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Rosscarbery & District History & Heritage Society

‘The Lives, Memoirs and Gentry Houses of the Reeves family of Cork’ by Dr Rachel Finnegan. Looking behind the the memoir and portraits of the Reeves Family of Cork, this talk will examine: Who were the people behind these portraits? What stories lie hidden in their handwritten memoirs? And what can their homes tell us about life in nineteenth-century Cork? Featuring Thomas Somerville Reeves, his wife Rebecca Morgan, family manuscripts, and Tramore House, Douglas, this promises to be a fascinating journey into Cork’s family and social history. Cover charge of €5, all welcome.

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