American War of Independence

Born back Ceaselessly into the Past: the History of the Fitzgeralds

Apr 3, 2023

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, law, The play’s the thing

“Stepping out with Scott and Zelda”, Abraham Lincoln, Alabama, American War of Independence, Anglo-Irish relations, assassination, Baltimore, Drew-Barrymore stock company, Earl of Kildare, executions, F Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgeralds, flappers, Francis Scott Key, Gallowglass, Ghiraldinis, Henry VIII, House of York, Ireland, Italy, Jazz Age, John Wilkes Booth, judges, Kentucky, Kildare Rebellion, Lincoln conspiracy, Lord Baltimore, Mary Surratt, Maryland, Minerva Machen Sayre, Munster, Norman-French, Philadelphia, renaissance, Richard III, Scotts, Senators, Susquehanna River, The Spar Spangled Banner, Thomas Cresap, Trinity College, Tyburn, United Kingdom, USA, Willis B. Machen, Yorkshire, Zelda Sayre

When most people think of the beautiful Scott and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, they tend to think of the Jazz Age. That is the epithet coined by Scott to explain the wild ride of the 1920s – the drinking, the music, the partying, the real estate and stock market boom. And let’s not forget literary genius.…
Were the English, Welsh, Irish and Scots once all Celts…?

Nov 29, 2022

anniversaries, culture, genealogy, religion

“Tudor” propaganda, “Tudors”, American War of Independence, Anglo-Saxons, Ben Nevis, Brittany, Carrauntoohil, Celts, Merriam-Webster, mountains, Normans, Patrick Sims-Williams, Pilgrim Fathers, Roman Britain, Scafell Pike, Simon Jenkins, Snowdon, Times Literary Supplement

I haven’t read Sir Simon Jenkins’ book The Celts: A Sceptical History, and to be honest I don’t think I’m likely to. Like Jenkins, I too am half-Welsh and half-English, but I don’t fancy being descended from “sociable sailors”. What’s the old saying about sailors having a girl in every port? I should imagine…
George III revealed

Feb 23, 2017

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American War of Independence, Australia, BBC, Daily Mail, George III, insanity, porphyria, Robert Hardman, Science, technology, television reviews, USA, writing

This documentary, presented by Robert Hardman of the Daily Mail, unveils some of our longest-serving King’s secrets, such as a draft abdication letter after American independence was achieved. It also discusses his health issues in greater detail. Until recently, it was thought that he suffered from porphyria, a physical disease that Mary Stuart carried to…

American War of Independence

Born back Ceaselessly into the Past: the History of the Fitzgeralds

Were the English, Welsh, Irish and Scots once all Celts…?

George III revealed