Rathcooney Graveyard, Cork
On 19 April 2022, the announcement was made that €85,000 is to be provided under the Community Monuments Fund to carry out conservation...
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irishfamilydetective
- Oct 18, 2021
The Irish Grand Jury System
Introduction The grand jury system is the oldest form of local government in Ireland, the origins of which are obscure, however. Thomas...
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irishfamilydetective
- Sep 14, 2021
GRIFFITH'S VALUATION
Introduction The general valuation of rateable property in Ireland is a vital resource for those researching their Irish ancestors. ...
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irishfamilydetective
- Jul 23, 2021
CORK CITY AND WATSON'S GATES: A PHOENIX ASCENDING
‘If Andrew Carnegie were alive today, he would smile with pleasure on the earnestness of the efforts of philanthropists like Bill Gates,...
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irishfamilydetective
- Jun 28, 2021
FURTHER RELEASE OF ONLINE RECORDS FOR WEST CORK
#Cork City and County Archives have released the gravestone inscriptions index from the Abbey Cemetery, Bantry, West Cork with the...
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irishfamilydetective
- Jun 8, 2021
NEW ONLINE RECORDS FOR CORK
Two new online additions for those researching #Cork family history were announced recently. Cork City and County Archives have added...
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irishfamilydetective
- May 14, 2021
TRINTY OF MURDERED IRISH PRIESTS
#Onthisday 100 years ago Father James O’Callaghan was mortally wounded by Crown forces at the home of at the residence of Alderman Liam...
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irishfamilydetective
- May 7, 2021
Murder in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork
#Onthisday 100 years ago #Cork man William Bransfield was led from his home by four men and shot dead. The Carrigtwohill native was an...
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irishfamilydetective
- Apr 22, 2021
The Duffin Brothers
On this day 100 years ago, brothers Patrick and Daniel Duffin were ‘slain at Belfast for Ireland – 23rd April, 1921.’
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irishfamilydetective
- Feb 27, 2021
A Cork Band of Brothers
They fought together during the War of Independence, and six years after the truce, the former comrades of 1st Cork Brigade were once...
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irishfamilydetective
- Dec 14, 2020
Raising Holy Hell – The Murder of Canon Thomas Magner, Dunmanway 15 December 1920
The roads of Ireland are dotted with memorials commemorating those killed during Ireland’s revolutionary period 1916 – 1923. On the...
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irishfamilydetective
- Nov 20, 2020
The Burning of Kilbrittain Castle
In the early hours of Wednesday, 26 May 1920, ‘villagers, tenants and estate workers witnessed the sensational picture of’ Kilbrittain...
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irishfamilydetective
- Oct 17, 2020
Cork Lord Mayor, Terence MacSwiney - the last days
Terence MacSwiney, husband, father, politician and revolutionary began the last week of his life in Brixton Prison in October 1920....
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irishfamilydetective
- Sep 23, 2020
'Knightmayor' in Cork - the attempted kidnap of Lt. Gen. Sir Peter Strickland
Continued from The arrest and court-martial of Cork Lord Mayor, Terence MacSwiney Picketing 'The Brutish Empire' When Terence MacSwiney...
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irishfamilydetective
- Sep 8, 2020
Picketing 'The Brutish Empire'
Continued from The arrest and court-martial of Cork Lord Mayor, Terence MacSwiney On 23 August 1920, Broadway actress Eileen Curran and...
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irishfamilydetective
- Aug 11, 2020
The arrest and court-martial of Cork Lord Mayor, Terence MacSwiney
Thursday 12 August 1920 dawned with the promise of sunny intervals and light winds, and for one Cork man, his last day of freedom.
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irishfamilydetective
- Jul 30, 2020
Berlin or Ballincollig?
I came across this old photo on the Irish Examiner website and had to look twice when I read the caption as it relates to the Irish Army.
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irishfamilydetective
- Jul 5, 2020
The Pietà, Cork, Ireland.
With travel restrictions due to Covid-19, foreign holidays are unlikely this year. If viewing Michelangelo’s Pietà in 2020 was on your...
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irishfamilydetective
- Jun 15, 2020
The 'Taking' of Percival Lea Wilson
On this day 100 years ago, Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) District Inspector Percival Lea-Wilson’s past caught up with him, when the...
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irishfamilydetective
- Jun 1, 2020
Attack on Blarney Royal Irish Constabulary, Cork
Blarney RIC Barracks was one of many to be attacked by Volunteers and subsequently abandoned by the RIC. More about the attack in June 1920
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