irishfamilydetectiveJun 30, 2023TOM 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...
irishfamilydetectiveMar 3, 2023EMMET DALTON: Soldier, Volunteer & Movie ProducerEmmet Dalton, soldier, volunteer and film producer was at Kilworth Camp, Cork, when news broke of an uprising in Dublin. Dalton and many...
irishfamilydetectiveJul 23, 2021CORK 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,...
irishfamilydetectiveMay 14, 2021TRINTY 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...