What’s in a Name? The Houses of St Columba’s College

What’s in a Name? The Houses of St Columba’s College

St Columba’s College, Whitechurch, Rathfarnham is named for St Columba, the feisty Donegal missionary best known who brought Christianity to Pictish Scotland, who I have written about here. But who are the houses at the school named for? What is the story behind Iona,...
Moore of Loughall, County Armagh

Moore of Loughall, County Armagh

  *****   ***** My wife Ally was born a Moore family. It is thought that her family moved from Scotland to Ireland in the second plantation of Ulster after the 1641 rebellion was crushed by General Monroe’s army. Others propose that they came in the wake of...
The Bunbury Family – Contents Page

The Bunbury Family – Contents Page

Bunbury of England   The Baron de St. Pierre & the Bunbury Family Bunburys in the Medieval Age Henry Bunbury (1509–1547) of Great Stanny, Lord de Bunbury Thomas Bunbury (1542-1601) Sir William Stanley – Hero, Traitor & Bunburying in Tudor Ireland Sir...