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County Cork (Irish: Contae Chorcaí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster. The county town is the city of Cork.

Background
County Cork is a maritime county of the province of Munster, and the largest in Ireland, bounded on the east by the counties of Tipperary and Waterford, on the north by that of Limerick, on the west by that of Kerry, and on the south-west, south, and south-east by St. George's Channel. As of 1837, County Cork comprises an area of 1,725,100 acres. The population in 1821 was 629,786 and in 1831, 700,359. The distance from Youghal to Crow Head is 102 miles, greatest length in the county.

The name Cork comes from the Gaelic word Corcaigh, meaning "marsh". The major towns are Bandon, Cohb, Cork, Fermoy, Kinsale, Mallow, Skibbereen, and Youghal.

In the sixth century, a monastery and school were established in the City of Cork. Later in the ninth century, the Norse Vikings raided and settled in Cork. The Normans invaded the area in the twelfth century and became part of the kingdom of Desmond. Several rebellions from English rule occurred from the late sixteenth into the mid-seventeenth century.

The populace of Cork suffered extreme hardship during the Great Famine. Dates for the famine vary, but include the years 1845 to 1850, give or take. Cork's population dropped more than 25% between 1841 and 1851, of which about 150,000 died and 50,000 emigrated.

The population was 854,118 in 1841, but then began to decrease to 361,877 in 1926. In 2006, the population was 489,286. In 1871, 91.5% of the population were Roman Catholic with 7.1% of the Church of Ireland, 0.3% Presbyterians and 0.5% Methodists. In 1926, 94.3% were Roman Catholic with 4.9% Church of Ireland. As of 2016, the county's population was 542,196.

Further information about County Cork is available at GENUKI.

Cemeteries

 * Cork County and City Archives
 * County Cork Cemetery Records

Census

 * Cork Census Surname Indexes
 * Burnt census fragments salvaged from the 1922 destruction of the Four Courts, Dublin

Church Records

 * List of County Cork Catholic Parishes
 * O'Kief, Coshe Mang, Slieve Lougher and Upper Blackwater in Ireland
 * 1766 - The Records (Protestant and Catholic) of the Diocese of Cloyne in the year 1766
 * 1765-1768 - Records of the diocese of Cloyne
 * 1623-1750 - Index to the Marriage License Bonds of the Diocese of Cork and Ross, Ireland

Society of Friends
 * Register transcripts of the Youghal Monthly Meeting, 1652-1839
 * Register transcripts, 1625-1860

Civil Registration

 * 1845-1913 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1845-1958 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil Jurisdictions

 * List of County Cork Civil Parishes

Genealogy

 * Travers family of County Cork and their associates by marriage

Land and Property

 * 1737-1818 - Irish estates belonging to the Heathcote family, 1737-1818
 * 1831 - County of Cork, a schedule of presentments granted at ...Assizes, 1831
 * 1831 - 1856 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1848-1868 - Valuation office miscellaneous books, County Cork, 1848-1868
 * 1851-1853 - General valuation of rateable property in Cork County, 1851-1853
 * 1859-1935 - Valuation lists for the urban district of Macroom, Macroom Electoral Division, Cork County, 1859-1935

Maps

 * County Cork Maps

There is an amazingly detailed interactive map from Ordnance Survey Ireland that covers not only Cork, but the whole of Ireland. You can zoom in to see extremely fine detail. The map provides historic map overlays (see the check boxes underneath "Data Catalogue") that clearly show the townlands, roads, towns, homes, fields, estates, etc. Some churches and cemeteries are included. Several overlays are provided.

Newspapers

 * Findmypast ($) has thousands of newspapers from County Cork available online.

Other Records
Business Records
 * Irish Reproductive Loan Fund, 1804-1886

Prisoner Records
 * Cork County Gaol registers, 1819-1933
 * Mountjoy Prison records, 1845-1899

Court Records
 * Chancery bills [for Cork]

Directory
 * Holden's triennial directory : for Belfast, Cork, Limerick and Waterford

Occupation
 * Goldsmiths and silversmiths of Cork, Dublin and Galway, miscellaneous notes

Place-Names
Here are two important place-name aids/tools for locating your Irish place and its parish jurisdiction(s):


 * The IreAtlas Townland Database - click County "Cork"; then click "Submit" to view a complete alphabetical listing of all townlands, towns and townships and the parishes in which they lay
 * Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel A. Lewis - provides a rich 1837 historical perspective of each Ireland parish and large township; great for determining which churches existed in each parish--Church of Ireland or Nonconformist

Probate

 * 1858-1897 - Cork District will books, 1858-1897
 * 1858-1868 - Cork registry wills, 1858-1868
 * 1612-1858, 1548-1858 - Indexes to wills, 1548-1858, and administration bonds, 1612-1858
 * 1630-1857, 1621-1858 - Indexes to wills, 1621-1858, and administration bonds, 1630-1857
 * 1738-1837, 1690-1858 - Indexes to wills, 1690-1858, and administration bonds, 1738-1837

School

 * Chimneyfield National School registers, 1871-1925
 * Glengoura National School registers, 1906-1925

Websites

 * GENUKI County Cork
 * Roots Ireland: Cork