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
Rebellion of 1798
They were hanged and according to the savage English custom of the time, their heads were cut off and impaled on the big iron gates of the old Market House.1 Michael O’Donohoe’s father, Matt, was a Garda stationed in Castleisland. He was photographed in the town in 1956 escorting Eamon de Valera during the…… Continue Reading