Sa bhliain 1750 tháinig beirt dearthár, Seán ‘ac Mharcuis Mac Gearailt

agus Éamon ‘ac Mharcuis Mac Gearailt go Ciarraí ó Mhainistir

Fhearmaí i gCorcaigh. Chuireadar fúthu sa Ghráig sa Ghleann Mór

agus tugtaí Gráig na nGearaltach ar an áit mar is léir ó Amhrán na

nGearaltach. Ó Éamon a shíolraigh ár gClann. Seo mar a théann an

ghlúin ghinealaigh:

Éamon ‘ac Mharcuis,

Seán ‘ac Éamoin,

Muiris ‘ac Sheáin,

Micil ‘ac Mhuiris,

Tomás ‘ac Mhicil,

Mícheál ‘ac Thomáis.

Phós Seán ‘ac Éamoin bean de mhuintir Chonchúir Cuaineach (Cuaineach

nó Cuannach = comely, graceful, charming) agus bhí triúr mac acu,

Muiris, Seán Mór agus Éamon. Cuireadh na Gearaltaigh as seilbh as an

Ghráig mar go rabhadar ag póitseáil bradán san abhainn agus ag déanamh

súdaireachta ar chraicne na mbeithíoch. Ba ghnách coirt na gcrann dara a

úsáid chun súdaireachta agus bhí cosc ar sin, chomh fada agus is eol dom.

Bhíothas chun na Gearaltaigh a thabhairt ós comhair na cúirte mar gur rug

an Buitléireach, oifigeach custaim, seilbh ar na seithí gur chuir faoi ghlas

go daingean iad sa Teach Faire nó sa Watch House a bhí gairid dá thigh

féin sa Choireán thiar. Líon sé an t-aon fhuinneog a bhí ann le clocha.

24. The Fitzgeralds of Graigues and Inchfarranagleragh Glebe, Glenmore

In the year 1750 two brothers, John son of Marcus FitzGerald and

Éamon son of Marcus FitzGerald came into Kerry from Fermoy, Co.

Cork. They settled in the townland of Graigues in Glenmore so that the

place became known as Graigues of the Geraldines, as it is shown in the

Song of the Geraldines. Our Family is in direct line of descent from

Éamon. The line runs as follows:

Éamon son of Marcus

John son of Éamon

Maurice son of John

Micil son of Maurice

Thomas son of Micil

Michael son of Thomas.

John son of Éamon married an O’Connor woman of the O’Connor

Cuaineach or Cuannach which means comely, graceful, charming.

They had three sons, Maurice, Big John and Éamon.

The FitzGeralds were subsequently evicted from Graigues, some will

tell that it was for poaching salmon in the river, together with tanning

leather. The bark of the oak tree from the woods was used in tanning

and this was permitted only by licence. The FitzGeralds were to be

brought before the court, as Butler, a customs official seized the hides

and locked them into the “Watch House” in Waterville and he had the