Charles Sherwood Stratton

Charles Sherwood Stratton was born in Connecticut in 1838 or 1839. He had stopped growing at seven months old (although some reports suggest at the age of two). Unusually, he was perfectly proportioned, both as a child and as a man, and this was part of his attraction. It seems that Stratton suffered from hypochondroplasia, … Read more

Background

Born in 1775, Rochfort was part of the seventeenth generation to descend from the original de Rochefort settlers and, as such, enjoyed an impressive pedigree in the Anglo-Irish élite. He was named after his great-grandfather, the Hon. Robert Rochfort, speaker of the Irish House of Commons, and his grandfather, John (close friend and legal executor … Read more

Volunteers 1913: two traditions or one?

[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20131226-HistoryIrelandShow-032.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..”   @ Belfast City Hall, Tues 10 December 6pm Lar Joye, Michael Laffan, Timothy Bowman, Philip Orr