Creator(s): Society of Friends, ‘Quakers’ (Cork and Munster)
Administrative History ↴
The Religious Society of Friends was founded by the 17th century by Christian visionary George Fox. Its members came to be known as ‘Quakers’. William Edmundson, a former Cromwellian soldier established the Society’s first meeting for worship in Ireland in 1654.
The Quakers have had a presence in Cork since the 1650s. George Fox visited Cork in 1669. Many Cork Quakers were involved in trade, and were respected for their honesty and industry. During the 19th century the Beale, Pike, and Newsom families, and other Quakers, were successful merchants and industrialists in Cork. During the Great Famine (1845-48) the Cork Quakers won the affection of the people for their efforts to alleviate suffering.
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) meeting house in Cork city was located at Grattan Street, Cork from 1677, and at Summerhill South from 1939. Meetings were also held at Bandon, Charleville and Youghal in County Cork.
Archival History ↴
Microfilming of Cork and Munster archives of the Society of Friends held at Historical Library, Rathfarnham, Dublin, took place in 2006. Project was jointly funded by the Society of Friends, the Heritage Council and Archives.
Many of the original records would previously have
been kept in the Cork Meeting House but were later transferred to the Quaker Library in Dublin.
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Donation
Content & Structure
Scope & Content: Society of Friends, ‘Quakers’ (Cork and Munster) ↴
Microfilm copies of Cork Society of Friends archives. Including: Minutes of Cork Meetings and Munster Provincial Meetings, Men’s and Women’s Meetings, Ministers, Elders and Oversight Minutes, Testimonies of Disunity and Epistles, Family Lists, Copies of Marriage Certificates, Marriage Register, Female Bounty Fund, Treasurers Accounts, Certificates of Removal, Lists of Members, Minutes of Poor Committee. Minutes of Bandon, Charleville and Youghal Meetings.
Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention
Arrangement ↴
Arranged by reel number, original order and date.
Conditions of Access & Use
Access Conditions
Open by appointment to those holding a current readers ticket. Records are in microfilm format.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Subject to rules governing reproduction of records of CCCA.
Society of Friends Historical Library, Rathfarnham, Dublin
Related Material
CCCA:
U625 Abraham Abell material
Publication Note
Richard Harrison, 'Cork City Quakers 1655-1939', 1991
Descriptive Control Area
Archivist Note
Brian McGee
Rules/Conventions
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottowa: International Council on Archives, 2000.
Date of Descriptions
38991
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