19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Fig. 4: View from Queenstown to the Cork harbour entrance with Spike Island in the foreground, c. 1900.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

My appreciation, First, to my dear wife Cyndi for all her assistance, now about a decade ago, in setting me on the path to discovery of my nineteenth-century Cork Sutton ancestors. Next, to my father, Dr Thomas Sutton, 1911 – 97, a very kindly man and an amusing raconteur who, while he could only provide a rudimentary family tree, shared his boyhood memories of wonderful summers at the O’Keeffe family f arm at Kilcrea and of one magical summer’s day out in Cork Harbour on a dredger with his uncle, Captain Nathaniel Sutton, the Cork harbourmaster. Thirdly, to my wife Cyndi and to my brother Michael Sutton, for all their enthusiastic support as I meandered through nineteenth-century maritime Cork, and for persuading me to record my findings.

Then, to Andy Kelly, a Waterford man, for the many beautiful illustrations he provided and for a trove of valuable reading material on Irish sailing ships.

And to Cli odhna O’Leary for her early guidance on information management.

And, to the many contacts who contributed from Clonakilty, Kinsale, Bandon, Cork City, Passage West, Ballinacurra and Youghal. Also from counties Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin and more remotely from Wales, Scotland, England, Australia and America.

Finally, to Gillian Boazman for her patience and skill in development of the sectional presentations, and for her fine editorial abilities in organising a final cohesive document.