Kilcash: 1190-1801

Kilcash in Ireland is best known to-day for the Irish song namedafter it. However, behind the song there is a lengthy past which thisbook sets out to unfold. Drawing on archaeological, historical andliterary material, the authors narrate the story of Kilcash from the middle ages to the ruin ofits castle at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The happenings of the area are located in the context of some of the important moments of Irish history in which its people were involved. In the process, once famous - though now oft forgotten - inhabitants of Kilcash are resurrected, alongsidesome of the more marginal figures who left behind some traceof their passing. A newly edited and translated text ofCill Caise based on the extant nineteenth-century manuscript is accompanied by a poetic translation by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain which has been adopted for the Irish Department of Education's Leaving-Certificate examination.
The book is well illustrated with photographs, portraits and linedrawings. The appendices contain a full list of gravestoneinscriptions in 'Old' Kilcash. This book brings to life the storied past of Kilcash's castle, church, manor and parish as well as the peoplewho gave it an honoured place in Ireland's history.