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From: Kate Press <>
Subject: [LIMERICK] West Limerick Families
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 19:30:52 +1100


West Limerick Families Abroad
Kate Press and Valerie Thompson
ISBN 0-646-41334-1
Format soft cover A4 270 pages
LIMITED EDITION

The complete index of names in the book, an index of West Limerick
Baronies, Parishes and Townlands plus the cover photo at

<http//www.alphalink.com.au/~datatree/index.htm>


A study of the Irish who left West Limerick and travelled to the four
corners of the globe. This work sets out their family trees, logs their
emigration and contains numerous stories of their triumphs, trials and
tribulations in their new homeland.

More than 1000 family names, with subject cross references. Many name
variants are included. There are twenty-seven known variants for the name
Prenderville.


* A brief chronology of Irish History

* A time-line for Irish Records

* A list of records for West Limerick including Census Returns and
Substitutes; Local Histories; Local Journals; Directories; Gravestone
Inscriptions; Graveyard Records and Limerick Newspapers

* A list of Catholic parishes in West Limerick in the Limerick Diocese
with record commencement dates

* A list of Civil parishes alphabetically indexed

* A list of Roman Catholic parishes alphabetically indexed

* An Enquiry into the Occupation of Land in Ireland

* A list of "Missing Friends" - extracts from the Boston Pilot

* An extract from the "Faction Fighters of the Nineteenth Century in West
Limerick".

* West Limerick Convicts

* A collection of 32 local photographs (old and new)

* A List of contributors with addresses

* Indexed




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