Ben Corr

Reference code: BIO.CORR
Level of description: Fonds
Title: Ben Corr
Scope and content: Manuscript of [unpublished memoir] “The Man from the Ministry” by Ben Corr of Castlerock. The memoir recalls his forty-year career in the Ministry of Agriculture, his early days as the son of a blacksmith who worked on the Titanic, his award of the George Medal for assisting a stranded airman in Benone and anecdotes about the ways of county people. Also included is correspondence between Faith Gibson of the University of Ulster and Ben’s son regarding the possible publication of the memoir.