Michael O’Donohoe’s detailed study of Timothy Charles Harrington’s nineteenth century newspaper, the Kerry Sentinel, might be described as the heart of the O’Donohoe Collection.1 It is, essentially, an A-Z of Castleisland-related people and subjects in the nineteenth century.2 The subjects, which run over many hundreds of pages, are varied and numerous. By…… Continue Reading
Michael O’Donohoe, ‘The Master’
The month of September recalls the birth of the late Michael O’Donohoe, creator of this collection, who would have this year – on the 26th of the month – celebrated his 80th birthday.1 Michael was born in Tralee in 1936, the eldest of three children of Matthias O’Donohoe (1898-1995) and his wife Catherine…… Continue Reading
Romantic Hidden Kerry
Michael O’Donohoe studied T F O’Sullivan’s Romantic Hidden Kerry (1931), a rare find on the second-hand bookshelves today, and wrote his own useful index to its content. In this document are entries such as Ginkle besieging Limerick in 1691, and Capt John Zouche at Dun an Oir in 1580. The collection also contains a small number…… Continue Reading
Cordal GAA Wild Rovers
As a keen sportsman, it was a matter of course that Michael O’Donohoe should take an interest in the history of sport, most notably in his own vicinity. The following essay bears this out. Cordal GAA Wild Rovers On a frosty afternoon on Sunday January 19, 1879, the first football match that I …… Continue Reading