MacLYSAGHT, Edward. Ed. by. The Kenmare Manuscripts.

Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1970. Octavo. pp. xv, 517. Red buckram, titled in gilt. A very good copy in very good dust-jacket. Scarce.

Record of the fortunes of a great Catholic family that lost everything for having sided with the Jacobites, and who later regained their estates but never lost the faith. Invaluable source for Kerry families recorded in the remarkable series of rental books going back to the early 17th century. Included are letters, correspondence and diaries. Important source for ancestral research.

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