Kathleen This book is a collection of the recollections of a life of a woman, Peig Minihane ( O Driscoll ), born 1861, in the parish of Kilcatherine, on the Beara Penisular in south west Cork, in the years about 1939. They cover all aspects of life and death in a small farming and fishing community, and stories of the past, famine, and the sidh. It is a great read, and does inevitably mention other families and names and places, usually nearby, but could not be considered a genealogical source unless you know that your family is from that part of Ireland. It's a story about storytelling..... Mary