O’Brien People and Places.
Author: WEIR, Hugh W. L.
Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002 (4th edition). 86 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
Hugh W.L. Weir, the author of this Book, was well known throughout Ireland, the United States and Canada as Project Historian of the Heritage and Genealogical Service sponsored by Shannon development, the Irish Tourist Board and Aer Lingus. He has written extensively on Irish Clans and international family history and has lectured on television and radio, to universities, and to other educational bodies. One time correspondent for the U.S. Catholic Twin Circle Magazine and the Church of Ireland Gazette, he now contributes weekly articles for the Clare Champion. His Books include Hall Craig, Words on an Irish house, Some Houses of Clare, Ireland: a Thousand Kings (edited) and O’Brien People and Places.
Contents
A Royal Heritage
Some significant O’Brien events
O’Brien titles of nobility or election
The O’Brien arms
Brian Boru
The Rock of Cashel
Bunratty Castle
Carrigogonnell Castle
Maire Ruadh
St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick
Sir Donough O’Brien, first Baronet
Lemeneagh Castle
William O’Brien, fourth Earl of Inchiquin
Rostellan, Co. Cork
Sir Lucius O’Brien, third Baronet
Dromoland Castle
Jockey Hall
Edward D. O’Brien, fourteenth Baron Inchiquin
Castletown Manor, Co. Fermanagh
William Smith O’Brien
Cahermoyle, Co. Limerick
Charlotte Grace O’Brien
Donough E. O’Brien, sixteenth Baron Inchiquin
O’Brien miscellanea
Maps relating to the O’Briens
Some O’Brien places
Major late-nineteenth-century landowners
A short list of O’Brien biography
Some books relating to the O’Briens
Variations of the name and list of castles
ISBN: 0946538425
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