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Father of the American Sky Scraper and his Clonakilty Roots
He was the father of the sky scraper but Chicago architect Louis H. Sullivan also had his paternal ancestry firmly rooted in Clonakilty Cork
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- Feb 8, 2023
- 1 min
Brendan Behan's Centenary
February 9th, 2023, marks one hundred years since writer Brendan Behan was born at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin.
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- Jan 25, 2023
- 2 min
Al Capone's Irish In-Laws
Mae Coghlin’s parents were Michael Coughlin and Bridget Gorman. Mae or Mamie was born to the couple in Brooklyn in 1897
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- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Ancestry of a Tinseltown Trail blazer
Maureen O’Hara, one of the most successful Irish women in Hollywood, was born Maureen Fitzsimons, at Ranelagh, on the 17th August 1920
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