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

    • 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
    • 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
    • President's Address (Maureen Hanafin)
    • Hon. Secretary's Report, 2013
    • 25 years of Archaeological Excavations in Kerry (Isabel Bennett)
    • Captain Flora Sandes of the Serbian Army (Bryan MacMahon)
    • Jeremiah Buckley Ballymacelligott First World War Veteran (Ethel Corduff)
    • An tAthair Máirtín Ó Mathúna / Mártán Ó Mathghamhna 1879-1944 (Éamonn Ó Braoin)
    • Cumann na mBan - Remembering the Women of South Kerry (Mark Daly)
    • Recruiting the Dead an oration delivered at TraleeTown Council Commemoration Ceremony in PáircAn Phiarsaigh, Tralee, April 20, 2014 (Helen O’Carroll)
    • Anti-Recruiting in Kerry 1903-1914 (Alan Drumm)
    • Fenit Lighthouse (Tommy O'Connor)
    • In Memory of my Father, Tom Finn 1927-2006 (Clodagh Finn)
    • Early Christianity in Kerry Eastern Coptic Influence Meets Druidic Philosophy (Tighe & Elizabeth O’Donoghue/Ross)
    • Andrew Carnegie, Peg, and the Dingle Carnegie Free Library (Dan Graham)
    • 50 Years of Heritage Interpretation at Muckross (Patricia O'Hare)
    • Humphrey “Free” Murphy Kerry's foremost Soldier during the Revolutionary Period (Tim Horgan)
    • Memories of a Rural Irish Sports Meeting (Jim O’Shea)
    • The “Sunny Side” of Early 20th Century Kerry (Dr Arnold Horner)
    • Milestones in the Policing of Tralee down through the Years (Donal O’Sullivan)
    • Valerie Bary A Tribute (Dr John Knightly)
    • Castleisland Through the Ages: A Brief Overview (Marie O'Sullivan)
    • Kerry Explorer Tom Crean comes to Knockaderry National School Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Outreach Programme (Claudia Köhler & Marie O’Sullivan)
    • Storytelling in Kerry (Ray O'Sullivan)
    • Forgotten Political Displays in Cahersiveen (Gerard Leen)
    • Reminiscence of a Childhood in Farranfore in the 1930s (Dr Dick Shanahan)
    • Tralee Soldiers in the Great War 1914-1918 (Russsell McMorran)
    • Former Editors
    • Contributor’s List
    • Kerry Publications October 2013-October 2014
    • President's Address (Tómas B. Ó Lunaigh)
    • Hon. Secretary's Report, 2012
    • The Irish Harp-Official Symbol of Ireland: Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Outreach Programme
    • Minard Castle (Tony Bergin)
    • The Eóganachts of Cashel in Kerry (Tighe & Elizabeth O’Donoghue/Ross)
    • In the Shadow of the School - Memories of Growing-up in Rural North Kerry in the 1950s (Dick Carmody)
    • Faill Móir - go - Freemantle: Na Finíní i gCiarraí 1867 (Breandán Ó Duinneacha)
    • Kenmare Remembers - The Headford Ambush, 1921 (Mark Daly)
    • Hugh O'Flaherty Memorial Society Retrace the World War II Rome Footsteps of the Monsignor October 8-12, 2012 (Jerry O'Grady)
    • The “Flying Huntsman” - A Limerick Paddle Steamer/Tugin Dingle Harbour1887 – 1892 (Dan Graham)
    • A Demolished Thatched Dwelling, from College Street, Killarney (Patricia O’Hare)
    • “The Gathering” and Kerry (John Griffin)
    • Founding of the Volunteers in Killarney 1913 (Tomás B. Ó Luanaigh)
    • Records of the “Victorian Internet” - Cable Charts showing South Kerry and the near Atlantic around 1900 (Dr Arnold Horner)
    • Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Trip to Munich, June 8-15, 2013 (Peggy O’Shea)
    • Dennis Fenton: The Triple Olympic Champion from Baile an Chótaigh (Dr Tom Hunt)
    • Education in Kerry in 1831 (Donal J. O’Sullivan)
    • Geraldine Tralee Birth and Destruction of a Medieval Town (Claudia Kőhler)
