Jack Judge (1872-1938)

Jack Judge (1872-1938) THE MAN WHO WROTE ‘TIPPERARY’ As the curtains parted in Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre on the evening of 27th August 1914, the audience must have craning their necks to get a better view of Jack Judge.[i] The Great War had been on for just under a...
Rathvilly School, Birmingham

Rathvilly School, Birmingham

Rathvilly School, Birmingham, England, was founded in 1895 by Mary Earl, widow of James Earl, son of farmer Newton Earl. In 1865, James Earl succeeded Mr Kennedy as Master of Disraeli School, Bough, outside Rathvilly, Co. Carlow. Born in Donegal in 1824, Mary was a...