Books

• Annals of the Four Masters, 1632-1636, translated into English from the original Irish:
  • John O'Donovan, 1848-1851:
    • Volume 1 (from the earliest period to the year 902)
    • Volume 2 (years 903-1171)
    • Volume 3 (years 1172-1372)
    • Volume 4 (years 1373-1500)
    • Volume 5 (years 1501-1588)
    • Volume 6 (years 1589-1616)
  • Owen Connellan, 1845: Volume 3 (years 1171 to 1392) with extensive annotation
• A Beginner's Book of Chess, by Wm. F. Drueke & Co., 1917
• Chicago and Cook County, A Guide to Research, by Loretto Dennis Szucs, 1996
• Chicago and the Great Conflagration, by Elias Colbert and Everett Chamberlin, 1871
• Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920, by Perry R. Duis, 1998
• DNA USA: A Genetic Portrait of America by Bryan Sykes, 2012.
• Drueke's Chess Primer, by Wm. F. Drueke, circa 1932
• Exploring Family Origins in Castlebar and Westport, by Noel Farrell, 2006
• The Fermanagh Story (exerpt) by Rev. Peadar Livingstone, Clogher Historical Society, 1969
• Glencorrib National Schools, 1854-2004, Glencorrib, Co. Mayo, Ireland, 2004
• Grania Uaile (Grace O'Malley), lecture delivered by Archbishop of Tuam, Most Rev. Dr. Healy, LL.D., at the Town Hall in Westport, County Mayo, on January 7, 1906
• A Guide to Chicago's Murals, by Mary Lackritz Gray, 2001
• The History of Enniskillen, by W. Copeland Trimble, 1919
• The History of Ireland, by Geoffrey Keating (1569-1644), translated into English from the original Irish:
  • Translation 1, by David Comyn and Patrick S. Dinneen in the early 1900s
  • Translation 2, by John O'Mahony, 1857
• The History of Ireland, by Geoffrey Keating (1569-1644), translated into English from the original Irish by John O'Mahony, 1857
• A History of Monaghan for 200 Years, 1660-1860, by Denis Carolan Rushe, 1921
• History of St. Mary's Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan 1907
• The History of Will County. Illinois, by William LeBaron, 1878
• How to Play Cribbage, by Wm. F. Drueke & Sons, circa 1942
• Images of America: Alpine Township, by Mary Rasch Alt, 2007
• Indian Hill: The First 75 Years, by Gordon H. Ewen, 19889
• Irish Families, Their Names, Arms and Origins by Edward MacLysaght (1887-1986), Irish Academic press, 1957. Revised or reprinted in 1972, 1978, 1985, and 1991
• Irish Names and Surnames by Rev. Patrick Woulfe, Dublin,1923. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co. in 1967, 1969, 1993
• Irish Pedigrees; or, the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, by John O'Hart
  • First Edition, 1876
  • Second Edition, 1878
  • Third Edition, 1881
  • Fourth Edition, 1887
  • Fourth Edition, 1892: Volume I and Volume II
• Itchy Feet & Thirsty Work, A Guide to the History & Folklore of Ballinrobe, by Bridie Mulloy, 1987
• John O'Donovan's Letters from County Fermanagh (1834), by John O'Donovan, edited by John B. Cunningham, 1993. Excerpts:
  • Enniskillen, October 16th, 1834, pages 16-21 - reference to O'Beccan
  • Enniskillen, November 6th, 1834, pages 56-65 - references to O'Fiaich/Fee
  • Enniskillen, November 24th, 1834, pages 74-81 - reference to O'Becan/Little
• Killawalla: The Road to Our Hearts, Killawalla, County Mayo, Ireland, 1999
• Knape & Vogt, 1898-1998, Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company, 1998
• Medieval Gaelic Sources, by Katharine Simms, Four Courts Press, 2009
• Mitten im Dorf, Chronik der Pfarrgemeinde St. Johannes Nepomuk, Kassel, by Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Johannes Nepomuk, Biebergemünd-Kassel, 2003
• The Monaghan Story by Rev. Peadar Livingstone, Clogher Historical Society, 1980
• The Moores of Moore Hall by Joseph Hone, 1939
• Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, by Chapman Brothers, 1890
• Role and Impact: The Chicago Society of Artists by Louise Dunn Yochim, 1979.
• Saxons, Vikings, and Celts by Bryan Sykes, 2006. UK edition titled Blood of the Isles
• The Scots, A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat and James F. Wilson, 2011.
• A Social History of Ancient Ireland by Patrick Weston Joyce, 1903: Volume I and Volume II
• Special Report on Surnames in Ireland, by Sir Robert Edwin Matheson, 1909.
• The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland, by Seumas MacManus, 1921.
• Some Account of the Territory or Dominion of Farney, in the Province and Earldom of Ulster, by Evelyn Philip Shirley, 1845
• The Surnames of Ireland by Edward MacLysaght (1887-1986), Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1969
• Tall Ships of the World, by C. Keith Wilbur, 1986
• A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis, 1837
• The Treasures of South Mayo, edited by John Jones, with Diarmuid Lavelle and the members of FAS/Moytura Phase II, undated (Bernard Biggins, among others, worked on this project)
• Varieties and Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland, by Sir Robert Edwin Matheson, 1890.

Periodicals

• American Chess Bulletin, January 1922, p. 2 - photo of Charlie Chaplin playing chess with Samuel Reshevsky and a statement that the success of Sammy's far Western tour is due to the personal interest and effort of William F. Drueke of Grand Rapids, Mich., who traveled ahead as advance agent, and that close scrutiny of the picture makes it clear that Charlie and Sammy are playing with a set of the famous Drueke chessmen
• American Chess Bulletin, March 1922, p. 44 - photo of Will Drueke and Samuel Reshevsky in the center of a U-shaped table of chess players at the Hotel Breslin at Broadway at 29th Street in New York on February 27, 1922
• Automobile Quarterly, Fourth Quarter 1979, p. 340 - article on Flanders automobiles
• The Clogher Record, "Families of Medieval Clones," by S. Ó Dufaigh (Rev. Joseph Duffy, Bishop of Clogher 1979-2010), Volume II, No. 2, 1959, pp. 385-414
• The Clogher Record, "The Origin of the Three Collas and the Fall of Emain," by Donald M. Schlegel, Volume XVI, No. 2, 1998, pp. 159-181
• The Clogher Record, "Reweaving the Tapestry of Ancient Ulster," by Donald M. Schlegel, Volume XVII, No. 3, 2002, pp. 689-749
• The Darien Historical Society Annual, Volume 4, Number 8, 1982 - "The Red Mill at Five Mile River"
• Duffy's Hibernian Magazine, "The Maguires of Fermanagh," by John Donovan, Volume 2, No. 10, April 1861
• Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, "Traveling Journeymen in Metternichian South Germany," by George S. Werner, Volume 125, No. 3, Jun. 23, 1981, pp. 190-219

Other Sources

• Fountaindale Historical Society, 201 Normantown Road, Romeoville, IL 60446, or call 815-886-2030
• Will County Historical Society, 803 S. State Street, Lockport, IL 60441, or call 815-838-5080