    • East Kerry of the One Hundred Thousand Welcomes: A Diary of a Gathering Event (Marie O'Sullivan)
    • Jeremiah Purcell: A Tralee Deaf Man’s Life of Poverty and Crime (Cormac Leonard)
    • Féile na Cásca 1974-2013 Obair na Bunscoileanna Seandálaíocht agus Ealaíon “Mo Cheantar Féin” (Máire Uí Shíthigh & Isabel Bennett)
    • Napoleon, Wellington and Cantillon (Bryan McMahon)
    • Obituaries
    • Contributor’s List
    • Kerry Publications October 2012-September 2013
    • President's Address (Tómas B. Ó Lunaigh)
    • Hon. Secretary's Report, 2011
    • Crossing The Generations - Part 2: Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Outreach Programme 2012. Fossa National School
    • Puck Fair in Cinema and Television (Sean Moraghan)
    • Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh (Ballyferriter) (Isabel Bennet)
    • A Forgotten Scholar of Irish Annals (Dónal Murphy)
    • Nunneries in Ireland in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological Overview (Tracy Collins)
    • A Glimpse of Killarney Town during the Visit of Queen Victoria, August 1861 (Michael O’Connor & Daniel McCarthy)
    • Michael Collins, Currans: A Forgotten Kerry Olympian (Dr Helena Daly & Marie O’Sullivan)
    • Writers’ Writers’ WeekTommy (Frank O’Connor)
    • Currow Remembers the Sinking of the Titanic (Con Dennehy)
    • The Usurpers of West Munster: The O'Donoghues - Legend and Legacy (Elizabeth O’Donoghue/Ross)
    • The Age of Industry in Dingle Port 1880 - 1940 (Dan Graham)
    • Father Tom Jones-Handball Player and Hero (Jude O’Gorman)
    • Three maps of Caherciveen in the early1840s (Dr Arnold Horner)
    • Fenians, Puppets and Magic Lantern Shows! A Victorian Re-Enactment at Muckross (Patricia O’Hare)
    • Lady Arabella Ward - a Vignette (Dr John Knightley)
    • James Franklin Fuller - Kerry's Great Architect of the late-19th century (Dónal J.O’Sullivan)
    • Of Monasteries, Masons and Medieval Murder – Tales from Medieval Tralee (Claudia Köhler)
    • Mairin Cregan (Jim Ryan)
    • The Earls’ of Desmond and The Tower of London (Robert McGuire)
    • Kerry Publications October 2011-September 2012
    • Cardinal Samuel Stritch of Chicago (Bryan MacMahon)
    • President's Address (Tómas B. Ó Lunaigh)
    • Hon. Secretary's Report, 2010
    • Address by Archbishop Dermot Clifford at the Unveiling of a Plaque to Dr. Croke, in The Square, Tralee (Archbishop Dermot Clifford)
    • The Ballyheigue Affray of 1869 (Bryan McMahon)
    • Crossing The Generations: Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Outreach Programme 2012. Fossa National School
    • Charles Smith's Study of County Kerry 1756 (Seán Moraghan)
    • The Mystery of the Killmackillogue Tugs (Claire Aylett)
    • The Family in County Kerry 6,000 Years Ago (Gerard Mulligan)
    • Final Notes on the O’Connell’s of Derrynane (Valerie Bary)
    • Early-Medieval Bells and Crosiers from County Kerry (Dr Griffin Murray)
    • Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society Trip to Beara, June 20-23, 2011 (Isabel Bennet)
    • Cogadh na Talún agus na ‘Moonlighters’ (Éamonn Ó Braoin)
    • Conservation Bookbinding at Muckross House (Paul Curtis)
    • The Archaeology of the Loch a' Dúin Valley (Michéal Ó Coiléain)
    • Kenmare Telegram Announces the Beginning of The 1916 Rising to the World (Mark Daly)
    • Letters from a Victorian Princess to Blanche Herbert of Muckross House (Patricia O’Hare)
    • William Larkin and the Mapping of Kerry Roads 200 Years Ago (Dr Arnold Horner)
    • The World's Best-Known Kerryman, Field Marshall Horatio Herbert Kitchener (Dónal J. O’Sullivan)
    • Molahiffe Village in By-gone Days (Helen Jenkinson)
