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St. Michael’s Church, Lixnaw

Readers of last week's blog on St John's Church, Tralee, have requested a background or history of a number of other Kerry churches. So today it is St. Michael's Church, ...
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Cost of Ship Fares from Kerry 1828-1877

Cost of Fares from the Port of Tralee (Blennerville) 1828-1877 See also a list of the Emigrant Ships from the Port of Tralee ...
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St. John’s Catholic Church, Tralee.

A couple of my readers have requested a background or history of St. John's Catholic Parish church in Tralee. I am quoting directly here from the 2005 publication The Diocese ...
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Kerry: The Unquiet Grave (2)

Continuing- another chapter from The Unquiet Grave (Edited by Michael Connolly). A Tale of Two Tombs: The Rise of the Catholic Middle Class is by Helen O'Carroll, Curator, Kerry County ...
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