Excerpt from The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork, Vol. 1: Containing a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Topographical Description Thereof When we shall mind our true interest in employing and encouraging everywhere all our idle hands, and afterwards those of other nations who may be induced to settle among us; when our nobility and gentry become examples in those particulars; when we shall be hereby engaged to enclose and improve every foot of our land; to make the utmost of our home-growth, above and under ground, and of all our seaports, it is very easy to foresee what an additional lustre this island will be to the diadem of the British Empire, both abroad and at home, in beauty, strength, and glory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.