irishfamilydetectiveAug 11, 2020THE ARREST AND COURT-MARTIAL OF CORK LORD MAYOR, TERENCE MACSWINEYThursday 12 August 1920 dawned with the promise of sunny intervals and light winds, and for one Cork man, his last day of freedom.
irishfamilydetectiveJul 30, 2020BERLIN 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.
irishfamilydetectiveJul 5, 2020 THE PIETÁ, 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...
irishfamilydetectiveJun 15, 2020THE 'TAKING' OF PERCIVAL LEA WILSONOn this day 100 years ago, Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) District Inspector Percival Lea-Wilson’s past caught up with him, when the...
irishfamilydetectiveJun 1, 2020ATTACK ON BLARNEY ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY, 1920Blarney RIC Barracks was one of many to be attacked by Volunteers and subsequently abandoned by the RIC. More about the attack in June 1920
irishfamilydetectiveFeb 29, 2020GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Ireland’s Heritage and FolkloreDúchas is the Irish word for heritage and the digitized information contained on www.duchas.ie certainly explains why.