Gorry Research introductory video now online

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...

Baltinglass Chronicles Consigned to History

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...

The Eleven (or so) Daughters of John and Martha Stratford

There must have been much rejoicing when John and Martha Stratford’s eighth child arrived in the mid-1730s, about a decade into their marriage.  According to Martha’s second cousin, Pole Cosby, that eighth child, Edward, was their first son.  It is said that John and...