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Fr. Ferris’s Parish

Priest’s history will be a real collector’s item From KillarneyTo-day.com  Posted on January 12, 2024 by John O’Mahony A fascinating history of the parishes of Rathmore, Gneeveguilla and Knocknagree is to be published – 100 years after it was written. The manuscripts penned by Fr William Ferris, a priest of the Kerry Diocese, in the mid 1920s, will […]

Lord Ventry’s tenant

On Tuesday  17th  September, at midnight, Kathy Hochul (born Kathleen Courtney),   New York’s first female governor, will take office.   Kathy will be moving into the Governor’s Mansion in Albany  New York –  it has housed governors and their families since 1875.   It is at some remove from where the Courtney/Cournane family lived in Ireland in […]

Beara Baronies, Pari...

Searching for Kerry ancestors in the Beara Peninsula?  The Beara Peninsula is split between Counties Kerry and Cork.   It can be problematic tracing ancestor’s vital records in this area – more so than usual.   A complication arises that a number of the Beara Catholic Parishes in County Cork are in the Catholic Diocese of Kerry. […]

Lord Dunraven, Garin...

I got a number of interesting comments on my last blog on Sneem.  One, in particular, was most interesting.  -It was an explanatory piece from Bob Frewen that he had contributed to a  Sneem book titled:   ‘Bridging Memories’. that was published at Christmas 2010 , one of over a dozen chapters Bob had contributed.   I […]

Sneem Churches (Co. ...

To-day it is Sneem, requested by a reader.  A history of the village and church.  I am quoting directly here from the 2005 publication The Diocese of Kerry formerly Ardfert: Working in the Fields of God, edited by Fr. Kieran O’Shea:       “The Catholic Parish of Sneem comprises the eastern portion of the […]

Ardfert, Cathedral, ...

          Continuing to bring the history of different Kerry Churchs, as requested by my readers, to-day it is the historic ecclesiastical centre of Ardfert.     I am quoting directly here from the 2005 publication The Diocese of Kerry formerly Ardfert: Working in the Fields of God, edited by Fr. Kieran O’Shea, which I understand is […]

St. Michael’s Church

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, Lixnaw.  I am quoting directly here from the 2005 publication The Diocese of Kerry formerly Ardfert: Working in the Fields of God, edited by Fr. […]