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Category Archives: A Rebel Hand
More positivity in 2012 (Accentuate the Positive part 2)
Are you too hard on yourself about your genealogy or family history work in 2012? Do you think more about what you didn’t achieve, or that ancestor who is still hiding, or whose records seem all to have been destroyed? … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Blogging, Genealogy
Tagged Archives, Australia, Blogging, book, Delany, family history, genealogy, John Simpson, libraries, Nicholas Delaney, Sarah Marshall, Sarah Simpson
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Happy New Year! Accentuate the positive
It’s 2013 at last! I can’t deny that (except on the genealogy front) 2012 was a rubbish year. So I was delighted to see Geniaus suggesting a new geneameme: Accentuate the Positive 2012. What better way to start the new … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Blogging, Genealogy, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged 2012, Anglesey, Blogging, family history, genealogy, geneameme, Mary Maude Wilson, Moyne, New Year, Nicholas Delaney, Sarah Marshall
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Calling all Delaney cousins!
I’ve got a question for you. Would you like an online forum for descendants of Nicholas Delaney where we can meet and share research, ask questions, swap stories, post photos or just get to know each other? I’ve just had … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged A Rebel Hand, cousin, descendant, family, family forum, family history, genealogy, Nicholas, Nicholas Delaney, relative
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Two today!
I nearly missed it. This blog’s second birthday, today, November 10th. In fact it was the wonderful Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers who reminded me in his Blogging Beat. Thanks, Thomas – here’s a virtual birthday cake for you and the … Continue reading
So was Nicholas Delaney murdered? Did John Kennedy hang? (Trove Tuesday post, part 2)
Last Trove Tuesday I started to tell the story of how Nicholas Delaney was attacked and robbed on September 2, 1834, and died the next day. It’s a story about my own ancestor I came across using the National Library … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged criminal court, Delany, John Kennedy, Murder, Nicholas Delaney, Penrith, Sydney Monitor, trial, Trove Tuesday
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Illuminating Blogger Award – is one of your favourites here?
This week has ended in the most wonderful way. Sharn of Family History 4 u has done me the honour of nominating A Rebel Hand for the Illuminating Blogger Award, set up by Food Stories. Thank you so much, Sharn. … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Blogging, Genealogy
Tagged award, Blogging, Geneabloggers, genealogy, Illuminating Blogger Award, Nicholas Delaney, Sarah Marshall, Sarah Simpson, st kilda
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Transports of delight – researching the book about Nicholas
I’m feeling thrilled and very honoured. The Irish genealogy online magazine, Irish Lives Remembered, has just (July 10th) published a two-page article about Nicholas Delaney, the great-great-great grandfather and transported convict whose life inspired this blog and its sister website. … Continue reading
Posted in 1798, A Rebel Hand, Convicts, Ireland, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged 1798, A Rebel Hand, Australia, Blogging, Convict, genealogy, Ireland, Irish Lives Remembered
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Some happy finds
Sometimes I come across a batch of lucky A Rebel Hand-related discoveries on the net and it’s good to share them, so here’s a round-up. The Convict Maid Following on from my last one, about women convicts and the early … Continue reading
Posted in 1798, A Rebel Hand, Australia, Convicts
Tagged A Rebel Hand, Australia, Billy Byrne, Convict, Ireland, Irish Rebellion of 1798, Secret River
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2011 – what a year it’s been!
What a year – and what a lot I’ve learned in this first full year of blogging. When I started this blog in November 2010 I knew I wanted to talk about topics related to the life of my great-great-great … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged 1798, Australia, Blogging, family, genealogy, history, Ireland, Macquarie, Sarah Simpson, trial
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More about Boolavogue
The lyrics to Boolavogue were written by Patrick Joseph (PJ) McCall and set to the Irish air Eochaill, or Youghal Harbour. There are many versions of this well-loved song on the net. Probably the best-known is the one I heard … Continue reading
Posted in 1798, A Rebel Hand
Tagged 1798, A Rebel Hand, Boolavogue, Fr John Murphy, history, Ireland, Music, Nicholas Delaney, Songs, Wexford
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Talking family, talking history…
I’m the great-great- (breathe) great-grandchild of an extraordinary man. Nicholas Delaney was a landless peasant caught up in the bloody uprising of 1798 in Ireland. Accused of murder on the word of a notorious liar, he was sentenced to death. … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Blogging, Nicholas Delaney, Website
Tagged 1798, Australia, book, family, genealogy, history, Ireland
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… talking to strangers
So. I find out I’ve got a fascinating family story. I want to tell people about my ancestor, Nicholas Delaney. I write (well, co-write) a book. Then I want to tell people about the book. Plus I’d love to hear … Continue reading
Posted in A Rebel Hand, Blogging, Nicholas Delaney, Website
Tagged Australia, book, family, genealogy, history, Ireland, Nicholas
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