Vanishing Kingdoms.(Brief article)(Book review)

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Vanishing Kingdoms

Walter J. P. Curley

Lilliput Press

c/o Dufour Editions

PO Box 7, Chester Springs, PA 19425

1843510561 $51.95 dufoureditions.com

Vanishing Kingdoms: The Irish Chiefs And Their Families by Walter J. P. Curley (former US Ambassador to Ireland and France) is the engaging history of twenty Irish chiefs, their families and their backgrounds. Introducing the three O'Brien, O'Connor Don, and O'Neill cla...

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