Greer Garson’s Irish Credentials

by | Jan 4, 2024 | Butlers Bridge, Castlewellan, Cavan, Derry, Down, Drumalure, Family History, Genealogy, Greer Garson, Hollywood Stars, Kilrea, Kilrea, Londonderry, Timaconway, Timaconway | 0 comments

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...

I’m Mad as Hell!

by | Aug 20, 2021 | Ant and Dec, Baptists, Census Returns, Derry, DNA, Family History, Genealogical Virus, Genealogy, Graveyards, Kilcronaghan, Professional Genealogists, Television | 0 comments

I’m led to believe that it was Mark Twain who said ‘never let the truth get in the way of a good story’, but who knows?  Who cares?  Truth is a commodity much less valuable than perception.  Get a celebrity into a graveyard, show him any old gravestone and tell him...