
Flyleaf Press, the publishing arm of Ancestor Network, publish ‘Tracing your Ancestors in Kerry‘ by local historian Kay Caball which details the sources available for research in Kerry and how to use them to best effect.
The names of the scholars are varied and it is not clear if the school catered for any particular community. They include names that are relatively common in the area such as Kelly, Finucane, Dillane, Supple and Enright, but also names that are not usually found in Ireland such as Ware, Eggleston and Nott. An unusual name on the list is ‘Fowlone’, a variant of Folan according to www.johngrenham.com. Further Kerry sources are available in other blogs in this series – see below. If you make a connection, we would love to hear about it.
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Mary Kelly
Sarah Fowlone (?)
James Fowlone (?)
Michael Finucane
Ann Finucan
Elizabeth McCormick
Catherine Ware
Mary Ware
James Supple
John Eggleston
Hannah Nott
Charles Conner
Mary Conner
George Ware
William Dillane
Margaret Dillane
Michl. Dillane

William Murray
John Enright
Edmond Fowlone (?)
John Finucane
Michael Finucane
William Cummins
Pat Cummins
Margaret Cummins
Abigail Murray
Francis Kelly
Thos. Kelly
Willm. King
David Ferguson
Henry McCormick
John Nott
Thos. Nott
Thos. Murray
Charles Murray
Thos. Ware
George Farrel

Further articles in our series on Irish Family History sources include:
- Petty Sessions– the records of local courts
- Catholic Church records
- Grand Jury Presentments – records of local councils on payments for public works and staff
- Rentals – management of tenants by estates and the records created
- Middle names – the use (or non-use) of second or middle names in Irish records
- How comprehensive are Irish Civil Records?
- Census returns in Gaelic or Irish language
- 80+ blogs with names extracted from manuscript sources from many counties. A handy map index to these is available here.
Kerry Sources