- President’s Address (Marie O'Sullivan)
- Hon. Secretary’s Report 2018
- Maurice Neligan: A Labour Organiser in Kerry, 1918-1920 (Dr Paul Dillon)
- Scartaglin: Area Mapping Surveys and Surrounding Place-name Definitions (Jerry Flynn)
- Outpost of Empire-The Dingle Royal Constabulary Barracks, 1886-1922 (Dan Graham)
- Mapping Kerry 450 Years Ago (Dr Arnold Horner)
- From Kerry to Laois: The Return of the Seven Septs (Dr Michael Christopher Keane)
- The Tomb in the Lab: A Major Science Week Event Exploring Killaclohane Portal Tomb (Claudia Köhler & Jemma O’Connell)
- Corporal Thomas Joseph Murray and the Connaught Rangers Mutiny of 1920 (Bryan MacMahon)
- Architecture Kerry 2018 (Victoria McCarthy)
- Life on the Tearaght 1883 - 1886 (Gay McCarron)
- A Description of Castleisland Castle by Sir William Herbert 1590 (Robert McGuire)
- Faction Fighters of County Kerry (Seán Moraghan)
- Saleen Pier (Pádraig Ó Concubhair)
- Ryan’s Daughter in Dingle – A 50th Anniversary Recollection (John O’Connor)
- The Visit of the Prince of Wales to Killarney – April 1858 (Dr Patricia O’Hare)
- A Well-Travelled Uniform-The Life of Captain R. E. Palmer (Jude O’Gorman)
- Cogadh Na Saoirse i gCiarraí Thiar (Noel O Murchú)
- The Life and Times of James Boothby Roche MP for East Kerry and Great- Grandfather to Diana, Princess of Wales (Tom Roche)
- James Kerin (1779-1848) Surgeon (Sylvia Turner)
- Muckross Lichen Collections in the Natural History Museum, London (Roy Vickery)
- Obituaries
- Tralee Medieval Society
- Contributors’ List
- Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Programme 2020
- Kerry Publications October 2018 - September 2019
- Membership Application Form
- Call for Participation: The Young Kerry Archaeologists’ Club
The Kerry Magazine
The Kerry Magazine is an annual publication of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society. It was first published in 1989, when it was primarily intended as a newsletter to keep members abreast of activities within the Society.
This has grown over the years into a much-respected stand-alone publication, which provides a platform for both academics and non-academics to publish short articles, pertaining not only to archaeology/history but also to the wider culture and heritage of the County.
Articles submitted for consideration for publication by the editorial sub-committee of The Kerry Magazine, should be submitted by May 31 of any given year. We welcome short articles (maximum 2500 words, including endnotes) from both academics and non-academics related to any aspect of Kerry’s rich and diverse culture and heritage. Contributors are also required to submit appropriate illustrations and a brief biographical note for publication in our Contributors’ List.
For queries relating to The Kerry Magazine or for a copy of our Contributor’s Guidelines, please email
The complete index to the articles published in our magazine may be searched by entering a keyword/author’s name/title in the above search box, or downloaded here. Please note, there was no edition published in 2004.
Magazines Available to Purchase
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- President’s Address at Annual General Meeting 2001 (Finn, Tom)
- Hon. Secretary’s Report 2000 (Browne, Kathleen)
- Obituary: Brian Looby (1948-2001)
- A Moated Site in the Townland of Cliddaun (O’Hare Patricia)
- Charles de Gaulle in Kerry (McConville, Seamus)
- Brosna Ladies’ Land League, The Parnell Visit (Curtin, Danny)
- The Square at Milltown (Bary, Valerie)
- The Tralee Election of 1852 (McMorran, Russell)
- Kerry Diamonds : Facts & Folklore (Wyse Jackson, Dr. Patrick)
- St. Mary’s Well, Killarney, 7 Centuries of Rounds (Ó Luanaigh, Tomás B.)
- Fr. John Crowley, Padré of the Desert (O’ Sullivan, Donal J.)
