In the News blog: O’Donoghue’s Opera
Back in 1965, when the notion of an indigenous Irish film industry seemed like a flight of pure fantasy, a bunch of brave souls set out to make the first truly Irish musical, a bawdy, boisterous comedy with overtones of The Threepenny Opera, based on some of the country’s favourite ballads, and featuring some of […]
The Don’t know whos
A very quick one some might find funny – Growing up in a diverse New York when I was 7 or 8 years old We had a school assignment about our family names , where they came from, and what they meant….. I asked my Dad from Loobridge, Glenflesk, Co. Kerry and he explained to […]
New Emma Donoghue novel The Pull of the Stars
Set in Dublin in 1918 in a hospital ward where expectant mothers who have flu are quarantining together, this is a wonderfully written story of women who cross paths there and change each other's lives in unexpected ways.
‘You ran and you left the country’ — TD Richard O’Donoghue accuses Sinn Fein of minimal Government formation effort
Follow the link below to read the full article https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/uknews/watch-you-ran-and-you-left-the-country-td-richard-o-donoghue-accuses-sinn-fein-of-minimal-government-formation-effort/ar-BB166DJq?ocid=spartan-ntp-feeds
Snippets March/April – My ancestors were in Entertainment: Response Three: Joseph Corbett Donohue Junior 1941-2007
Snippets March/April – My ancestors were in Entertainment: Response Three: Joseph Corbett Donohue Junior 1941-2007 Contributed by Tim Donohue Joseph Corbett Donohue Junior 1941-2007 “Corb” Donohue was the son of Joseph Corbett Donohue of Hollywood, California. Born into his Fathers affluence he grew up in a world where everyone hanging out at his home was […]
Snippets March/April – My ancestors were in Entertainment: Response Two: Joseph Corbett Donohue 1905-1996
Snippets March/April – My ancestors were in Entertainment: Response Two: Joseph Corbett Donohue 1905-1996 Joseph Corbett Donohue 1905-1996 Contributed by Tim Donohue Joe Donohue was the son of first generation American from a small valley town in Northern California. His Grandfather came to America in […]
Snippets March/April – My ancestors were in Entertainment: Response One: James and Margaret Donahue Vaudeville Tap Dancers
James and Margaret Donahue Vaudeville Tap Dancers By Thomas and Colleen Donahue Witte Jim and Peg Donahue Dance Team Colleen’s father, James Donahue and his sister Margaret were active in the Edwards Juvenile Kiddie Revue and other vaudeville Groups back in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s in Mankato, MN. […]
Snippets: February ‘My family in the 1920s’ – Response One – From Burma to the British Broadcasting Corporation
Algernon Charles O'Donoghue, known as Don, was born in Kindat, Burma in 1901. He travelled in 1907 to live in Bath, where his grandmother and some of his aunts lived, while the rest of the large family were spread across India and Burma. During the First World War, Don enlisted in the mechant navy as […]
New database for Catholic Family History Society
I am a member of this society and they have uploaded 'The Margaret Higgins Database of Catholics in England and Their Friends : 1607-1840' on the society web site https://catholicfhs.online/index.php The Introduction alone is worth a read and contains this paragraph "A word of warning! If the researcher is able to use the software, Microsoft Access, […]
My trip to Ireland in September 2017
My trip to ireland in September 2017 Contributed by John J Pozega Email: johnpozega@gmail.com of Groton, Connecticut, USA Great grandson of John Patrick O’Donoghue 1857/9- 1938. Born in, Adrigole, Beara, County Cork, Ireland, died Mellen, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA. My sister and I flew from Hartford, Connecticut, USA, direct to Dublin on Aer Lingus. […]