Kerry Land Agents/Evictions/Middlemen
In Ireland we are very much aware of the importance of ‘the land’. Who owned the land? Who rented the land? How did the system work ? These are just some of the questions that my colleague Jim Ryan of Flyleaf Press and Ancestor Network has answered in his definitive article on Irish land records […]
Kerry Land Rentals
What are Land Rentals? At their most basic, rentals are records that show the name of the tenant; the location of their holding, and rents due and paid. In Ireland we are very much aware of the importance of ‘the land’. Who owned the land? Who rented the land? How did the system work ? […]
Kerry Land Records
In Ireland we are very much aware of the importance of ‘the land’. Who owned the land? Who rented the land? How did the system work ? These are just some of the questions that my colleague Jim Ryan of Flyleaf Press and Ancestor Network has answered in his definitive article on Irish land records […]
Kerry Baptism Records
Baptisms in Kerry in nineteenth century Finding a record of your Kerry ancestor’s baptism or birth is the ultimate goal of everyone tracing his or her ancestry. So why can’t we find some baptismal records? What were the norms surrounding baptisms in 19th century Kerry? What details are included in baptismal records? Baptisms in Church […]
Kerry Landlords: Trinity College Esta...
Trinity College Dublin was one of the largest landholders in Kerry from 1597 until the late 1890s and early twentieth century. Robert McCarthy in his book The Trinity College Estates 1800-1923 states that 75,326 acres was granted by royal grant to the College from the lands forfeited by the attainted Earl of Desmond including some […]
Kerry Landlords – Lord Headley
The Headley family whose lands were mainly in two locations – Glenbeigh and Castleisland/Knocknagoshel, enjoy (if that is the appropriate word) a mixed reputation in the history of Kerry Landlords.. From the ‘venerable and ever to be lamented ’ Lady Anne Headley to the notorious Glenbeigh evictions carried out by a later Headley and his […]
Kerry Landlords – Browne Lord K...
The title Earl of Kenmare (Lord Kenmare) was created in 1801. Long before this, around 1555, Sir Valentine Browne was granted over 6000 acres in county Kerry after the Desmond Rebellion. The Brownes were a Catholic family and like all Irish Catholic families their fortunes and the size of their estates fluctuated over the centuries […]
Kerry Landlords
Kerry landlords for over 700 years, up to the land Acts of the late 1890s, ruled the lives of our Kerry ancestors. From the Fitgerald/Fitzmaurice Normans arrival, through the Plantation of Munster and the Cromwellian re-conquest, landlords, their middlemen and agents, were the major influence on day to day life for the vast majority of […]
John Grenham’s Blog
John Grenham’s blog of Oct 22nd, titled We’re a post-imperial rounding error was so true, so incisive that I urge you to log on and read it in its entirety. In our day-to-day dealings in the genealogy world, we are often asked by Irish descendants ‘what is going on’? Why do the British want to leave the […]
Kerry Births Marriages & Deaths
Researching Kerry Births, Marriages and Deaths can be problematic. The most frustrating queries I get both personally on MyKerryAncestors.com and at my work on the Genealogy Advisory Service at the National Library are the sincere and sometimes emotion laden requests to trace ancestors with little or no information on dates or even locations. To find […]
Kay Caball is a qualified Genealogist certified by the University of Limerick. A native of Kerry, Kay specialises in Kerry based local family history and genealogy. She studied History of the Family & Genealogical Methods at the University of Limerick with her research conducted in primary and secondary sources for the County of Kerry.
Kay is also a member of the Eneclann & Ancestor Network panel of genealogy advisers at the National Library of Ireland.
