PIELOU, Pierce Leslie. The Leslies of Tarbert, County Kerry, and Their Forebears. PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY

Illustrated. Dublin: Printed and Published by Brindleys, 1935. Royal octavo. pp. [xii], 224. With scholarly additions to the index and some corrections. Quarter vellum parchment on blue papered boards, title and arms of the Leslies in gilt on upper cover. Limited edition (24) for private circulation only. Repair to spine. A very good copy. Very scarce.

The Leslies of Tarbert were descended from the Scottish clan. They held lands in North Kerry since the seventeenth century. The estate of Robert Leslie of Tarbert amounted to over 1700 acres in county Kerry in the 1870s. The Leslies held townlands in the parish of Kilnaughton, barony of Iraghticonnor at the time of Griffith’s Valuation.

Robert Leslie was leasing this property to Pierce Leslie at the time of Griffith’s Valuation, when it was valued at £8 15s. Samuel Lewis records it as the seat of Pierce Leslie in 1837. Bary notes that Robert Leslie was reared by Pierce Leslie, the owner of this property, when he succeeded his father at a young age. The house seems to have been known at times as Aghana House and is still extant and occupied.

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