Foundlings

 

In Richard Caulfield’s transcriptions of the records of St. Finbarr’s Cathedral, Cork there are numerous reference to foundlings. The introduction to the book by Dr. Alicia St. Ledger gives an account of the naming patterns of foundlings.

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Separately there are numerous West Cork names in the marriage register.  There was a custom for better off couples to marry in Cork and spend a few days honeymoon in the city.

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1827, Sums Allotted by Church of Ireland (Then State Church) Dioceses of Cork, Ross and Cloyne often for Foundlings and Burial of Paupers.

Church of Ireland Records, Magourney (Coachford), Co. Cork Baptisms (1757-1876), Marriages (1756-1844), Burials (1758-1876), Foundlings being Dry nursed from Cork Foundling Hospital, Deaths (from 1824-), Appointment of Thomas Healy as Parish Constable 1769, Converts from Popery, 1834 Religious Census.

 

 

 

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