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Used - Hardcover - Good - 1968 - 253 pages. Some darkening of spine and cover, otherwise in good condition. Former owner's signature on front free endpaper. Interior pages are in a very good condition and are free of notes or marks.

This is the fourth volume of the Journal of the Kilbrittain Historical Society. It includes articles on Coolmain Castle, Brehon Law, local evictions during the Land League, the first part of a three part article on IRA commander Charlie Hurley, the killing of RIC man Constable Bolger, several articles on the War of Independence written by direct participants, ecclesiastical history, educational history in the area, the concluding part of the story of 'Rebel Doctor' Dorothy Stopford-Price, and a tribute to the local people who perished in the Tuskar Rock air disaster of 1968. Other items include personal histories, poetry, society trips, and superb images from local photographers.

Volume 2 of Rosscarbery Past & Present, with 29 articles from Rosscarbery and the wider West Cork region.

This is the sixth edition of the Journal of the Kilbrittain Historical Society. This includes a special section on the War of Independence in Kilbrittain. It also includes aricles on the Book of Lismore, the ESB and rural electrification, a story of humanity across enemy lines during World War 1, and an interesting article about a police killing of a local man in 1868. As usual, the Journal contains some excellent photography and pieces of local interest which will appeal to many readers.

Volume 2 of the Bantry Historical Journal contains fourteen articles of local and wider West Cork interest, including; Whiddy Island Seaplane Base, The Whites of Bantry - Family origins, The Revenge of Donal Cam, Francis O'Neill his Life and Work and much more.

Volume 1 of Rosscarbery Past & Present, with 16 articles from Rosscarbery and the wider West Cork region.

Volume 7 of Journal of the Kilbrittain Historical Society. Items in this volume encompass a diverse range of interesting topics, such as; the second part of the history of the Leabhar Mac Carthaigh Riabbach (also known as The Book of Lismore), the son of a Kilbrittain emigrant who became John F. Kennedy's election agent and was a central figure in the Watergate scandal, part two of a study on the influential local Cumann na mBan branch, two articles on the deaths of local policemen who were from the same family, the history of Courtmacsherry House, the history of the Heard family of Coolmain Castle, and an incident during the 'tithe war' where a local rector lost his life. The journal is replete with colour images, beautiful photography and items of local interest which will appeal to all who enjoy local history.

Volume 1 of the Bantry Historical Journal contains eleven articles of local and wider West Cork interest, including; Bantry Franciscan Friary, the Famine in Bantry, Wolfe Tone and Bantry Bay and much more.

Very clean, unread copy of The Kinsale Record Volume 20. Contains numerous articles of Kinsale and West Cork interest, including Belgooley Mills and Distillary, Kinsale's Independence Movement 1913-16, the Lisbon Earthquake and Tsunami at Kinsale, Ringcurran Church and much more.

Used Hardcover - Good - 1922 - 273 pages. Cover is sound, some fading on spine and minor soiling on edges. Former owner's name on front free endpaper, otherwise the internal pages, though they show some signs of age, are clean, with no marks or notes.