BENNETT, George. Esq. The History of Bandon.

Cork: Henry and Coghlan, Printers and Publishers, 35 & 36, George’s Street, 1862. 16mo. First edition. pp. xv, 373. Modern green buckram, titled in gilt. Presentation inscription on front endpaper and previous owner’s signature on titlepage. A very good copy. Very scarce.A very detailed local history, with much information on the foundation of the town, its trade, local accounts, Confiscations, Colonization of Munster, Early Settlers Captain Taffe; Purchase of Sir Walter Raleigh’s Estate, Sir Henry Beecher, Battle of Brinny Bridge, Rinuccini, Cromwell, the White Lady of the Cliffs, The Down Survey, The French Expected in Kinsale, The Bandon Volunteers, etc.

[Cat 160]