THE BARRACK SQUARE

In the military cemetery located in Crinkill, just outside Birr, there is a memorial commemorating the death casualties of the...

Recently a shooting medal appeared online, the medal had been awarded for coming second place and given to Colour Sergeant H Ashdown, 1st...

The following article appearing in a previous edition of the genealogical magazine, Irish Lives Remembered. Online auction sites are full...

When searching for the next medal to buy, it can be easy to overlook damaged medals as not worth buying. A while back I purchased one...

Recently, I came across the following badge, known as a Silver War Badge (or often incorrectly as the Silver Wound Badge), the badge was...

Thomas Hickey was born on Bury Quay, Tullamore, King’s County on 24 January 1875. He was the son of Michael Hickey and Mary Hickey (Nee...

Patrick Burke was born at Moorpark, Parsonstown, King’s County on 13 March 1881. He was the son of William Burke and Rosanna Burke (nee...

Today’s blog post came about via a brief newspaper article from November 1901 detailing the suicide of a soldier of the Leinster...

On my last visit to Grangegorman Military Cemetery, my attention was caught by the headstone of John Ennis of Stoneybatter, Dublin. The...

A familiar stretch of road to me is the Tullamore - Birr road, which I’ve been on countless times. Passing by Eglish I always catch...

The medals of James Stephens. Recently a friend linked me to some medals for sale, the group consisted of the 1914 Star, the British War...

Andrew Acres Stoney was born in Frankford (Kilcormac), King’s County (County Offaly) on 8 October 1879. He was the only surviving son of...

My early days of researching soldier’s in Birr began with spending countless hours wandering around Clonoghill Cemetery, which is just a...

The Second Anglo Boer War broke out in October 1899. The conflict arose after the British ignored an ultimatum issued by the Boers about...

Over a decade ago, an uncle of mine was renovating a cottage he bought. It was cluttered with various things which needed to be sorted or...

A few years ago I came across a single 1914-15 Star awarded to Private Frederick McDonald of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling...

While casually browsing the 1901 or 1911 census it is possible to pick up on interesting or peculiar facts about different families...