Memoirs & Biographies

Emigrating to Australia in 1967: My mother tells us her memories of living and working in Australia in the 1960's. She immigrated with her husband and five young children as £10 Poms. Migration Memories on board the Ship Castel Felice.

I have THE best memory of certain parts of my childhood. The good, the bad and even the ugly. But at Christmas, its the good I love to drag out and remember.

First hand account of the atrocities committed by the Black and Tans in raids in Ireland in 1920 and 1921. They were the Royal Irish Constabulary Special Reserve. Memories of my grandparents during this time in Dublin and Balbriggan. When was the War of Independence in Ireland?

Christmas in Australia in 1967 as Irish immigrants. Migration Memories of living in Australia as a 10 year old child. Why did the irish immigrate to australia? We immigrated to Australia with the £10 assisted passage scheme.

From the diaries of the Flying Patrol Group - the world's first rough terrain band.

That son referred to in this happy exchange later became my husband. Some family history during WWII included plus photos.

From the diaries of the Flying Patrol Group - the world's first rough terrain band.

In June 2019, I went on the experience of a lifetime. Cliché, I know. But, at only 19 years of age and undoubtedly only at the very beginning of a lifetime of experiences, this will be one that I look back on with the fondest of memories.

The numerous photos show my great aunt and uncle's large and successful farming operation in North Dakota back in the early 1900s.

Memories of my grandmother and her family living in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence and the 1916 Easter Rising. How as an ordinary family living in tenement rooms in Dublin they got on with raising their family as best they could from 1907 to 1960.

History of Tuberculosis in Ireland. Memories of two Dublin women who had to stay in a TB hospital in 1940's and 50's. Tuberculosis sanatoriums in Ireland. Famous people who died from the disease.

Do you believe, “Friends in need are friends indeed”? I have reason to believe so. Watch out for my short story by looking inside!

From the diaries of the Flying Patrol Group - the world's first rough terrain band.

In 1957, Charles and Dorothy Kuehn purchased a 117-acre farm just north of Honey Creek, Wisconsin. Dad and mom realized the American dream by first being able to own their own farm and then ultimately by being able to ship Grade A milk in the late 1970s. This is a modern history of our farm.

While riding my horse in the hills of southeastern Indiana, my horse and I both saw something frightening.

Local residents' memories of rationing in Stoneybatter Dublin 7 Ireland during World War Two. Memories of The Emergency during WW2. The Glimmerman, bomb shelters, bombs in the Strand and Phoenix Park in Dublin by German planes.