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Thursday, 11th October 2007

Who do you think you are?

I’ve just finished watching Graham Norton retrace his steps on BBC’s Who do you think you are? and was bemused to see that his great great great great great grandfather fought against the United Irish rebels in 1798.  In the programme Graham visited Enniscorthy in County Wexford where the 1798 Rebellion Museum is housed.  As you may recall in June this year we went to Enniscorthy and sat at the very table that we saw Graham chatting away at in the museum. 

The 1798 Rebellion Museum was well worth a visit.  It was really well designed and told a fascinating story.  Isaac was mesmerised by these massive chess pieces depicting the strategic movements of the opposing factions leading up to the rebellion.

Here we are getting blown away on Vinegar Hill, the site just outside of Enniscorthy that witnessed the most notorious battle in which thousands of Irishmen lost their lives.  It was here that the Rebellion was brutally quashed.

You’ll need good eyes to read the description of the events that took place on Vinegar Hill.

Here I am at the top of Vinegar Hill with Enniscorthy in the background. 

If you didn’t see the programme tonight, the most amusing fact that came out of Graham Norton’s descendancy was that he isn’t Irish at all, but a Yorkshireman from Sheffield.  I always thought there was something odd with the man.

Posted by Daddy @ 9:16 PM  

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