The Families of County Limerick Ireland: Over One Thousand Entries from the Archives of the Irish Genealogical Foundation (Book of Irish Families Great & Small, Vol 5)

Book Description
6x9, hardbound, gold stamped @ 184 pages. Illustrated, Surname Index. Over 1000 families of Co. Limerick are included, from ancient times to the coming of the 20th century.


From the Publisher
This is the 5th book in our 32 volume 'Irish Families' series. It focuses only on families found in County Limerick and includes families of all religions and backgrounds, including old Irish families and settler families. It follows the master volume to the set, 'The Book of Irish Families, great & small" which contains information on families from all of Ireland. An outline of the history of the county as it relates to Irish families, and to Irish research, is included, along with an exhaustive history of thousands of Limerick families.


About the Author
The author of this series is Michael C. O'Laughlin, president of the Irish Genealogical Foundation. He currently has ten hardbound volumes in print on Irish Family History and Culture, and is considered unequaled in his field. He is also the editor of the international monthly journal of "Irish Families", and takes a member group to Ireland each year in search of their roots.


Excerpted from The Families of County Limerick Ireland (Book of Irish Families Great & Small, Vol 5) by Michael C. O'Laughlin. Copyright © 1999. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
'The following families were specifically identified as families of County Limerick in that work. (see also 'Families of Co. Clare' for a more extensive listing of families in the area of Thomand): Mac Eneiry, Mac Ineiridhe (Limerick) O'Billry or O' Billraidhe (Limerick) O'Cullane, O'Cuillein or Collins (Lim) O'Meehan (Limerick) O'Sheehan (Limerick) O'Mackessy or O'Maelmacasa (Lim.) Mulholland or O'Maelchalloin (Lim.) O'Flannery (Limerick) O'Cleirhcinn or O'Clerkin (Limerick) O'Donovan (Limerick) O'Kirwick or Kirby (Limerick) O'Muldoon (from Aughrim) O'Kinealy (Limerick) Gunning or O'Conuing (Limerick) O'Keely or O'Cadhla (Limerick) O'Malley or O'Maille (Limerick) O'Ceadfadha (Limerick) O'Hea or Hayes (Limerick) O'Casey (Limerick) O'Dinan or O'Dinnahan (Limerick) O'Hallinan (Limerick) Mac Sheehy (Limerick) MacArthur (Limerick) O'Scanlan (Limerick) O'Morny (Limerick). The foregoing families may be found in Limerick and surrounding areas today, and are given among the old Irish families of the kingdom of Thomand.' 'The (Ash) family can be found in later records in Limerick and Kerry. All families of the name in Ireland have been assumed to be of Anglo-Irish stock. Some of the name were adventurers for land, and arrived at the time of the Cromwellian settlement. A name found in south ward of Limerick City in the census of 1659 in the person of James Ash, merchant. The arms of one Beresford-Ash of Ashbrook, Co. Londonderry are given in the Irish Book of Arms. (see also 'The Book of Irish Families, great & small')'


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This is the 5th book in our 32 volume 'Irish Families' series. It focuses only on families found in County Limerick and includes families of all religions and backgrounds, including old Irish families and settler families. It follows the master volume to the set, 'The Book of Irish Families, great & small" which contains information on families from all of Ireland.

An outline of the history of the county as it relates to Irish families, and to Irish research, is included, along with an exhaustive history of thousands of Limerick families.


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