GIBSON, Rev. C.B. The History of the County and City of Cork. Two volumes. With map.

London: Thomas C. Newby, 1861. Octavo. pp. (1) viii, 424, (2) x, 540. Bound in publisher’s blind-stamped cloth by Guy Bros., Academy Street, Cork, with their label on front pastedown, gilt armorial device on upper covers, replicated in blind on lower, tile in gilt on spine. A very good set.
The first volume begins with an account of the rivalry of the MacCarthy and O’Brien Gaelic clans, the 12th century Norman conquest and the creation of the Earldom of Desmond, centuries of Gaelic rebellion and the defeat of the Gaelic Irish at the Battle of Kinsale. The second volume covers the 17th century Civil War, the Cromwellian invasion, the Williamite Wars and the 1798 rebellion. The remainder of the second volume describes the government of the county Cork , its baronies and parishes, their histories, notable family dynasties and residences.

[Cat 160]