News of Recent Accessions
The CCCA receives, on average, dozens of new collections each year. This includes archival records transferred from the City and County Councils, and records privately deposited. Archival collections are often very large (100s and 1000s of items). For information on depositing records in CCCA, see Deposit Archives.
Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 from John A. Sutton
The CCCA is delighted to announce that it has received and published online a new research archive collection from Dr. John A. Sutton, entitled 'Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860'.
"Presented here is a twofold history: the pattern and development of emigrant sailing ship traffic to North America from Cork Harbour in the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars through the years of the Great Famine; and, from the standpoint of the emigrants carried by these ships, the face of the rapidly changing North America they came to engage with. The ports of British North America (the future Canada), above all Quebec and St John in New Brunswick, were the major destinations for ships from Cork up until the Famine, when major eastern US ports of arrival, particularly New York City and Boston assumed the greater importance...
This work follows the same author’s 19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews (2022). It contains in tabular form extensive ship-by ship details for the period covered, as well as images, maps and diagrams which
provide the reader with a sense of the transformative experience encountered by those who sailed forever from Cork."
View Online: Sutton, John A. Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 (Ref SM1021)
Deposit of Dáibhí de Barra/Davy of the Glen Manuscript
Carrigtwohill and District Historical Society (CDHS) have deposited an exceedingly rare and important literary manuscript by Dáibhí de Barra (c1757-d1851), writer, poet and scribe who worked in both Irish and English.
The manuscript contains a 92 line poem in English concerning a 'Schoolmaster' to 'came to Midleton in 1825'. It is also signed by a 'J.Doherty'. Descendants of this 'J.Doherty' in the USA preserved the item down through the generations before donating it to CDHS.
The deposit of the item in the Archives has ensured that it will be preserved for future generations, and available for research as part of our public records.
Donation of Mallow Cinema Posters
Kevin Myers has kindly donated a wonderful collection of cinema posters of the Central Cinema/ Central Hall in Mallow Co. Cork. These large advertising posters date mainly date from around the 1940s to the 1960s, with some earlier items as well.
Donation of Ronan Solicitors /Records of Cuskinny House
The CCCA recently received the kind donation from Simon Ronan and family formerly of Cuskinny House, Cobh, Co. Cork, of solicitors records and legal documents. The records, which mostly date from the 1700s to the early 1900s, relate to the Ronan Solicitors practice, South Mall, Cork, and the French family and estate, and other estates such as McNamara, Twogood, Sugrue, and Gould. The records have survived, in mainly good condition, in large metal deed boxes. The CCCA is delighted to add this archive to our collection alongside our other major archives from 20 other solicitors' practices, and 460 large and small landed estate archives. Such archives are a rich historical and genealogical source.
Other examples of recent accessions include:
- Johnson & Perrott Ltd./ William Perrott collection
- Gollock family archive
- Sloane collection re. Royal Navy
- John O'Connell Fermoy Archive
- Daibhi de Barra MS. 1825
- Personal records, ephemera, and memorabilia of Donal (b1927) and Rita Murphy
- Invitation card for special meeting of Cork City Council to confer freedom of the city on President John F. Kennedy (28 June 1963) and acknowledgment of sympathy card from Jacqueline Kennedy (Mrs. John F. Kennedy).
Note for researchers: All accessions must be fully listed and processed before being made available for research. The processing of large collections may take many years.