Tower abú!
For the first time since 2014 Cork are in an All-Ireland Senior men's hurling final, and are waiting since 2005 for a win. And for the first time since [...]
99 year old letter from America
Not quite the standard of hotel that you associate with people from Tower village at the turn of the 1900's but thanks to a letter from ninety-nine years ago [...]
The Ambrose Family of Gurth, Vicarstown and Coolflugh, Tower
My grandmother Kit Cogan was born Kathleen Ambrose on 30th May 1936 in Killeen, Vicarstown, the youngest child of Michael Ambrose, from Gurth, and Nora (née Kelleher), from Knocknagoun, Rylane. [...]
Lilian Bland, anything but………..
Lilian Bland was a woman who made an indelible mark on the world of aviation, ,she was the first woman in Ireland to fly a biplane and was the world’s [...]
Disney & Bowen
Disney and Bowen, two iconic names in entertainment circles; staying in St Ann's Hill Hydro on the night of the 1901 census was Rev Brabazon Disney and his wife Sarah [...]
Bridget Forde
In the 1901 census, Bridget Forde, had a job which was vastly different to the standard rural occupations. Instead of the usual domestic servant or kitchen work or farming work [...]
It's a long way from Tipperary but even further from Donegal
Ellen Runciman, what an exotic name. The name first caught my eye when I was compiling the data a few years ago; according to Wikipedia the surname Runciman was first found in [...]
Albert Edward Murray
Dining room at the Great Southern Hotel, Killarney Dinner in the grand dining room of the Hydro Hotel on the 31st March 1901 would have an [...]
Charlotte Catherine Kelly
St Ann's Hill Hydro is, unfortunately, long gone now. However it remains a source of fascination for me, and plenty of others too, and while doing research online last year [...]
Elections and divorce
In just over ten days the 2019 Irish local elections will be held for all local authorities in Ireland on Friday, 24 May 2019, this happens on the same day [...]