Grandad’s bad knee

Bill Johnson and his part in the fight for Irish Independence My grandfather Bill Johnson, of Monslatt, died in 1969 aged 82 years, when I was in primary school. My family lived with him for about a year after we returned from Birmingham UK to live in Killenaule. He was a very imposing man, over... Continue Reading →

Nora, the Stonemason’s daughter

I was reminded by Ancestry of a life event in my family - my grandmother's death on the 23rd of March so it was time that she featured in my blog! I never knew my maternal grandmother Nora who I was named after. I had one formal photo of her with my grandfather and she... Continue Reading →

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