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This site welcomes all those interested in books published by Joseph F. O'Callaghan concerning the O'Callaghan family of County Cork. Here you will find a comprehensive and scholarly history of the O'Callaghan family from the 10th century to the 20th. In addition, a novel on love and war in the 17th century focuses on one aspect of O'Callaghan history.
If you wish to purchase either of those books you can contact the publishers' websites given below. The Irish form of the name and its meaning is explained and the family coat of arms is described. A list of my articles relating to our history, mainly in the 17th and 18th centuries, is provided. Most are accessible online. As you explore these books and articles, you will discover that nearly all your questions about our family are answered or discussed.
Our Books
Clan Callaghan: The O Callaghan Family of County Cork
Drawing on historical narratives, poetry, and documentary records, this extremely well researched history traces the origins of the O’Callaghan family from Cellachán of Cashel, a tenth-century king of Munster, down to modern times.
In addition to an extensive bibliography, this book includes five maps, thirty-five illustrations and sixteen genealogical tables.
Land, Loved & Lost – A Tale of Love and War in 17th Century Ireland
Land, Loved and Lost: A Tale of Love and War in 17th Century Ireland is a story of the love shared by Donough and Ellen O’Callaghan for one another, and for O’Callaghan’s Country the land they ruled along the Blackwater River in North Cork. Donough and Ellen were real people and their marriage reunited O’Callaghan lands concentrated around the castles of Clonmeen and Dromaneen.