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Recent Posts
- When John met Sarah – convict courtship
- Would you like to start genealogy blogging?
- My ancestor was from London – where do I start?
- Some happy finds
- The Factory above the Gaol – women convicts in 1818
- What did Mary do on Monday? Women’s work
- The cook, the thieves, the prostitute and the postillion – convicts transported to Australia
- Wealth for Toil – Australia Day challenge for 2012
- Family myths, cover-ups – what did Nicholas Delaney really do?
- What else was happening in Australia?
Past posts
Link to ‘A Rebel Hand’ website
A Rebel Hand: Nicholas Delaney of 1798 - the book
Tag Archives: Biddy Dolan
Two surprise finds
I’m excited by this. OK, perhaps I’m easily pleased, but it was a real delight to find the clip of Graham Norton’s Who Do You Think You Are? in which he learns about his yeoman ancestor in Carnew, just days … Continue reading
Posted in 1798, Blogging
Tagged 1798, A Rebel Hand, Biddy Dolan, Bridget Dolan, Graham Norton, Heppenstall, Nicholas Delaney, trial, Twamley
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Me, Graham Norton and an infamous massacre
Well, Graham Norton’s great-great-great grandfather and my g-g-g grandfather, to be strictly accurate. They would have known each other. They probably wanted to kill each other. (Luckily, I quite like him and he doesn’t know I exist, so that’s all … Continue reading
Posted in Nicholas Delaney
Tagged 1798, Biddy Dolan, Bridget Dolan, Graham Norton, Heppenstall, Ireland, Nicholas Delaney, trial, Twamley
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Sentenced to death
On December 5, 1798, Nicholas Delaney and his friend Edward Neil were on trial for their lives. They were charged with ‘taking’ two members of the Yeomanry, John Hope and John Brady and with the murder of Richard Twamley and … Continue reading
Posted in Nicholas Delaney, Trial
Tagged 1798, Biddy Dolan, Bridget Dolan, Heppenstall, history, Murder, Nicholas Delaney, trial, Twamley
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