Charles Smith 
Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork [PDF ebook] 
Containing a Natural, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Historical, and Topographical Description Thereof

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. 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.