Driving north from Newcastle on the Pacific Highway, the main route from Sydney to Brisbane, one passes Port Stephens, the huge and beautiful harbour which was once slated as a possible national capitol for Australia, before entering the so called Great Lakes District of the … Continue reading Great Lakes
This is the sixth and final essay in my series of blogs on my family’s involvement in the Church of Ireland in County Kerry. It is about the revival that occurred in 1861 and the foundations of the Plymouth brethren. It is a long read, … Continue reading Revival: the Plymouth Brethren
This is the fifth in a series of articles about my family’s involvement with the COI in Kerry in the nineteenth century. I have previously written about the strong involvement of my Hickson family with the Church of Ireland in Kerry. My direct Hickson ancestors, Richard and … Continue reading The Church of Ireland in Sneem and Templenoe 1850-1870
My great grandparents, William and Alice Ross, and my great grandfather, Charles Holdorf (Holford), lived in Mosman, arguably one of the most beautiful suburbs of Sydney’s North Shore, for many years. They were my father’s grandparents, William and Alice the parents of his mother, and … Continue reading A Mosman connection
My two grandmothers, Winifred Ross and Gertrude Byrne, form the core of my family history. They were second cousins, though as far as I can tell they didn't seem to be aware of it. Their respective grandfathers were brothers, their mother's were cousins. They had, … Continue reading Mostly Irish
Forgotten tales 