Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection
Title page of ‘The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …’ published in 1867. (PR70/A/2/1)
PR70/A/2
‘The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …’ , 1867-[?1868] (12
items)
Reference:
PR70/A/2
Date:
1867-[?1868]
Title: Level:
‘The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh …'
sub-series 12 items
Extent: Part of:
PR70/A
Scope and Content: 'The Life and Letters of Florence MacCarthy Reagh...' is concerned with the life story of Daniel MacCarthy's most prominent ancestor, Florence (Finian, Finghín) MacCarthy Reagh, Gaelic chieftain and scholar. In this book, Daniel chronicles the life of Florence MacCarthy from his childhood to his death and interweaves his story with the many letters Florence wrote throughout his long life. Daniel sourced these letters through extensive historical research in archives and libraries in Britain and Ireland. Daniel also corresponded with numerous Irish genealogists and historians through hundreds of letters and visited his ancestors' homeland of Dunmanway to speak with locals. The book also contains several detailed and complex pedigrees of the various intertwined branches of the
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