Mardyke
51°53′43″N 8°30′03″W / 51.895139°N 8.500822°W The Mardyke (
Mardyke ground of Cork County Cricket Club;[2] Fitzgerald Park, which includes Cork Public Museum;[3] Sunday's Well Lawn Tennis Club; and the athletic grounds of University College Cork
.
History
The original
promenade leading to a redbrick teahouse in Dutch style. The area became fashionable and the promenade was dubbed the Red House Walk or Meer Dyke Walk after the Meer Dyke in Amsterdam.[4] Dutch influence was strong among the Protestant Ascendancy in the decades after the Williamite War in Ireland.[4] After Webber's death the land was bought and further developed by future mayor James Morrison.[4]
The route of the promenade corresponds to the modern streets Dyke Parade and Mardyke Walk.
The Mardyke is mentioned in the second verse of the folksong, I Know My Love: "There is a dance house in Mar'dyke [sic] / And there my true love goes every night".[5][6]
The Mardyke is also mentioned in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: "The leaves of the trees along the Mardyke were astir and whispering in the sunlight. A team of cricketers passed, agile young men in flannels and blazers, one of them carrying the long green wicket bag."[7]
Parkland
In the early 20th century, the then
Daly's bridge (a pedestrian suspension bridge known locally as the "Shakey Bridge").[12]
Cricket
The Mardyke is the home ground of
Scotland.[13]
It too fell victim to the floods of 2009.
References
- ^ "An Mhuirdíog". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "About Cork County Cricket Club". Cork County Cricket Club. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Cork Public Museum, Fitzgeralds Park, Cork". Cork City Council. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007.
- ^ a b c d McCarthy, Kieran. "4a. Challenges & Reclamation, Cork c.1690-c.1750". Cork Through my Eyes. Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ Colum, Padraic (1922). "32. "I Know My Love" by Anonymous". Anthology of Irish Verse. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "I Know My Love – a song about insecurity in love". Irish Music Daily. Nottingham, England. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
The second verse refers to a dance house in The Mardyke. This is an area in the city of Cork in Ireland.
- ^ Joyce, James (1928). A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. New York: The Modern Library. p. 101.
- ^ "20th Century Cork > About Cork > CorkCity.ie". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "Collections & Research / Season Tickets for Cork International Exhibition 1902". National Museum of Ireland. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Cork's Beautiful Fitzgerald's Park, site of the International Exhibition of 1902/03". Archived from the original on 6 December 2011.
- ^ "National and Forest Parks - Fitzgerald Park". Discover Ireland. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Shaky Bridge - 1927 (Shakey, Daly's)". Bridgemeister.com. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Mardyke, Cork". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
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