DONOHOE, Tony. The History of Crossmolina.  Foreword by Thomas Gildea Cannon. Illustrated. Dublin, De Burca, 2003. pp. 600+. Buckram gilt in d.j. €65.00

The author Tony Donohoe, farmer and keen local Historian has chronicled in great detail the history of his ancestral parish from the early Christian period to the present. This authoritative work is the result of thirty years of meticulous research and is a most welcome contribution to the history of County Mayo. In the foreword Thomas Gildea Cannon states "Tony Donohoe has brought it all vividly to light in his impressive history. Using his treasure trove of published and unpublished materials, patiently accumulated over the decades, he has told the story of an ancient parish with a scholar's eye for the telling detail ... has made effective use of the unpublished Palmer and Pratt estate papers to help bridge the dark gap between seventeenth century documents detailing the changeover in land ownership from native to settler, and nineteenth century sources”.