Kavanagh - A History of the Kavanaghs details the story of the Kavanaghs from the time of Donal, the first Kavanagh, who was born to King Diarmuid McMurrough about 1130 A.D. The Kavanaghs were the Royal Line of the people who lived in Ui Cinnsealaigh, a part of Ireland that encompassed modern day counties Wexford and Carlow and parts of South Wicklow in Ireland. The level of detail in this book is nothing short of astounding with genealogical profiles of all the various families that made up the numerous septs of the Kavanaghs in the Middle Ages. This book is a must read for anyone named...

Arthur J. Kavanagh, historian, author and publisher, has written ten books in all. In the Shadow of Mount Leinster The Wexford Gentry 1 The Wexford Gentry 2 Ireland 1798 - the Battles O'Nolan - the History of a People The Tipperary Gentry Vol 1 (with Wm Hayes) The Gentry & Aristocracy of Kilkenny The Gentry & Aristocracy of Meath The Kavanaghs Kings of Leinster Lest We Forget ( a book about people from North Wexford and South Carlow) All the books are now out of print but sections of the books are now available on Createspace.

According to Burkes Irish Family Records, John Boxwell, of Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire, was the founder of the Wexford dynasty. Helen Skrine, the family historian, of Butlerstown House, a daughter of Francis Boxwell, the last Boxwell occupier of Butlerstown, told an interesting story about the origins of the Boxwell family. The founding ancestor, John, was a private secretary to Queen Mary, the older sister of Queen Elizabeth, and for his services 'he was granted an estate in Wiltshire called Littlepark. His descendant John Boxwell, backed the wrong side in the Civil War in England and was...