Very few Kerry Estate or Kerry Tenant Rentals have been digitised but details of some are available in various archives. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Kerry became predominantly owned by English landlords and by Anglo-Irish families who were granted land in return for various services. These lands, or estates were typically divided into small-holdings […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
Yesterday we visited Killarney for a walk. This time we choose the Fossa Way which starts just inside the gate of Killarney National Park (Knockreer Estate entrance). A notice at the gate alerted us to the Deer Rut which happens in the Park at this time every year. This walk is a loop walk with […]
This is the story of mass emigration from the Iveragh Peninsula in 1883. Two ships were chartered and assisted passage was provided to take entire families away from South Kerry to New York in this case. 1,200 in total left. ‘There were 253 pupils in the Ballyhearney National School before the 2nd ship sailed. The […]
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.
