HICKSON, Mary Agnes. Selections from Old Kerry Records, Historical and Genealogical.

With introductory memoir, notes, and appendix. London, Watson, 1872. Crown octavo. pp. viii, 337. Professionally rebound in buckram with original cloth laid on. Previous owners’ signature on title. A very good copy. Extremely rare.
JISC locates 3 copies only.
Mary Agnes Hickson (1826-99), antiquarian, was born in County Kerry, possibly in Tralee, where her father, John James Hickson, practised as a solicitor. Her mother was probably Sarah Hickson, née Day. Interested in the history of her native Kerry, she became well known for her regular contributions on ‘Old Kerry Records’ to the Kerry Evening Post, selections from which were published in 1872 and 1874 as Selections from old Kerry records.
With chapters on: The Blennerhassett Pedigree; The Antiquities of Tralee; The Last Geraldyn Chief of Tralee Castle; The Black Earl’s Raid; Tralee of the Dennys; Dingle of the Husseys; Caoine of the Knight of Kerry; Castle Magne and its Constables; The Forfeitures of 1688; List of Estates sold to the Hollow Sword Blade Company; List of Corcaguiny Lands Forfeited by the Rices; List of Claims on Forfeited Lands; The Kerry Men of the Brigade; Inscriptions and Epitaphs, etc.

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