In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Cappanacush like this:
CAPPANACOSS, or CAPPANACUSH, the chief of a group of islands of that name, in the parish of TEMPLENOE, barony of DUNKERRON, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, about 3 miles (S. W. by W.) from Kenmare: the population is included in the return for the parish. It is situated in the river Kenmare, and consists entirely of limestone rock, in some places approaching to a grey marble, and said to have been formerly worked by Sir William Petty, ancestor of the Marquess of Lansdowne. ...
About a British mile west of the island are the Roancarrig rocks, so called from the number of seals that frequent them.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cappanacush, in and County Kerry | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27200
Date accessed: 03rd June 2024
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