Kilkea Castle – Contents

Kilkea Castle – Contents

Foreword   Introduction 1 – The Time Before the Normans Charting the emergence of the landscape around Kilkea Castle from the end of the last Ice Age through the establishment of the ringforts at Mullaghreelan and Mullaghmast, as well as St Caoide’s church, to the eve...
Kilkea Castle – Further Reading

Kilkea Castle – Further Reading

In terms of source material, as well as the persons acknowledged here, I salute the British News Archive and the Irish News Archive which provided invaluable details from newspapers such as the Carlow Nationalist, Carlow Sentinel, The Dublin Evening Post, Freeman’s...
Kilkea Castle – Acknowledgments

Kilkea Castle – Acknowledgments

The Kilkea Castle book was a deep dive into the history of the FitzGerald family, as well as many other remarkable people and families associated with it. In the historical process, consultation is key. As such, I was blessed by a magnificent cast of kind and...