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The Lion, the Pheon, and the Red-handed Succession of St. Mullins (1511-1852) traces the lineage and legacy of the descendants of Diarmuid Lámhdearg Kavanagh, whose progeny held nearly the entire parish of St. Mullins as their patrimonial inheritance. Spanning from late-medieval Ireland into the mid-19th century, the book explores an intricate web of kinship and influence extending from the southeast of Ireland to France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire.
Over 1,700 individuals are mentioned in this scholarly study. Drawing on hundreds of registered deeds, baptismal records, genealogical manuscripts, and other primary sources, the work presents the most thorough and detailed account to date of the progeny of Diarmuid Lámhdearg and their extensive kinship network. Special emphasis is placed on the Forstall family and their collateral connections within the ancestral lineage
With a richly furnished appendix of interpretive essays, The Lion, the Pheon, and the Red-Handed Succession of St. Mullins offers a profound inquiry into the arc of a Gaelic lineage that spanned from Carlow, Kilkenny, and Wexford to the courts of Europe.
The following families are treated in considerable detail: Kavanagh of St. Mullins, Ballyleigh, Borris, and Carrigduff; Forstall or Forrestal of Ringville, Kilferagh, and New Ross; and Houghton of Ballyanne and New Ross.
Additional mention is given to: Fogarty of Drummin and Ballynabanoge; Butler of the Rower; Kehoe or Mac Eochaidh of Ballyleigh, Marley, and Nash Castle; Jordan of Wexford and Carlow; Lawlor of Knockmore, Mullennagaun, and Mohullen; and Ryan of Curraun.