- Tralee and its Links to the G.A.A. (Browne, Eamon)
- Cloghane Pattern in the 1930’s (Mulcahy, Sheila)
- Cannons at Derrynane Harbou, Co. Kerry (Burke, Edward)
- The Herberts of Muckross (O’ Hare, Patricia)
- A Race - Ball at Dingle in 1746 (Finn, Tom)
- Antarctica: An Exhibition at Kerry County Museum (O'Carroll, Helen)
- “Manifestations of Joy” - Eachtra ó chogadh na ndeachúna I gCiarraí thuaidh (Ó Concubhair, Pádraig)
- Programme 2001
- Books on Kerry and by Kerry Authors published in 2000
- Contributors
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- A Note from Our President
- Cartwheels, Stócachs and the Battering Ram: Forgotten Aspects of Munster’s Skellig Shrove Traditions (Shane Lehane)
- John Kerin (1753-1823) (Sylvia Turner)
- Canon Brosnan and Cnoc na dTobair, Cahirciveen (Maurice J. Bric)
- Fr John J. Kennedy DSO: Republican and Imperial War Hero (Lorcán Ó Cinnéide)
- Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee & the Soldiers who Served, Part 1 (Tommy Martin)
- Muintir Chiarraí agus Craobh an Chéitinnigh: Kerry connections with the Keating Branch of the Gaelic League, 1901-1916 (Mary Mac Diarmada)
- Playing Cat by the Shores of Loch Léin, Killarney (Fr Tom Looney)
- From Kerry to Kildare Street: The Aglish Cross Inscribed Ogham Stone (Tony Bergin)
- Engaging Young People in History and Heritage: Kerry Heritage Hunters and Kerry Young Historian Award 2023 (Claudia Köhler & Victoria McCarthy)
- Fiana Fail in Kerry: from Anti-Treaty Insurrection to State Power. (Thomas Earls Fitzgerald)
- A Civil War Letter by Guerilla Leader Tom Barry to his Mother (Dr Patricia O’Hare)
- A Lost Opportunity for an End to the Civil War in Kerry (Bryan MacMahon)
- A visit to the Palace of Westminster (J. Anthony Gaughan)
- Murder of Batty McCarthy and Trial of his Killer William Little 1916-1917 (Young Kerry Historian of the Year -Kieran Cahill)
- Lassinagh House (Young Kerry Historian - Junior Category: Aaron Harty)
- Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Programme 2023
- 2024 Events - Programme Highlights
- Obituaries
- Contributors’ List
- 2023: A Year of Commemorations
- Kerry Publications 2023
- Annual Membership Renewal
- Membership Application Form
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- President's Address (Ahearn, Kit)
- Hon. Secretary’s Report 1994 (Browne, Kathleen)
- The Tithe Applotment Books as a County Kerry Genealogical Source (O'Connor, Thomas)
- A Come-Uppance for Billy the Leveller (McMahon, Bryan)
- List of Publications on Kerry and by Kerry Authors 1994
- Patrick Ganly (1809 – 1899) and the discovery of evidence of way-up in rocks on the Dingle Peninsula. (Wyse Jackson, Patrick N.)
- A Stone Alignment at Knockrower West (O'Hare, Patricia)
- Richard Blennerhassett – Ships Doctor (O'Carroll, Helen)
- Dunloe Castle 1812, More on Daniel of Dunloe (Mahony, Dan)
- Michael Doheny and James Stephens in Kerry (McMorran, Russell)
- The Pre-famine Fishing Industry on the Dingle Peninsula (Graham, Dan)
- The Church Education Society, Ballylongford and the Famine (Ó’Concubhair, Pádraig)
- Some Memories of Kerry Railways in the Days of Steam (Davies, Michael)
- Memories of the Fit-Ups (Houlihan, Patrick)
- Flesk Cottage (Bary, Valerie)
- North Kerry Placename (Ua Ciarrbhaic, Tomás)
- 1995 Field Outings (O’Leary, Gerry)
- Killarney Genealogical Centre (Browne, Kathleen)
- Ross Castle Official Opening 1993
- Bronze Tribute to Maurice Walsh (McOwan, Rennie)
- Dun an Óir – Fortress of the Gold. How did it get its name? (Finn, Tom)
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- President's Address (Marie O'Sullivan)
- Hon. Secretary's Report, 2017
- Launch of The Kerry Magazine, No. 29, 2018, Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, Kerry Library HQ, Tuesday, November 28, 2017 (John Breen)
- We Always Vote Redmond in This House (Dr Pat McCarthy)
- The Rose of Tralee International Festival: Connecting the Global Irish Community since 1959 (John Drummey)
- The Architecture and Landscape of Tralee Castle (Victoria McCarthy)
- Siamsa Tíre – 50 Bliain ag Fás: From Fadó Fadó to Anam (Caitriona Fallon)
