Tom McDonald, Ballymackesey and formerly Barrystown, Wellington-bridge passed away on Monday 25th September 2017, much to the regret of his fellow historians across County Wexford and in particular  the members of Bannow Historical Society.  Tom was a writer and an orator as well as being an avid historian and his great and valuable […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown. As I am pressed for time I will dispense with a recital of my greatness—check a previous Blog. I remain the most devious and wily of them all; that wily boy from beside the mine pits…The world well knows of my greatness; if I stepped off at any […]

As I am in a hurry I will not include this week the usual recitation of my sheer greatness; check previous blogs. From The Wexford Constitution the 3rd of March 1860:– Wexford Spring Assizes. “Michael Fitzgerald was indicted for that he on the 17th January at Bannow did kill and slay one Thomas Ouslam. Also […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, charming and charismatic, scholarly, erudite, historian supreme, an intelligence greater than Einstein; moves and talks with panache; blessed among women…if you like, a prophet of our age; the most devious and wily of them all—that wily boy from beside the mine pits. The relentless cold of this summer […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, charming, charismatic, erudite and scholarly; historian supreme, blessed among women, a right boyo, a genius with an intelligence far in excess of Einstein, moves and talks with panache, an inspiration in this age and ever fated to the historian of Carrig-on-Bannow, the most devious and wily of them […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, charming, charismatic, peerless, erudite, only to be described in superlatives and yet astoundingly humble. I am not to be replicated. A right boyo, historian supreme, walks and talks with panache—the list of my attributes is endless. As an area steeped in history, Bannow was perhaps fated to produce […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, charming, charismatic, inspiring and inspired, eloquent, scholarly, erudite, moves and talks with panache, blessed among women, one whose genius cannot be replicated; as the people tell me there is no end to my brains as there is no end to my knowledge—I am the historian supreme, the most […]

Hi,it is the boy from Barrystown, charming, charismatic, outgoing, egregious, moves and talks with panache, historian supreme, blessed among women, honoured and revered, a right boyo, a genius, an intelligence greater than Einstein, erudite, scholarly, and the most devious and wily of them of all, that wily boy from beside the mine pits. My lilies […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, charming and charismatic, erudite and scholarly; historian supreme, with, as the people tell me, endless brains, an intelligence greater than Einstein, blessed among the women, a right boyo, the most devious and wily of them all, that wily boy from beside the mine pits. The Ui Cinseallaigh Historical […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, charming and charismatic, inspired and inspiring, erudite, scholarly, historian supreme, superb florist, an intelligence greater by far than Einstein, marathon runner, a right boyo, blessed among the women,  and above,  all else, the most devious and wily of them all—that wily boy from beside the mine pits. I […]