Simon White, 1941, to ‘Pope’ O’Mahony, BL, Large Mahogany Door of Old Glengariff Castle taken from Togher (McCarthy) Castle, Dunmanway, West Cork and the ‘Pope’ on ‘Meet the Clans’ his attempt to be nominated for Irish Presidential Election, 1952.

Note by Paddy O’Keefe,

Simon White had heard his great grandfather who was a son of Colonel Simon Whhite say that Togter Castle had once belonged to William White.

The Whites later Lord Bantry had come to Whiddy Island around 1700 from Dunmanway having probably originated from Co. Limerick.

Glengariff Castle:

http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie:8080/LandedEstates/jsp/property-show.jsp?id=3762

Togher Castle:

http://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees1/MacCarthyGlas.phphttp://www.sip.ie/sip022/togher.htm

The ‘Pope”

http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/o/OMahony_E/life.htm

http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/eoin-pope-omahony/

http://www.uccphilosoph.com/wiki/Eoin_%22The_Pope%22_O%27Mahony

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_presidential_election,_1952