IRIS ASHLEY CUMMINS (1894 - 1968)
In 1915, Iris Cummins graduated as Bachelor of Engineering, with honours, becoming the first female to graduate in engineering in Cork.
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irishfamilydetective
- Apr 6
TEMPLEUSQUE, CO. CORK
The modern-day Parish of Glanmire is a union of the ancient parishes of Templeusque, Rathcooney, Dunbullogue. Kilcully and Templemichael.
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irishfamilydetective
- Jan 28
ALEEN CUST (1868 - 1937)
The Wells Journal announced the death of Aileen [Aleen] Cust in 1937, noting that her demise ‘had robbed the ranks of women pioneers of...
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irishfamilydetective
- Aug 18, 2023
ELISE SANDES: ‘A wise counsellor, a loyal friend’ [1]
Elizabeth Anne (Elise) Sandes died on 19 August 1934, a remarkable woman, and ‘for 66 years the friend of Soldiers and founder of all the...
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irishfamilydetective
- Jun 30, 2023
TOM BARRY: From Mesopotamia to Macroom to the Mardyke
Early Life Tom Barry, like many young Irish men joined the British Army during World War I ‘to see what war was like, to get a gun, to...
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irishfamilydetective
- Mar 3, 2023
EMMET DALTON: Soldier, Volunteer & Movie Producer
Emmet Dalton, soldier, volunteer and film producer was at Kilworth Camp, Cork, when news broke of an uprising in Dublin. Dalton and many...
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irishfamilydetective
- Apr 20, 2022
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
- 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, 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, 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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