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IN SEARCH OF FAME AND FORTUNE: THE LEAHY FAMILY OF ENGINEERS 1780-1888

Written by Brendan O'Donoghue
Published by Geography Publications in 2006
ISBN: 0906602920

IN SEARCH OF FAME AND FORTUNE: THE LEAHY FAMILY OF ENGINEERS 1780-1888
Written by Brendan O'Donoghue.
Stock no. 2140543
Circa. 2006. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0906602920. A few marks to covers and outer page edges. Wrapper has some edge-creasing.

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Cover of IN SEARCH OF FAME AND FORTUNE: THE LEAHY FAMILY OF ENGINEERS 1780-1888 by Brendan O'Donoghue

Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction and acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • THE LEAHYS IN IRELAND, 1796-1846
  • I Patrick Leahy - Country Surveyor
  • II A Family Business Develops, 1830-34
  • III First Cork County Surveyors, 1834
  • IV Road Building in Cork, 1834-46
  • V Public Buildings in Cork
  • VI Private Practice, 1834-46
  • VII Railway Engineering, 1836-46
  • VIII Loss of County Surveyor posts
  • THE LEAHYS ABROAD, 1846-88
  • IX At the Cape of Good Hope, 1849-51
  • X Edmund and Matthew in Turkey, 1852-58
  • XI Family Matters, 1852-60
  • XII Matthew and Denis and Trinidad, 1860-63
  • XIII Edmund Leahy in Jamaica, 1858-63
  • XV Edmund Leahy and the Cashel Election, 1868
  • XVI Edmund Leahy, 1864-88
  • XVII The Last Years of the Leahy Family
  • XVIII Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index