This is the second in a series of blogs about the Protestant churches in Co Kerry that my Irish ancestors attended. Protestants in Co Kerry have always been a small minority of the population, but they gradually increased from the time of the Reformation to … Continue reading Five churches on the Ring of Kerry
Legends of the Lakes In 1829 a travel book was published with the extremely long title of Legends of the Lakes; or Sayings and Doings of Killarney. Collected chiefly from the manuscripts of R. Adolphus Lynch Esq. H.P. King’s German Legion. By T Crofton Croker. The book … Continue reading A Sunday in Killarney
On my recent trip to Ireland, to the land of my ancestors, I climbed to the top of Ireland’s highest peak, Carrauntoohil, with my friends Simon and Michelle, who make their home these days in Dublin. It was a four hour hike, all uphill, from … Continue reading The cross on Carrauntoohil
While doing online research on the Needham family I came across the following statement in an article from the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Tribune from 1901. Mr. Needham owes his conversion to the great religious revival which swept over Ireland in the year 1861. Mr. and Mrs. … Continue reading Kerry Revival 1861
Out of the wandering Kerry boy He was to fashion a man of God whose chief delight it henceforth should be to preach that gospel which is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth. (From Cannibal Land to the Glory Land, p.51.) … Continue reading Thomas Needham, wandering Kerry boy
Forgotten tales 