by Paul Gorry | Jan 22, 2024 | Accredited Genealogists Ireland, AGI, Baltinglass, Carlow, Family History, Filmmaking, Genealogical Virus, Genealogy, Gorry Research, Graveyards, Keadeen, Kildare, Local History, Parkmore Studios, Professional Genealogists, Uncategorized, Wicklow, Wicklow Marketplace |
This blogpost is to let you know that there is a new introductory video about my research business, Gorry Research. Maybe you’d like to take a look. The one-minute ‘teaser’ is here and the full video (17 min.) will be found on the homepage of our website (just...
by Paul Gorry | Jan 4, 2024 | Butlers Bridge, Castlewellan, Cavan, Derry, Down, Drumalure, Family History, Genealogy, Greer Garson, Hollywood Stars, Kilrea, Kilrea, Londonderry, Timaconway, Timaconway |
Greer Garson was one of the great stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. She was an Oscar nominee seven times, winning for Mrs. Miniver (1942). Years ago the official story was that she was born in County Down in September 1908. The studios often invented back...
by Paul Gorry | Sep 27, 2023 | Baltinglass, Baltinglass Chronicles 1851-2001, Local History, The History Press, Wicklow, Wicklow Marketplace |
Just look at what arrived today, in the middle of Storm Agnes! Back in December 2022, I posted about the demise of my book Baltinglass Chronicles, 1851-2001. The last copies had been sold and it was now only available in the form of second-hand copies that might...
by Paul Gorry | Jul 13, 2023 | Computer Problems, Floppy disks, Genealogy, Mona Germaine |
In genealogy, you never know when an old client will reappear. Often you have someone come back several times in a short space of time, leading to a succession of searches over a period of a few years. Occasionally a client who had a single search done may return...
by Paul Gorry | Dec 19, 2022 | Baltinglass, Baltinglass Chronicles 1851-2001, Battle of Baltinglass, Books, Claude Chavasse, The Story of Baltinglass, West Wicklow Historical Society, Wicklow, Wicklow Marketplace |
On 16 December 2022 I sold my last copy of Baltinglass Chronicles 1851-2001. What that means is that it’s now more or less out of print after a sixteen-year span. On 14 December I received an order for a copy on the Wicklow Marketplace. That went to someone in the...
by Paul Gorry | Mar 11, 2022 | Baltinglass, Baltinglass Chronicles 1851-2001, Claude Chavasse, Halloween, Juggies, The Story of Baltinglass |
Today (11 March 2022) my friend Cora Crampton showed me a photograph of a sheet of paper – the one in the image here. It was in the back of a copy of Claude Chavasse’s The Story of Baltinglass (1970) which I gave her (or so she says) several years ago. She...