- 10 Years of Tionól Mhic Easmainn (Dr Aoife Ní Chonchubhair)
- John Francis Marshall Miles - Dingle Doctor, Magistrate and Humanitarian 1847-1912 (Dan Graham)
- Views from the Sea: Four Little-known Images of Kerry Harbours in the 1630s (Dr Arnold Horner)
- 1848 i gCiarraí agus in Iarthar Luimnighe (Pádraig Ó Concubhair)
- Harry Clarke’s Windows for Diseart Chapel, Presentation Convent, Dingle (Dr Roisin Kennedy)
- Phoenix Paradiso (John O’Connor)
- Ancient Tomb - Youthful Imagination: Killaclohane Portal Tomb: An Innovative Approach to Heritage Education in Kerry (Claudia Köhler)
- Christy O’Grady: Patriot, Prisoner and Professor (Jude O’Gorman)
- 500 Years after Martin Luther: The Reformation and Its Legacy in Kerry (Venerable Simon J. Lumby)
- Mallets and Clubs: Victorian Pastimes from the ‘Big House’ (Patricia O’Hare)
- Anthony Trollope and Isaac Butt in Tralee Courthouse in 1849 (Bryan MacMahon)
- The Harrington Brothers and Their Kerry Connections (Donal J. O’Sullivan)
- ‘Women Voted Early and in Large Numbers’; Irishwomen, Activism, and the 1918 General Election (Dr Mary McAuliffe)
- Farranfore: A Village on a Crossroads in the Centre of Kerry (Marie O’Sullivan)
- Fr William Ferris’s History of BallymacElligott: The Book, the Bishop and the Ban (Brendan McCarthy)
- Major Charles George Fairfield of Loyal Mount Eagle Lodge, Brosna, County Kerry (Tom Roche)
- Royal Visit to Kerry - June 15, 2018General Data Protection Regulation Requirements
- Obituaries
- Contributors’ List
- Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Programme 2019
- Kerry Publications September 2017 - October 2018
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- 1997 A.G.M. President’s Address (O Coileáin, Tadhg)
- Hon. Secretary’s Report 1996 (Browne, Kathleen)
- Notes on a Medieval Bronze Bell (Bary, Valerie & Teahan, Shelann)
- O’Connell – The Liberator: His death, Funeral and Local Reaction (Lehane, Shane)
- The Building Stones of Tralee: a walking trail (Wyse Jackson, Patrick N.)
- Kerry in Antiquarian Sea Charts (Pierse, J. D.)
- The Dingle Fish Trawling Controversy 1849-1862 (Graham, Dan)
- The Fate of John B. Kearney: District Inspector of the R.I.C. and Superintendent of the Civic Guard (O’Sullivan, Donal)
- Praise for William Talbot Crosbie of Ardfert (McMahon, Bryan)
- Molahiff House (Bary, Valerie)
- Zouche: an Elizabethan in Kerry (Finn, Tom)
- John Dominic Nagle: Dingle Antiquary (McMorran, Russell)
- Logainmeacha atá le faghail í bParóiste an tSraidbhaile i gceanntar an Leithriugh atá i mBarúntacht Corca Dhuibhne, Co. Chiarraí (Ó Dubhda, Sean)
- Faction Fighting in Kerry Balleagh Strand, 1834 (Browne, Eamon)
- Big Drummer to the Emperor of Morocco Arthur O'Leary (1834 – 1919) (Fitzsimons, Dr Bob)
- Tralee's First Composer (Fitzsimmons, Bob)
- "Not so Much about the Cabbage Garden!" Kerry and the Year of Revolution- 1848 (Ó Concubhair, Pádraig)
- Michael J. Quill Memorial Centre, Killgarvan (Kelliher, Mary)
- List of Books on Kerry and by Kerry Authors 1996
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- Editorial Comment
- Presidents Address 2009 (Browne, Kathleen)
- Hon. Secretary's Report
- Searching for Roots in Kenmare Kerry Archaeological & Historical Society Outreach Programme 2009 (Class Cillian- Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine)
- Some Notes on the O'Connells of Derrynane (Bary, Valerie)
- Kerry Archaeological & Historical Society trip to Flanders, March 2009 (Bennett, Isabel & McKenna Sue)
- Variable Rate Deposits: Beaker and Early Bronze Age finds from Tralee (Connolly, Dr Michael)
- Lartigue Monorail Restoration Project (Deenihan, Jimmy)
- Tales of Sheon Burns a 19th century - North Kerry - Strongman (Dalton, Ciarán)
- The Lammas Fair Patent Killorglin - 1613 (Doyle, Tom)
- She was lovely and Fair: The Rose of Tralee 1959-2009 (Dwyer, Dr Ryle)
- Yann - Renard Goulet: Sculptor of the Ballyseedy Memorial (Kenny, Michael)
- Daniel O'Daly of Kilsarkin: 1595-1662 (MacCurtain, Dr Margaret, OP)
- Kerry County Infirmary (Fitzsimmons, Dr Bob)
- Listowel Writers' Week at Forty (Gaughan, Fr Anthony J.)