    • November Fair Day - Sole Survivor from a once Packed Calendar in Castleisland (John Reidy)
    • Theories Regarding the Function of Ringforts and South terrains in County Kerry (Robert McGuire)
    • Kerry Publications October 2010 - October 2011
    • President's Address (Kathleen Browne)
    • Hon. Secretary's Report, 2009
    • Tralee: Historic Walk of Tralee - 1st Year Travel & Tourism Students, ITT
    • Richard Crosbie: Pioneer of Balloon Flight (Bryan MacMahon)
    • My Affair with the Tailor (Claire Aylett)
    • The Edward Roe Collection (Dr Griffin Murray & Cliodhna Ní Mhurchú)
    • Further Notes on the O’Connells of Derrynane (Valerie Bary)
    • An Lóchrann Deireannach (Donal Murphy)
    • Kerry Archaeological & Historical Society trip to Beara, 14th- 18th June, 2010 (Isabel Bennett)
    • Pilib Céad Bó – Ropaire Chiarraí (Eamonn Ó Braoin)
    • Alexander Nimmo and his Mapping in Kerry 200 years ago (Dr Arnold Horner)
    • The Challenges of Caring for an Historic House (Patricia O'Hare)
    • Reminiscence of Molahiffe Fair (Helen Jenkinson)
    • John L. Sullivan, World Boxing Champion and his connection with Abbeydorney (Donal J. O’Sullivan)
    • Roads Around Castleisland (Larry Keane)
    • Risen from the Ashes: Early Christian Brooch discovered near Ballylongford, County Kerry (Dr Griffin Murray)
    • Education at Kerry County Museum – Yes! You can touch it! (Claudia Kőhler)
    • Fionán Lynch 1889-1966 Papers at Kerry Library (Michael Lynch)
    • Scoil Lios Teilic "Incredible Edibles" - Growing Challenge
    • Scoil Lios Teilic Mackerel Fishing and the Role of Women, in South Kerry and West Cork, c.1880-1930 (Mary McGillicuddy)
    • Medieval Treasures of County Kerry: Lecture Series and Publication (Dr Griffin Murray)
    • The Castles of County Kerry Castleisland Castle: A chronological study (Robert McGuire)
    • Kerry Publications October 2009 – September 2010
    • 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
    • Presidents Address 2008 (Browne, Kathleen)
    • Aghadoe 850: A Collaborative Learning Journey (6th class Pupils Fossa & Lissivigeen National Schools)
    • King of Spain Honours Kerryman - Declan Downey (University College Dublin Communications Office)
    • Bard an Oileáin: Uileog Ó Ceirin (1791-1863) (Ó Braoin, Éamonn)
    • Queen Victoria in Killarney (Spillane, Dr. Milo)
    • Elise Sandes of Tralee: The friend of soldiers (MacMahon, Bryan)
    • Fáilte to a Pilgrim Visit to "The Great Church of Aghadoe" (Looney, Fr. Tom)
    • Kerry's Most Exciting Election - Hard to Keep Voters in Line in 1872 (Rice, George)
    • Improvements and the Godfrey Estate 1818-1824 (Knightly, John)
    • Kerry County Council Arts Office (Kennelly, Kate)
    • The Plaque in Listowel Garda Station (Gaughan, J. Anthony)
    • Griffith's Valuation Available Online
    • The Musical Life and Times of James Goodman (1828-1896), 19th - Century Collector of Kerry Traditional Music (Hegarty, David)
    • Rock Art in Kerry (Prendiville, Maggie)
    • Caomhnu na hOidhreachta: Spleachadh ar Fhoras Ceime sa Teatar Tuaithe (Ó Laoiré, Dr. Muiris)
    • The Lost Castle of Currans (Bary, Valerie)
    • Tarbert, Co Kerry, and the Element Tairtbeart in Place-names (Tempan, Paul)
    • The Irish Colleges in 17th – and 18th century Parish: A Brief History (Chambers, Dr. Liam)
    • The Red, The Green and The Gold, Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society trip to Manchester, May 2008 (Geary, John)
    • Plaque Unveiled in Tralee to Commemorate Mercy
    • Convent Obituary: Kit Ahern
    • Contributors' List
    • Kerry Publications 2007/2008

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