O’Leary, Daniel.

Kilmeen and Castleventry Parish, (County Cork) – [With a Chapter on The O’Hurleys of Ballinacarriga & Ballinvard / The O’Donovan MacEneslis Clan ]. (This publication was sponsored personally by Jerry Beechinor).

Castlewhite House (Waterfall, near Cork), J.Beechinor, 1975. Quarto. V, 136 pages with map and illustrations throughout the pages. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare / scarce publication. Including an ephemeral advertising leaflet: “Calling all Natives and Friends of Kilmeen and Castleventry Parish at Home and Overseas: You cannot afford to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to read the history of this great Parish”.

The rare publication includes for example the following chapters: Early Sttlers – Megalithic Tombs / Ring-Forts – Life-Style of the Pagan Celts / The Tuath of Corcalee and the Parish of Kilmeen & Castleventry / Placenames of Kilmeen & Castleventry / The Arrival of Christianity / The Sixteenth Century / The O’Hurleys of Ballinacarriga & Ballinvard / Ballinvard Castle / The O’Donovan MacEneslis Clan / Sean O Coileain / The Eighteenth Century / The Nineteenth Century (Robert Emmet, Farming, The Tithe War, Education) / The Great Famine (Land Reform, Evictions, Social Life, Fairs & Markets) / Clergy of Kilmeen & Castleventry and Churches in the Parish / The War of Independence / etc.

• Keywords: Castleventry · Catalogue Irish History Five – Local Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Catalogue Irish History Two – Origins of Irish Identity · County Cork · Kilmeen · West Cork
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31641AB

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