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Beyond the Cut and Cover, based in Cork’s lower Harbour, continues the journey started in A Passage in Time and goes from Glenbrook Ferry to Ringaskiddy.
While it is part two of a three part it can also be enjoyed on its own, as they are all individual books. Angela’s intention in writing this trilogy is to update the history of the lower harbour.
This book is entitled ‘Beyond the Cut and Cover’ because it contains any details of the lower harbour, beyond the tunnel in Monkstown, Co. Cork. The tunnel in Monkstown was built for the purpose of the train passing through Monkstown along the seashore. In order to do this the workers had to cut through solid rock. A system was set up to cut away some rock and cover the rest of the completed work, hence the nickname for the tunnel the ‘Cut and Cover’. The tunnel has always been referred to locally as ‘The Cut and Cover.’