The Whitneys of Leinster: An Anglo-Irish Family by Lawrence Tritle

The Whitneys of Leinster: An Anglo-Irish Family, Volume I traces the history of the Whitney family from their roots in Ireland's provinces of Leinster — through Counties Wexford, Carlow, and Waterford — to their emigration to Kansas and California. Drawing on oral tradition, family documents, wills, photographs, and personal artifacts, historian Lawrence A. Tritle reconstructs the story of an Anglo-Irish Protestant family across several generations, from their landed estates (including the still-standing Ballyine House in County Carlow) to the military service of Major Benjamin Whitney at Waterloo and beyond. A companion section recounts the Civil War service of Freeman Herrington. Part genealogy, part social history, this first volume lays the groundwork for further research into a family whose journey mirrors the broader arc of Irish emigration to America.

Publisher: Walton Well Press
Publication Date: March 2025
ISBN: 978-1-964295-10-7
Length: 136 pages
Format: Hardback

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About the Author

LAWRENCE TRITLE PhD, emeritus Daum Professor of History at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, is author and editor of 14 books, including From Melos to My Lai: War and Survival (2000), A New History of the Peloponnesian War (2010), The Oxford Handbook of Warfare in the Classical World (2013, edited with Brian Campbell), and the forthcoming Beasts of War from Walton Well Press.