Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, charming, charismatic, ebullient, moves and talks with panache, historian supreme, a right boyo, a genius, an intelligence greater than ever Einstein had, a whiz at Latin and at legal complexities, an orator; a man born to read, write and speak history; plus a creative genius with flowers. Will […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, inundated with good wishes for his birthday: may one think of any day more important than that of the birthday of the wily boy from beside the mine pits, excepting the most important feast days of Christmas, St Patrick’s Day, Easter time, perhaps? To paraphrase some famous boxer, […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, erudite, scholarly, eloquent, moves, acts and talks with panache, without equal, historian supreme, an intelligence far in excess of that of Einstein; a superb florist, a possessor of a poetic touch, an athlete and above all else, the most wily and devious of them all, that wily boy […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, the most devious and wily of them all: that is a truth that nobody will contest! My birthday is on Saturday the 22nd of April. I was born into a world (and an Ireland) utterly different from the present one—a place of horses and donkeys, bicycles, a scarcity […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, erudite, scholarly, eloquent, moves, acts and talks with panache, without equal, historian supreme, an intelligence far in excess of that of Einstein; a superb florist, a possessor of a poetic touch, an athlete and above all else, the most wily and devious of them all, that wily boy […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, charming, charismatic, erudite, scholarly, writes, talks and moves with panache; a right boyo, historian supreme; the most devious and wily of them all, that wily boy from beside the mine pits; an intelligence higher by far than Einstein; my likes will never be replicated but it not necessary […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, the sheer genius, historian supreme, erudite, scholarly, an intelligence far  in excess of Einstein; moves with panache and talks likewise—that most devious and wily boy from beside the mine pits. My former teacher Professor emeritus Ronan J. Fanning, a most distinguished historian, recently passed from this world. My […]

I have been debating frantically with myself for the past two weeks or so: should I write in my little memoir that the soubriquet of “that wily boy” is now widely applied to me? I think that the soubriquet not only describes an aspect of my personality and life but maybe describes the battle of […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown, charming and charismatic, a right boyo, a sheer genius, historian supreme, an intelligence greater that Einstein, scholarly, erudite, moves and talks with panache, eloquent and poetic. It seems now that I have two birthdays: my Baptism Certificate gives my date of birth as 23rd of April and the […]

Hi, it is the boy from Barrystown who should really change his name, as using his present name they are so many contacting me about historical issues. But who could blame them? Where will my like be ever found again: a sheer genius with an intelligence greater than that of Einstein, blessed among the women, […]