Somme

Ant and Dec’s DNA Journey

Mar 21, 2021

archaeology, battles, buildings, genealogy, Science, television reviews

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, wrestling

This 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…
Shakespeare’s Henry V – King Hal versus the real Henry Plantagenet

Nov 11, 2015

genealogy, religion, Uncategorized

Azincourt, Calais, Charles VI, Harfleur, Henry Scrope Baron Masham, Henry V, Ian Mortimer, Juliet Barker, Lancastrian propaganda, Lollards, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Shakespeare, Sir Thomas Grey, Somme, Southampton plot, Thomas of Clarence

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Following on from my recent post about the reception of the Agincourt campaign by later generations and the associated ‘myth-making’ which has informed our view of those events, I wanted to look at the character of the central figure in Shakespeare’s play and compare and contrast it with the ‘real’ Henry…

Somme

Ant and Dec’s DNA Journey

Shakespeare’s Henry V – King Hal versus the real Henry Plantagenet