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.

https://durrushistory.com/2014/01/09/richard-caulfield-1823-1887-cork-antiquarian-scholar-and-the-transcription-of-burials-from-the-1748-1764-and-11th-february-1764-of-the-church-records-cork-city-1877/

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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https://durrushistory.com/2015/06/30/1827-sums-allotted-by-church-of-ireland-then-state-church-dioceses-of-cork-ross-and-cloyne-often-for-foundlings-and-burial-of-paupers/

https://durrushistory.com/2015/01/31/church-of-ireland-records-magourney-coachford-co-cork-baptisms-1757-1876-marriages-1756-1844-burials-1758-1876-foundlings-being-drynursed-from-cork-foundling-hospitaldeaths-from-1824/

 

 

 

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