Death 1829, of Pike, Joseph, Banker, Banking House, Hoare‘s Lane [now Adelaide Street, off North Main Street], Cork City, Bank Notice. The Affairs of the Banking Concern carried on in the City of Cork by the late Joseph Pike, are intended to be finally closed on the First Day of March next-it is therefore requested that all outstanding Demands, of every kind, will be immediately applied for, at the late Banking-House, in Hoare‘s Lane, on each Saturday, between the hours of 10 and 12 o‘Clock, until the First of March.—And it is also requested that all Persons remaining indebted by Bank Account, or otherwise, will pay the respective Debts due by them before the above-mentioned Day, otherwise
all outstanding Demands must be placed in the hands of the Law Agent for recovery.

Feb. 7, 1829.‘ CC (07/02/1829)

The Pikes moved from the inner-city later to Ballinure, near Blackrock, Bessboro later the home of the mother and babies home.

They were noteworthy for their business acumen and entrepreneur drive, in shipping, banking etc.

Around this period any of the Cork banks failed notable Leslies Bank (Associated with Oriel Court, Ballincollig family).

C. M. (McCarthy) Tenison formerly Collins JP, BL, MRIA, Barrister, Bank Manager, Hobart, Tasmania, Author of ‘History, Law and practice of Baking’ and article 1893 on Early Cork Banks, Hoare’s Bank, Hoare’s Lane (1675-1729), Pikes Hoare’s Lane (1729-1825), Falkiner and Co., near the Custom House (1760, Leslie and Co. Failed 1820, Hewitts and Co., South Mall (1776-1789), Newenhams, Patrick St., (1800-1821), (1824-1825), South Mall, Rogers Travers and Shears (c1750-c1798), Nile St., Cotter and Kellett (1775 Bankrupt 1807), Galweys Bank Mallow (not in article), The Pike Family the Debt Cork owes them as Bankers, Merchants,  Shipbuilders, Reclaimers of Marshes and Mrs Pike a Quaker standing by her son in Celebrated Defamation action (Pike V Beamish ), 1894, for Alleged Cheating at Cards.

Cork Southern Reporter 1st June 1820 on Calamity in Cork, Failure of Roches Bank and Stoppage of Leslies Bank.

Banking Collapse in Cork, Lawton, Carleton and Feray in 1760, 13th May 1793, Sir Thomas Robert’s Bank stopped payment, 25th May 1820 ‘A Panic beyond example in our memory has been struck into the minds of the trading community of Cork and the South of Ireland by the failure of Roche’s bank at twelve o’clock, followed almost immediately by that of Leslies’ Bank.

Banking Collapse in Cork in the 1820s Roches and Leslies Bank and House of Commons, London, Select Committee Query re Collapse, only functioning Bank left Pikes. First run 1820 Deputation including Messrs Crawford and Gerard Callaghan deputed to see Lord Lieutenant in Dublin to solicit loan o £100,000. 2nd failure of Leslies 1825.