Cork made its fortune on butter and salt beef. This book follows the money, from the cattle on Munster grass to the Butter Exchange that graded and shipped it across the Atlantic. You will meet the merchant families who built the South Mall, read how Cork's salt beef fed the Navy and the Caribbean plantations, and walk into the English Market of 1788, still trading today. It closes with the taste of Cork itself: spiced beef, drisheen, tripe and buttered eggs. Twelve chapters plus a visitor's guide to the sites. Illustrated. Digital download (PDF).
Cork made its fortune on butter and salt beef. This book follows the money, from the cattle on Munster grass to the Butter Exchange that graded and shipped it across the Atlantic. You will meet the merchant families who built the South Mall, read how Cork's salt beef fed the Navy and the Caribbean plantations, and walk into the English Market of 1788, still trading today. It closes with the taste of Cork itself: spiced beef, drisheen, tripe and buttered eggs. Twelve chapters plus a visitor's guide to the sites. Illustrated. Digital download (PDF).
