Napoleon – plotting an invasion of Ireland?
Napoleon plotted an invasion of Ireland on several occasions as a way to weaken Britain as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
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Irish Lives Matter – the BLM of the 1920s!
Irish Lives Matter was the Black Lives Matter (BLM) of the 1920s and Tony McMahon discovers his great granduncle was a leading activist
My father dies of Covid – a reflection
My father died of Covid this month and it’s brought home to me the impact this virus has wrought on all of us
Ancient bog body murder mystery
Bog bodies are the well preserved remains of sacrificial victims placed in peat bogs by our ancestors
Discovering my US Cavalry ancestor on Ancestry.com
How Ancestry.com helped me identify my great uncle Francis McEnhill as a heroic US Cavalry officer in the Spanish-American war