This comprehensive book profiles more than 1,500 men and women of Cork city and county. All of the most famous Cork names are included - such as Elizabeth Bowen, Noel Cantwell, Michael Collins, Rory Gallagher, Jack Lynch, Nano Nagle, Christy Ring - but the book also covers many people, of both native and 'settler' stock, who are certainly noteworthy and yet are often forgotten.