A meticulous reconstruction of the careers of an Irish Catholic professional family who worked as cartographers, builders, engineers and valuers in Ireland between 1840 and 1847, and afterwards in South Africa, Turkey, Trinidad and Jamaica. Includes Appendix of some correspondence of Archbishop Leahy, 1855-1860.
In Search of Fame and Fortune: The Leahy Family of Engineers 1780-1888
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