It would be wrong to paint any members of the O’Hanlon clan of the sixteenth century or earlier as traitors because of cooperation or compliance with the dictates of the ruling English. Even Hugh O’Neill ….
History
O’Hanlons in Tudor times
We have sadly neglected of late, our genealogy section and especially the history of the O’Hanlons in this area. We right this now by resuming our outline history of that clan………..
400th anniversary of Flight/Earls
It is fitting that in the 400th anniversary year of the Flight of the Earls, Newry’s own Dr John McCavitt should launch an illustrated History of the event and times. John, originally of Derrybeg Estate …
Bishop Garvey of Dromore
Encased in the wall that abuts
Thomas D’Arcy McGee
Thomas D’Arcy McGee, the son of James McGee (coastguard) and Dorcas Catherine Morgan was born in Carlingford,
Sarah Curran/ Robert Emmet
We have written of the patriots mentioned in the Yeats poem, with the exception of Robert Emmet. Since it’s about ‘romantic
Lord Edward Fitzgerald
The Yeats poem (opt. cit.) has forever enshrined in verse the name of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. This Irish conspirator (1763-1798) fifth son of James, first duke of Leinster, by his wife Emilia Mary, daughter of Charles Lennox, second duke of