Dungarvan lifeboat tragedy of 1852

Dungarvan lifeboat tragedy of 1852

On Saturday, April 24 1852 nine men from Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, went to the assistance of a sailing ship showing signals of distress. When they finally managed to row to the vessel through an easterly gale, help was refused. On the return leg of their mission,...
To the Edge of the World

To the Edge of the World

I recently received a gift of a book from fellow heritage blogger Kathleen Moore Walsh. She thought the story would interest me, a story of a fellow countrywoman, Mary Ann Patten nee Brown, who became stand in captain of a clipper ship after her sea captain husband...
Two John Colcloughs, Two Violent Deaths

Two John Colcloughs, Two Violent Deaths

John Colclough of Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford, was the second son of ‘Sir’ Vasey Colclough. As his older brother was in France, John took control of the family home and lands after his fathers death in 1794 and was seen as a productive and improving...