WEBSTER, Charles A. The Diocese of Cork. Preface by the Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

With Illustrations. Cork: Guy, 1920. pp. xxxii, 420. Modern buckram with original backstrip relaid. Spine faded. Signed presentation copy from the author. Very good. Rare.

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Charles Alexander Webster was Dean of Ross from 1926 to 1936. Webster was educated at Trinity College, Dublin; and ordained in 1891. After a curacy in Nohoval he held he held incumbencies at Marmullane, Blackrock and Rathbarry. He was also a prebendary of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.
Contents: Preface by Charles Dowse, Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross; The Patron Saint of Cork St. Fin Barre]; The Abbey of the Cave; The Danish Period; The Anglo-Normans in Cork; The Formation of the Diocese of Cork; Episcopal Succession A.D. 876-1429; Bishops of Cork and Cloyne, A.D 1429-1582; Religious Houses in the Diocese; The Reign of Elizabeth; Bishops of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, A.D. 1583-1638; The Restoration and After; The Georgian Bishops of Cork. Appendices ; A. Charter of Dermot MacCarthy; C. Taxation of Cork and Suburbs; H. Amalgamation of Dignities and Canonries; etc.

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