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History of the Kingdom of Kerry
by
M.F. Cusack
CUSACK'S KERRY. CUSACK, M.F. A History of
the Kingdom of Kerry. Illustrated. Dublin, De Búrca, 1995.
Pages, xvi, 453, 6 (extra maps), lxxxiii. Fine in full buckram,
with illustrated coloured dustjacket depicting Jobson's
manuscript map of Kerry 1598. €45.00
It gives me great pleasure to republish this sought after and scholarly history of the Kingdom of Kerry. The first edition seldom comes to hand and commands a great price in the antiquarian book market. Being maternally descended from the Cusacks of Killeen in County Meath (a branch of which settled in my native county, Mayo, in the twelfth century), I share a common ancestor with the author. Furthermore having married a Moriarty of the Dingle Peninsula (who better qualified for this endeavour!) Margaret Cusack's History of the Kingdom of Kerry is an excellent work treating of the history, topography, antiquities and genealogy of the county.
There is an excellent account of the families of: The O'Sullivans and MacCarthys; Geraldine Genealogies; The Knights of Kerry and Glyn; Population and Religion; Agricultural Information; St. Brendan; Dingle in the Sixteenth Century; Ardfert; The Geology and Botany of Kerry; Deep Sea Fisheries; Kerry Rivers and Fishing etc.
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