- The History of Castleisland Castle (McGuire, Robert)
- Richard Cantillon of Ballyheigue: the Greatest Economist of All? (MacMahon, Bryan)
- The Ballyvelly Races (McMorran Russell)
- An Pota Teangacha Ceilteacha (Ó Fiannachta, Pádraig An Canónach)
- Henry Arthur and Emily Herbert of Muckross, Killarney (O'Hare, Patricia)
- Kerry’ tenuous connection with the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association (O’ Sullivan, Donal)
- Sugar Loaf as a term in Hill-names (Tempan Paul) Waterville Cable Station (Rudd Amy)
- The National Photographic Archive Edel Quinn Commemoration
- Presentation Sisters Celebrate 200 years in Tralee
- Obituary
- Kerry Heritage Award
- Contributors' List
- Kerry Publications 2008/2009
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- President's Address (Maureen Hanafin)
- Hon. Secretary's Report, 2014
- Telling Time (Dr Michael Connelly)
- A Special Curtin Scrapbook (Gay McCarron)
- The Spaces of Irish Natural History: Maude Jane Delap, Valentia Island 1866-1953 (Dr Nessa Cronin)
- Oisín Kelly’s Statue of Roger Casement (Bryan MacMahon)
- Thomas F. Meagher and the Tricolour (Senator Mark Daly)
- Dan O’Mahony 1862-1934, Poblachtánach, Moonlighter agus Sealgaire Afracánach (Éamonn Ó Braoin)
- The Liberator’s Piper: Pádraig a' Chasúir Ó Súilleabháin (Seán Donnellly)
- The O’Rahilly (Padraig Ó Conchubhair)
- The Kerry Steamship - SS Derrymore and World War One (Dan Graham)
- Fenit Lighthouse Part Two (Tommy O'Connor)
- The Role of Women in Gaelic Society in the Middle-Ages (Grainne Henry)
- The Indomitable Irishry (Tighe & Elizabeth O'Donoghue/Ross)
- Fr John O’Sullivan 1807-1874 (Holy Cross 150 Group)
- Con Keating: Personal and Political (Sarah O’Farrel)
- Charting the Cycle Routes of County Kerry over 100 Years Ago - The Kerry Road Maps of R.J. Mecredy (Dr Arnold Horner)
- Tenant Farmers Host Dinner for Henry Arthur Herbert of Muckross, December 27, 1849 (Patricia O’Hare)
- The Tudor Conquest of Munster, 1565-1582Prof. Ben Kiernan (Tomás Ághas)
- The Dublin Years (Micheál Ó Móráin)
- Kerry Library Archives Collections: the 1916 Context (Michael Lynch)
- The Arrest and Detention of Roger Casement in Kerry (Donal J. O’Sullivan)
- Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Programme 2016
- Contributor’s List
- Kerry Publications October 2014- September 2015
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- President's Address (Maureen Hanafin)
- Hon. Secretary's Report, 2015
- Knockaderry National School, Farranfore Remembers 1916: Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Outreach Programme
- Letters from Tomás Ághas while Imprisoned in the United Kingdom (Tony Bergin)
- The Blackest Days of Black ’47 in Tralee (Bryan MacMahon)
- Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society - Early Days (Kathleen Browne)
- Tochaltánna Bréachaí (Éamonn Ó Braoin)
- A West Kerry Summer Diary, 1846 (Dr Marc Caball)
- The Murder of John O’Connell Curtin: A 19th Century Tragedy at Castlefarm, Firies (Gay McCarron)
- The Anchors of the 1916 Gun-Running Ship return to Tralee Bay after 100 years under the Sea (Laurence Dunne)
- Casement in Kerry: A Revolutionary Journey (Helen O’Carroll)
- The Life and Times of Captain Richard Edward Walter Burke 1893 - 1977 (Dan Graham)
- Dingle Coastguard Station (John O’Connor)
- Tralee 800 (John Griffin)
- Brendan's Immrama - The Archaeological Evidence of the Irish Discovering America (Tighe & Elizabeth O’Donoghue/Ross)
- Firies in 1916: The Story of Jim Riordan (Dr Tim Horgan)
- Killarney’s Victorian Gardens (Patricia O'Hare)
- Mapping Sliabh Luachra in the early-19th Century (Dr Arnold Horner)
- The Royal Irish Constabulary Mutiny at Castleisland (Donal J. O’Sullivan)
- Prince Geoffrey O’ Donoghue, Bard and Lord of the Glen, Killarney (Caroline Hurley)
- Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Celebrates 50th Anniversary (Marie O’Sulliva)n
- Early-17th Century Piracy along the South-West Coast: The Kerry Connection (Dr Connie Kelliher)
- Opening Address at the Roger Casement Autumn Gathering, September 4, 2015 (Celine Slattery)
- Kerry 2016 Centenary Celebrations (Kate Kennelly)
- Slí Bhréanáinn - In the footsteps of St Brendan from Fenit to Lerrig (St Brendan Heritage Committee, Fenit)
- Historic Tralee: Site of Holy Cross Dominican Priory-Kerry County Council (Archaeology Department and Kerry County Museum)
- Obituaries: Chris Nolan, Fr Gearóid Ó Donnchadha (Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta)
- Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Programme 2017
- Contributor's List
- Kerry Publications October 2016-August 2017