Donal O’Callaghan
Great great grandmother remembers ‘Tans checking list of house occupants & living in safe house where bread baked and ready for IRA who also drilled and made bombs in yard
Great great grandmother remembers ‘Tans checking list of house occupants & living in safe house where bread baked and ready for IRA who also drilled and made bombs in yard
Story of ancestors’ lives including one who was killed during WW1
Why yew trees were grown in cemeteries in times past & story of Knockfierna Hill and WW2
Story of burning of Michael Collins’ homeplace told by a neighbour; Great great grandfather arrested and forced to dig own grave but later released
Story of Sean Hurley’s life and his death during 1916 Rising
Daily life in Reen and rationing during WW2
The burning of Schull Workhouse
A family story of the Netherlands during World War 1
Great great great granfather travelled on ship just before it was torpedoed on return journey to Holyhead in 1918
A Russian soldier of World War 1
Army bandsman in World War 1
The story of the impact of the War on a RIC man
The Raid on the Fastnet Lighthouse
Family stores from the Revolutionary period
Relationship between a RIC man and an IRA Volunteer
Execution of Captain Con Murphy IRA
Story of an old school desk
A young soldier of World War 1
Filipino tribal rituals of old
Southern Star Newspaper