ClanDonnell 2023 Tour
We getting on in years, so we’re planning a light tour for 2023. Actually, there is another reason. We’ve been hard at […]
Author: David McDonnell
Dublin Irish Festival 2022
Dublin, Ohio After a two-year pandemic hiatus, we returned to the Dublin Irish Festival. It was August 5th, 6th and 7th, 2022, […]
Maryland Irish Festival 2022
Lutherville-Timonium We returned to the Maryland Irish Festival, November 11th, 12th, and 13th. We had one set on Sunday, entitled “An Irish […]
ClanDonnell 2022 Tour
This is, we hope, a post-pandemic tour! AUGUST Dublin Irish Festival, Dublin, Ohio OCTOBER Galway Bay’s Celtic Music Feis, Ocean Shores, Washington […]
Civil War Nurses
Perhaps over 40,000 women served as nurses on the two sides at various times during the war. Countless additional number of women […]
The Cornfield
To Be Released in 2022 The Cornfield is an historical novel telling the story of an Irish family which became embroiled in […]
Louisiana Creoles
The Creoles of Louisiana are the descendants of the French and Spanish inhabitants of the region before it became American, with the […]
John Breckinridge
I chose John Breckinridge as a non-fictional character in The Cornfield since he was defeated by Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential […]
Civil War Battle Names
No soldier names a battle before or during the battle. The name comes later when participants and others need a name as […]
William Monaghan
William Monaghan in The Cornfield is not a fictional character. Since I know so little about him, I took several literary licenses […]