Interesting to see your ancestor discussing the origins of the placenames. One not glossed by Hickson but easily identified is “the Island of Kerry”, now Castleisland.
Is “(a painful serviceable gentleman)” her note or his? I am assuming his, and that painful = painstaking.
The whole picture is very vivid; four centuries later I feel a bit sorry for the cows.
Interesting to see your ancestor discussing the origins of the placenames. One not glossed by Hickson but easily identified is “the Island of Kerry”, now Castleisland.
Is “(a painful serviceable gentleman)” her note or his? I am assuming his, and that painful = painstaking.
The whole picture is very vivid; four centuries later I feel a bit sorry for the cows.