irishfamilydetectiveFeb 27, 2021 A CORK BAND OF BROTHERSThey fought together during the War of Independence, and six years after the truce, the former comrades of 1st Cork Brigade were once...
irishfamilydetectiveDec 14, 2020RAISING HOLY HELL: The Murder of Canon Thomas Magner, Dunmanway, 1920The roads of Ireland are dotted with memorials commemorating those killed during Ireland’s revolutionary period 1916 – 1923. On the...
irishfamilydetectiveNov 20, 2020THE BURNING OF KILBRITTAIN CASTLEIn the early hours of Wednesday, 26 May 1920, ‘villagers, tenants and estate workers witnessed the sensational picture of’ Kilbrittain...
irishfamilydetectiveOct 17, 2020CORK LORD MAYOR: Terence MacSwiney - the last daysTerence MacSwiney, husband, father, politician and revolutionary began the last week of his life in Brixton Prison in October 1920....