Ireland on My Mind: Recollections of Castleisland Descendant, Michael Murray

Big boys do cry, I’m pleased to say, Sometimes occasionally, Sometimes all day. – Michael Murray An illustrated memoir, 87 Years of Michael’s Miscellaneous Memories, was the gift of Michael Murray, a native of Brookland, USA, to Castleisland District Heritage during a visit to the town last month (April 2024).  Michael was in Kerry to […]

The Moonlighters in Castleisland

A number of pithy essays by Michael O’Donohoe sit among the vast quantity of papers in the collection.     Topics covered are wide in variety, for example, the GAA, Lord Headley, local streets and lanes, Sir Richard Griffith and the Moonlighters.   The Moonlighters, transcribed below, provides an informative sketch of the organisation from […]