We are extremely grateful for the assistance and interest of many people who contributed generously with local information, anecdotes regarding their towns, villages and townlands.

Christy Roche confirmed his reputation as a local geographer and gave generously of his time in reviewing and authenticating much of the local history regarding antiquities in many areas. We thank Christy sincerely for his contribution and in particular with regard to Glanworth and Killavullen.

Bill Power of Mitchelstown, a local historian of great repute, was a fund of information regarding the Galtees and Mitchelstown. He has written extensively of the town which he loves and we have used some information from his writings.

We have also abstracted freely from local tourism and heritage documents generously supplied by individuals and communities: - John O’Brien of Buttevant; Peter O’Regan of Britway/Castlelyons; Liam Canning of Mocollop/Ballyduff; Ann O’Farrell of Castletownroche; John O’Keeffe of Ballyhooly; Michael Troy and Brendan Meagher of Ballysaggart; Mrs. Mary Finn and Linda Finn of Araglin; Jim Nash, Paddy Whelan, Pat O’Connor and the late Tom Cotter of Kilworth; John Murphy and Dave Ronan of Fermoy. We are grateful to Frank and Pamela Gilligan and Eugene Reilly who did a superb job editing the script.

We thank Audrey Murnane for the compilation and recording of information and her patience throughout the work.

To Michael Murphy we are grateful for the creation of all but 2 of the wonderful maps.

Finally, we would like to thank Blackwater Resource Development for their encouragement and financial support for the "print" (book) version of this website: "Walking in Fermoy, The Galtees and Surroundings", written and compiled by Barry Connolly, Tom Baker, Kevin O'Farrell and Tom Tobin; published 1999 by Blackwater Resource Development.

Left to Right: Tom Baker, Barry Connolly, Tom Tobin and Kevin O'Farrell