The last few weeks, I tried to…
Compiling family history can be a fascinating pursuit, particularly when a living descendant bequeaths a story as colorful and riveting as that of brothers Tom and John Irwin. The young men, among my grandmother’s numerous first cousins, shared a cold-water flat in Manhattan’s gritty Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. That was, until…
ContinueAdded by Gerry Regan on January 30, 2017 at 3:30pm — 13 Comments
Here is the trailer for a documentary written and directed by Gemma O'Doherty about the case of Ireland's youngest missing person. Mary Boyle vanished on her…
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Are you a witch, or are you a fairy
Or are you the wife of Michael Cleary?
So went a popular children’s rhyme in Ireland at the turn of the 20th century. I can hear the echo of those words spilling from young lips all the way to here. In amongst the childish…
ContinueAdded by David Lawlor on October 21, 2015 at 4:30am — 14 Comments
In doing some research for the follow-up book to "The Foundling," I needed to find out more about convict ships. I bought a few books and interviewed my Australian cousin, Keiran Hannon, who knows a lot about convict ships and is currently writing a book…
Added by Lonnie on January 18, 2015 at 8:00am — 10 Comments
The last few weeks, I tried to…
Added by Eamon Loingsigh on June 19, 2013 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments
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