1735. Will of Bishop Peter Browne of Cork, £3,000 of which one third for the Keeper of the Library of St. Barrys, one third for the Purchase of Books.
This is the library of St. Finbrrs in Cork. Some years ago most of the contents were moved to the RCB Library, Rathgar in Dublin.
https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library
Included are the ledger rolls showing property rentals for various areas of West Cork, Letterlickey, Durrus, Ballydehob, Schull, Rosscarbery and the tithes 1780s for the South Liberties of Cork. The library alos has extensive papers relating to Welply, Cork Genealogist.
Peter Browne was responsible for creation of a ‘Publick library’ in the grounds of St FinBarre’s Cathedral in the 1720’s of what is today perhaps the oldest library building in Cork City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Browne_(theologian)
The image is from the Ulster Office now in the Manuscript Section, Genealogy Collection, National Library. Many old Cork wills are transcribed which were later destroyed in 1922.
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West Cork History 
Lieut Col. Christopher Russell was a direct ancestor of my husband, through his son, Capt Christopher Russell and grandson Rev Christopher Russell. One of the daughters of Lieut Col. Russell, Elizabeth Russell, who features in the Will married into the Colthurst family of Cork, the other married into the Farmer family also of Cork. The other son, Rev George Russell, also lived in Cork, he was Rector of Skull.
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Hi,
I am a descendant of Lt Col Christopher Russell, too. I’d be interested to know how exactly your husband is related to him, and if you know anything about Christopher’s father who I think was a Jerome Russell, who married Mary Browne, the sister of Peter Browne, Bishop of Cork.
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