Philadelphia
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Born back Ceaselessly into the Past: the History of the Fitzgeralds
“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 SayreWhen 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.…
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Ant and Dec’s DNA Journey
Aed Findliath, Alistair Moffat, Anthony McPartlin, Crimean War, Declan Donnelly, Dixie Carter, DNA analysis, Elizabeth Wydeville, Fermoy, First World War, Graves, High Kings of Ireland, Ireland, ITV, Jim Wilson, Kings of Connacht, Leitrim, Londonderry, Mail on Sunday, McGowans, McLauchlins, Military Medal, New York, Philadelphia, Robert Barrett, Rosslare, soldiers, Somme, Texas, Tyneside Irish regiment, Ui Briuin, United Nations, Vikings, wrestlingThis programme, which has recently been repeated, began in 2017 with the duo meeting the legendary Borders historian Alistair Moffat, who just happens to be the uncle of a friend of theirs. Following DNA tests, it was revealed that McPartlin’s great-grandfather, Peter, had joined the 103rd (Tyneside Irish) Brigade and fought at the Battle of…
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