Knock, Murderer, Knock!
Knock, Murderer, Knock! is a Golden Age murder mystery novel written in 1938 by Olive Shimwell using the pseudo name Harriet Rutland. Shinwell, born in 1901, only daughter of [...]
Matehy Cemetery Records 1904-1980
Matehy, Magh Teicheadh, cemetery is located opposite St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in the small village of Matehy; the perimeter of the cemetery is defined by a large stone [...]
A scandalous divorce
Another divorce scandal made the papers in Ireland during 1905, four years before Shenstone Bishop divorced his wife. And again, St. Ann's Hill Hydro played a central role [...]
Burnt Mills, Shournagh Line
On the road from Blarney to Donoughmore, in the Parish of Cloghroe, Co. Cork, there is a place called "Burnt Mills". It is so called because about a hundred [...]
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. [...]
Out, out , out – houses, buildings and sheds
One of the more interesting aspects of the 1901 and 1911 census returns is the additional information that it gives us about the physical environment that our ancestors lived in [...]
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 [...]
International Nurses' Day 2020
The twelfth of May is celebrated as International Nurses Day, the date was chosen in honor of Florence Nightingale, who was born on 12th May 1820. And to commemorate this [...]
Hydro Houses
I have complied a list of the houses listed in the Directories between 1875 and 1940 and the head of the household on those dates. It makes for some interesting [...]