(b.1836) and Andrew Donovan (b.1834) operated Sutton & Donovan Sailmakers at Morrison’s Quay, opposite Union Quay (1870) and Warren Place (1881). Captain Jeremiah Collins (b.1854) ran a coal business on George’s Quay.
Fig. 9: Captain Nathaniel Sutton with Cork Harbour Authority Board c.1911 ( Courtesy of Annabelle (Sutton) Murray, Sydney, Australia ).
Slightly further north, on the south of the North Channel of the Lee, lies Merchants Quay and Nathaniel Sutton (b.1835, third generation) held property there in 1863 prior to moving to Bellevue Terrace, Queenstown, his residence while Deputy Harbour Master (1873 – 83). His promotion to Cork Harbour Master (1883 – 1917) brought him back to Cork city where he resided on Summerhill at Empress Place and later Eagle Lodge. Opposite his early Merchant’s Quay property, his widowed sister-in-law, Mary Anne (Sexton) Sutton, ran a grocery store on the north side of the Channel for many years at 30 Patrick’s Quay (Laing’s 1863). Mary Anne had been married to Robert Sutton (third generation and son of Nathaniel) and would, in retirement, live with her son-in-law Captain Denis Driscoll (b.1838) in Monkstown (see Amaranth ). Victoria Quay, at the confluence of the North and South Channels, was convenient to Robert Sutton (b.1803/04), the shipwright, who had his residence, yard and a spirit business at 2, 3, 4 Victoria Road (Fig. 6). He was previously resident at Fish Street. Marine-related businesses were operated by Sutton family members at Warren Place, Lapp’s Quay, and Union Quay. Abraham William Sutton (b.1840), son of second-generation William Sutton (b.1814), was the chandler at Warren Place during the 1870s and 1880s (Slater’s Directory 1870/81; Guy’s Directory 1884). Warren Place, which ran f rom the south bank of the North Channel toward the north bank of the South Channel at the intersection between Lapp’s Quay and the South Mall, later saw a name change to Parnell Place. George Sutton was joined by his non-mariner son, Abraham George Sutton (b.1842), as George Sutton & Son at White Street at the junction of Union and George’s Quays. The early façade of the coal store at Lapp’s Quay is captured on the top left to centre of the photo ( Fig. 10). This was the one of
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