by Paul Gorry | Oct 9, 2025 | Durrow, Family History, Glenmalure, Gorry Family, Gorry Research, Kilbeggan, Killeigh, King's County, Michael Dwyer, Offaly, Reusing forenames, Westmeath |
In mid-August 2025 I attended a conference in Glenmalure marking the 200th anniversary of the death of Michael Dwyer, one of the leaders of the 1798 Rebellion in Wicklow. Two hundred years seems a very long time. The world has changed so much during my lifetime. In...
by Paul Gorry | Nov 22, 2021 | Aloysius, Aloysius Gonzaga, Aloysius O'Kelly, Forenames, James Joyce, John A Costello, Roman Catholics |
My second forename is Aloysius. Throughout my childhood, youth and middle age I kept it hidden from most people. I was embarrassed by it and I wasn’t a bit happy that my parents thought to lumber me with such an oddity. It took decades for me to come to terms with...
