GAUGHAN, J. Anthony. Listowel and its Vicinity.

Foreword by Bryan MacMahon. With numerous illustrations, maps and folding genealogical table of the Lords of Kerry and Lixnaw. Cork: Mercier, 1973. First edition. pp. 611. Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Ex-lib. Very good in good d.j. Scarce.

A most comprehensive study of the north Kerry town and the surrounding countryside. Gaughan traces Listowel’s development from its early origins, the upheavals of the seventeenth century, and into the modern era. Particular attention is given to the town’s social, political, ecclesiastical and cultural life, making the work an enduring reference for Kerry history, genealogy and local studies.

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