Thalia McGuigan

Tadhg O’Treasaigh

Great Great Grandfather fought in 1916 Rising and later experiences in IRA; his sister was in Cuman na mBan and was in GPO in 1916

The burning of Dunboy Castle in 1921

Guns and ammunition stored in Uncles ancestral home

Great Great Grandfather took part in 1916 Rising in GPO; Great Grandmother on other side related to Sam Maguire

Movie Director John Ford sent money to IRA-neighbour Micheál O droignean

Great Great Grandfather’s life as a fisherman in Belgium & enlisting in WW1

Story of Creagh Railway Station

Story of Great Great Gran Uncle Ernest Blythe’s life

Kids’ games during the Revolutionary period; story of Bloody Sunday & Schull and Skibbereen railway

Story of grandfather’s uncle being blown up in WW2

‘Experiences of a child during troubled times’ including bullets coming through school windows

Story about stones in Norrie Blue’s Lane off Townshend Street Skibbereen

Great Great Grandfather stopped at ‘Tans checkpoint as a 9-year old and terrified

Godfather’s uncle’s IRA experiences including being thought dead by family

Multiple stories from Leap area including executions, house burning, IRA members and ambushes

Great Great Grandfather fought in Civil war against his cousin