Nick Maxwell Matt Doherty was born on the 12th July 1872 in 5 Thomas Street Derry, second son of John Doherty and Catherine Mc Ilroy, who were married in St Columba’s Church, Long Tower, Derry in June 1864.Catherine had been of Church of Ireland stock, from Clabby Co. Fermanagh. Her Mother is buried in the protestant side … Read more
I did the 11+ exam in 1969. The Troubles in the North had started the year before and widespread violence came in August 1969. To me the Troubles were something in the background. Academic selection and whether I would get to a grammar school or not was the thing that mattered. The primary school I … Read more
My great grandfather, John Noble, was born in 1817 in Maguiresbridge. He had at least 2 siblings – Ralph, born 1811, and Alexander, born in 1818. Their father’s name is unknown and their mother was Mary Haley. Ralph was married in Ireland circa 1835 to a Rachel ??. They all came to Canada with their … Read more
Grace Sweeney is getting ready to celebrate her 100 birthday on 15 December in her bungalow at Annagry in the Rosses in West Donegal. Born in 1909 she had a varied life. She went into service or, as they called it in Donegal, she went ‘on hire’ working for neighbours until she was sixteen. Then … Read more
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20130507-HistoryIrelandShow-021-TheWarOfIndependences.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download file, right click this link and select “Save link as..” Recorded in Clifden 7pm, Friday 16 March 2012 with Mary Harris (UCG), Conor McNamara (Notre Dame), Cormac Ó Comhraí and Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc (UL).