"History is the enemy of memory. The two stalk each other across the fields of the past, claiming the same terrain. History forges weapons from what memory has forgotten or suppressed" . . Richard White, Rembering Ahanagran: storytelling in a family's past.
Dr Elonora Fleury, "first female medical graduate of the Royal University of Ireland in 1890, she became the first female psychiatrist in Ireland or Britan." Arrested by Free State forces during the Civil War for assisting Republicans, she was imprisoned in Kilmainham Gaol. She died in 1960.
Another flag from the Catalpa. Jim Ryan on the right is the great grandson of Captain George Anthony. My brother Alan and Jim's wife are also in the photo. The flag can be clearly seen in the print of the ship.
A wonderful achievement Hayley !
Well Done Gerry ! . . . Brilliant interview and fascinating discussion on such an important individual.
Extraordinary exhibit in the Museum of Country Life, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Good man Gerry ! Another incredible achievement. Looking forward to reading it.
The Ballinalee Rolls Royce armoured car captured from Free State forces by Republicans in Sligo at the Rockwood ambush on the 13th of July 1922. Also photo of Republican driver Christy McLynn. Both photos courtesy of the Padraig Kilgannon collection.
McQuaid's stepbrother Eugene served in the Free State army and was killed in an ambush outside Newport Co Mayo on the 22nd of February 1923. Fascinating file in the Military Service Pensions Collection.
Old Market Street, Sligo town April 1922 and July 2025. Free State soldiers with the Ballinalee armoured car (captured by Republican forces three months later at the Rockwood ambush) during the visit of Arthur Griffith to the town.
Ah that's very kind of you Gerry. It will probably take me another 6 months to work out how to post a photo !
To Hayley, Anastasia, Cormac and Conor, thank you for accepting my paper and for organising such a brilliant conference. From Monica McWilliams to the Tet Offensive to an isolated bog in West Sligo and everything in between, you covered it all. Congratulations and well done !