This is the sixth and final essay in my series of blogs on my family’s involvement in the Church of Ireland in County Kerry. It is about the revival that occurred in 1861 and the foundations of the Plymouth brethren. It is a long read, … Continue reading Revival: the Plymouth Brethren
This is the fifth in a series of articles about my family’s involvement with the COI in Kerry in the nineteenth century. I have previously written about the strong involvement of my Hickson family with the Church of Ireland in Kerry. My direct Hickson ancestors, Richard and … Continue reading The Church of Ireland in Sneem and Templenoe 1850-1870
This is the fourth in a series of blogs about my family’s involvement with the Church of Ireland in Kerry in the nineteenth century. The Hicksons of Kerry: commoners and gentry There have been lots of Hicksons in Kerry in the past, ever since the … Continue reading The Hicksons of Co Kerry and the Church of Ireland
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
This is the second part of my reflections about returning to one of our ancestral homelands. Various members of two families, the Hicksons and the Byrnes, left the County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland some 150 years ago to make new lives for themselves … Continue reading Back to Kerry. Part 2
Forgotten tales 