This book, the outcome of twenty-five years of research, focuses on the lives and times of Lavins, Callerys, O'Haras, and Flynns-unpretentious families who have lived for generations in Ireland's western province of Connacht. Through good times and bad, shaped by social and religious circumstances, they managed to eke out modest livelihoods in their respective communities. While much has been written about the dynastic clans of Connacht (O'Hara and...