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Ancient and Present State of the County of Kerry was originally published by Charles Smith in 1756. This history of Kerry represents the last of his works before his death in 1762.
Smith is remembered as one of Ireland’s earliest topographers and writers of county histories. In this role as ‘county historian and topographer’ can be traced to two membership of two societies, the Dublin Society and the Dublin Philosophical Society.
It was said that Smith tended to embellish the accounts of certain gentlemen if he had been provided with a good dinner and entertainment by the gentleman in question. However, recent research has tended to look more kindly on Smith’s work and although far from scientific in any modern sense, what they do record has tended to be more or less accurate.
This new reader’s edition has been edited by Seán Moraghan and was published in 2010 by Bona Books. The original script of 470 pages has been edited down to a more accessible 268 pages.
Our paperback copy is in excellent condition and affords the reader to own a copy of a rare history of County Kerry.