Book Reviews

Compiled by Maria Clancy Published by Linden Publishing Company. The geographical location of this sept is in the northeastern area of Co. Sligo stretching into parts of Co. Leitrim in the region of Lough Gill. The Glancy/Clancy sept claim to be of Gaelic aristocratic origins and to have been around

By John Hamrock Published by Flyleaf Press The initial interesting fact to appear in this book is the population figures for the county as they changed over the last century and a half. The total for 1841 was 253,591, which slipped to 174,490 in the years following the famine. The latest

by Stuart A. Raymond Published by The Federation of Family History Societies. Family history has become much easier to research in the last few years. Some of the most important sources are now available at the click of a mouse on the internet. However, a basic understanding of these sources

by Phil Tomaselli Published by The Federation of Family History Societies. The Second World War was long, complex and brutal. People living between the years 1939 to 1945 played a part in this great event. Researching ancestors who took part in the Second World War can be challenging because individual

by Keith Gregson Published by The Federation of Family history Societies Britain’s naval power, known as “The wooden wall”, kept the country free from invasion by the French for twenty years from 1793. Each of these wooden ships was manned by hundreds of seamen. The Royal Navy was the biggest

Volume 22, 2006 Richard Flatman (editor); published by Irish Family History Society, PO Box 36, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland; e-mail: info@ifhs.ie; 2006; 128 pages. The annual IFHS parson’s egg dropped in the letter box at the latter end of 2006. Like the clergyman in the adage, this reviewer will concentrate on

By Homan Potterton Published 2006 by Choice publishing Mayoralty Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth. Selling at Euro 15 and available also from: www.bookwise.ie This publication is the genealogy of the Potterton family of Co. Meath who came to Ireland from Yorkshire in the late 17th Century. They settled in the Trim/Athboy area

Edited by Raymond Gillespie and Alison O’Keefe. Published by the Representative Church Body Library. The register, which covers a mere seventeen years, is in essence a loose social history of a parish in a young though not always healthy town. In between the years of the title the growing town

Published by The Ulster Historical Foundation. The Church of Ireland diocese of Clogher consists of the six deaneries of Clogher, Clones, Enniskillen, Kesh, Kilskeery and Monaghan. The book begins with lists containing names of bishops, deans, chancellors, precentors, prebendaries, canons and diocesan curates of the Diocese from 1923 onwards. Under

By Peter Sexton. This publication has only just come to hand even though it was first published in 2001. The author although Cork born became an active member of St. Margarets parish when he moved to Dublin after the second World war. He describes in great detail the history of