been there since John FitzEdmond de Gerald purchased it from the William Condon in 1591. The original house on the site was built before 1786. Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald built a new mansion house to replace his older one in the 1820s. The house itself was a three-bay, two-storey square house with a ‘very impressive central top-lit staircase hall’. The Fitzgerald family sold it, after Robert Uniacke-Penrose-Fitzgerald died in 1919, though Lady Fitzgerald was still living in the house in 1921. It was turned into a fifty-roomed luxury hotel. The hotel was run by Major Patrick W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Cork
County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are Mallow, Macroom, Midleton, and Skibbereen. the county had a population of 581,231, making it the third- most populous county in Ireland. Cork County Council is the local authority for the county, while Cork City Council governs the city of Cork and its environs. Notable Corkonians include Michael Collins, Jack Lynch, Roy Keane, Sonia O'Sullivan and Cillian Murphy. Cork borders four other counties: Kerry to the west, Limerick to the north, Tipperary to the north-east and Waterford to the east. The county contains a section of the Golden Vale pastureland that stretches from Kanturk in the north to Allihies in the south. The south-west region, including West Cork, is one of Ireland's main tourist destinations, known for its rugged coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
