GLEESON, Rev. John. History of the Ely O’Carroll Territory or Ancient Ormond situated in North Tipperary and North-Western King’s County.

With illustrations and map. Dublin: M.H. Gill, 1915. Large post octavo. First edition. pp. xix, 644. Modern green cloth, original backstrip laid on. A very good copy. Very scarce.
Fr. John Gleeson (1855-1927), historian, was born near Nenagh, County Tipperary into a wealthy farming family. Educated locally and at Maynooth. Appointed curate of Lorrha and Templederry, later parish priest of Lorrha and Knock in 1893 and Lorrha in 1908. A prolific writer and meticulous researcher, he also wrote Cashel of the Kings.

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