Seamus Griffiths
Son of RIC officer shot dead & family leaves West Cork to ultimately return
Son of RIC officer shot dead & family leaves West Cork to ultimately return
A church is built in Poland while Ireland was ‘experiencing Civil War’
Shooting at graveyard during Civil War between different side delayed Great Grand uncle’s funeral
Great Great Great Grandfather fought in WW1
Family relation IRA messenger shot in back aged 15 by Black and Tans
Family stories about being raided and secret messages & providing cover for Tom Barry’s reconnaissance of Skibbereen RIC Barracks
Great Grandparents lives in Malaysia during Irish Revolutionary Period
Story of the WW2 ‘Eire’ signs & Spain Tower
Farming in the 1920s
Great Grandfather as a little boy sitting on lap of ‘freedom fighter’ who was kidnapped and killed
Story of the coffin stone on Heir Island
The burning of Cork
Great grandfather in IRA, involved in Crossbarry ambush & had lucky escape from grenade with pin still in
Great, great, grandfather in WW1, afterwards injured in Russia
Story about yacht GGfather built during Ireland’s Revolutionary Period
Farmer hid in hay cocks as terrified of Black and Tans & story of GGmother being stopped and searched
Granny’s memories from childhood
Family members in Cumann na mBan, IRA and RIC
Great Grandfather’s life as a farmer during Revolutionary Period
Great great grandmother married to man who designed Titanic