Killarney

By Sean Moriarty
<h3>History buffs of Kerry and particularly Killarney will be hoping a copy of &lsquo;The Big House in Kerry&rsquo; will be under the tree on Christmas Day.</h3>
The 330-page fully illustrated book was launched in Muckross House last Friday.
 Edited by Kerry-based historian Jane O&rsquo;Hea O&rsquo;Keeffe, &lsquo;The Big House in Kerry&rsquo; is co-written by 11 other historians.
 Each of them dedicates a chapter to great houses of Kerry including Muckross House, Killarney, Flesk Castle and Killarney House.
 &ldquo;It is photographic and documentary account to date of life as it was lived by the gentry of Kerry up to independence,&#8221; Jane O&rsquo;Hea O&rsquo;Keeffe said at Friday&rsquo;s launch.
 &#8220;It is set out across chapters each dedicated to a large house and the family/families that inhabited it &ndash; written by some of the county&rsquo;s leading historians.&rdquo;
 The book costs &euro;39 and is available in all good book shops including the gift shop at Muckross House.

New book on history of Kerry’s houses launched at Muckross

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