The organization and nomenclature for an army can be confusing at times for those unfamiliar. The Cornfield tried to remain historically accurate […]

 I thank the historical authors who documented America’s civil war so well and enabled me to tell the story The Cornfield which […]

There was once a widow in County Cavan, and, as often it was, she was quite poor. She had one son, named […]

In the flatlands and wetlands of County Fermanagh lies the lake known as Lough Erne, where the River Erne widens as the […]

The great MacDonald of Saddell Castle on Kintyre was in need of a new pair of trews. They were fashionable in the […]

And Bonnie Prince Charlie Flora MacDonald was an 18th Century Scottish woman who lived through the Jacobite Rising of 1745. She and […]

What is a Hedge School? The hedge schools were a very informal, unofficial, very local, and very ILLEGAL system of education in […]

River Mynach (MY-nick or MY-knock) runs through a beautiful, wooded area in Wales and forms a very deep ravine. There are glorious […]

A Story from the Ulster Cycle The stories of the Ulster Cycle originated about 2,000 years ago and retold for centuries thereafter. […]

This is the true story about how Marie Antoinette almost became Irish. “Almost” may be too strong a word. Maybe it is […]