SECOND EDITION. JUNE 2008
Compiled by Russell McMorran and Maurice O'Keeffe, Tralee, Co. Kerry.
The second edition contains 8 articles on diverse historical matters from around the county. Russell McMorran contributes two pieces on Ballyseedy Wood, one on the trees on the walks and another outlining the history. This takes in the families that added to the traditional wood with additional planting, development of Ballyseedy Castle, duels fought there up to the creation of Ballyseedy Wood Action Committee which began to raise the funding almost 20 years ago and ultimately bought the wood for the state and local people.
The process of a number of families from the Castlemaine to Lispole band of the county who availed of dispersals by the Land Commission to move to Co. Offaly is told by Jane O'Hea O'Keeffe. The relocation eventually saw Sean Evans from a subsequent generation win an All-Ireland medal at Kerry's expense in 1972 adding to the one he won the previous year.
Gerald O'Carroll, author of the most recent history of Kerry, writes of Tralee Gaol. Tom Dillon accounts for the lives of the two Kerrymen who won Victoria Medals. Tim Griffin describes monuments around Lixnaw and the Irish Times film correspondent remembers his friend, the Hennessey Award-winning poet, Patrick Buckley. Also included is a report on Tralee from 1831 extracted from the papers of the late Professor Valentine Rice of Dublin University which includes a map of the town at the time. SKU: OLDKY2
Price: €13/$13
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