Vanishing Kingdoms: Irish Chiefs and Their Families AD900 -2004

This book is a meditiation on aristocracy and its history in Ireland, and a brief account of twenty recognized Chiefs of the Name. Three, The O'Brien, The O'Conor Don and The O'Neill, have legitimate claims to Ireland's High Kingship. The stories of these individual families, conveyed through interviews with existing chiefs and fellow historians, give a synoptic view of the past through an unfolding historical documentary.