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Aiming to once more bring the names of a selection of popular Irish actors to the fore, Slapstick and the Shillelagh takes its five subjects and revisits their lives and their contributions in early silent movies. Whilst navigating their early life in Ireland, it then follows their journey to America and onto the silver screen where they made significant impacts on audiences and reached the pinnacle of stardom. It follows their highs and lows ...

De La Salle Prep stood for over forty years in Churchtown and educated more than 8000 boys. Following a directive from Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, the De La Salle Brothers created an educational facility in the area that is still educating young members of the community to this day. A history of the Whitehall Townland is recorded and is followed by a complete history of the Preparatory School that has been researched meticulously using e...

Inishmore House stands majestically in the townland of Whitehall overlooking Upper Churchtown Road and has done so since 1840. It has been home to some notable families but in 1952 its status changed when a directive from Archbishop John Charles McQuaid to the De La Salle Brothers asking them to establish an educational facility for boys saw the house transformed into a school. Beginning life as both a primary and a secondary school the Prep b...

The Muldowney Family lived in Killamuck Townland in Abbeyleix, County Laois, Ireland from 1890 until the 1960s. The family meandered the trials of family life in post-famine Ireland and into the emerging new century that held new challenges not just for themselves but also for an Ireland that was itself experiencing its own changes as it negotiated its way through independence. Headed by Martin Muldowney and his wife Margaret (Hogan), the coup...

Containing over two decades of research, Near Dublin tells the story of the visits to Irish shores in the early 1950s of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Drawing on newspaper interviews, personal recollections and archive material, it follows their every move as they became a bit Irish for a small time. Find out what Oliver Hardy thought of the selection of Whiskey on offer and what he made of the price of eating out in the capital. Discover if S...

Containing over two decades of research, Near Dublin tells the story of the visits to Irish shores in the early 1950s of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Drawing on newspaper interviews, personal recollections and archive material, it follows their every move as they became a bit Irish for a small time. Find out what Oliver Hardy thought of the selection of Whiskey on offer and what he made of the price of eating out in the capital. Discover if S...

Drawing from all available records from Census to Land Registry, Church and Civil, the author has not only a deep interest in the area but was around when the townland was in the final days of it's country roads and farms. Personally knowing and being part of the lives of some of the residents of the large houses has enabled not only an accurate description of the area but also a real insight into this disappearing part of Irish life. Each of ...