Genealogy

The evidence provided in this book proves that it is beyond doubt that the Kennedy family has physically and metaphorically enriched the soil of the Barony of Upper Ormond in North Tipperary, Ireland, with its blood, for over 1,000 years.

There is no doubt that many Kennedys would have preferred to stay in their home baronies of Upper and Lower Ormond in North Tipperary where they were well-established landowners.

This book is a comprehensive guide for research on the families of county Kildare, Ireland. It sets out the records available, where they can be accessed, and how they can be used to best effect in genealogical research.

A comprehensive index to the 1901 census of the county of Longford. The census return is a major source of information on Longford families during the 19th century and a useful aid for those researching their family history. A fold-out map of the townlands of Co. Longford is included.

Why are Irish surnames the oldest in Europe? By whom were they created, and for what reasons? How have they changes in the past thousand years? Irish Surnames: Origins and Development is the first book in decades to address these issues. Outlining events which created them in the 9th-12th centuries, it examines Irish surnames in general plus those of clerical kindreds, Irish Travellers, women, ‘vikings’, Anglo-Irish. Why surnames originated later in Britain, the pros and cons of genetics, and why the notions of Celticity never related to matters Irish, especially surnames.