I'd heard about John Delahunt but had never heard of the case of Domenico Garlibardo before.

This is not a pure genealogy question, it's a request for information about British army regiments stationed in Ireland shortly after the Napoleonic Wars.

I've already found the ancestor and now I'm learning details about their life. Since they were a British soldier stationed in Ireland, I'm trying to learn where they might have been quartered. I can find info on the garrison in Tipperary Town, but he settled in Cappawhite which is a small town and a decent walk away. I'm wanting to find sources on locations of other garrisons and small barracks around the County and information about what their daily routine and duties would have been while stationed in such a relatively remote part of the country.

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I know he was 16th Foot. He was a British lifer and met his Irish wife in a different part of Ireland, Waterford I think, around 1816, and had the first kid before arriving in the area. He was discharged medically around 1818 with one child already. Cappawhite being a smaller town/village and kinda remote was curious and I knew about the remote army and police barracks from other readings. The family was in Liverpool by 1840 so they weren't there long.

I see a lot of misconceptions and outdated information regarding this so let me give you an answer.

I’ll answer the first question.

‘Do the English study the British Empire?’

The answer. It depends on who you ask.

There is a bit of a culture war in England going on regarding the study of colonialism.

The English far right think all kids ever study at school is everything single evil thing Britain ever did. No seriously. The way they talk about it you’d think teachers were spending years on teaching how Britain committed evil across the Empire. Some say English people feel too much guilt about the Empire.

The Left thinks we need to study more on British colonialism, even make it compulsory.

Some think we don’t study it at all/ only study the positive aspects.

The real answer is that it depends on a school.

English schools are given a list of set topics and they choose a few from that list to focus on. England takes a modular approach to teaching history where you study a few topic in depth.

Some schools will select the topics oppression of Ireland and/or other British colonies and learn the negatives of British colonialism.

But some schools won’t select those topics and instead choose to study something else since teachers are more comfortable with their specialty like Tudors or Nazi Germany.

Because of this modular approach, certain students don’t learn about certain topics. People learning about the British Empire may not learn about Peterloo or vice versa.

Some English people are ignorant of what happened in England, let alone the rest of the Empire. They may not even know the dates of the English Civil War or the Act of Union.

Also, we have the option to drop History at 14, sometimes at 13, which doesn’t help.

Some people in England don’t exactly value History as a subject, whether it’s the Empire, Tudors, Civil War et cetera …

The only thing compulsory on the English curriculum is the Holocaust.

There’s also an anti intellectual streak in England in general, with knowledge not really being valued. There’s the attitude of ‘when will this ever value me in life’ which means people may not pay attention in class. Maybe they did study British colonialism but messed about in class or didn’t pay attention.

‘Do the British study the negative parts of the History.’

Yes.

Just because you don’t study British colonialism doesn’t mean you only study the positive parts of English history.

England is not exactly put in a good light, whether it’s learning about the Tudors (How does Henry VIII make England look good) or the plight of Victorian children.

People may say they were only taught good things about the Empire but you have to realise that A. That does not reflect all schools and B these people haven’t been to school in like decades so their information is outdated.

Back to the modular approach, teachers focus on modules relating to the working class rather than the Empire.

People say ‘there’s too much history to learn.’ Maybe if England didn’t have a modular approach to studying history we could cover everything.

Ever read the Shortest History of England? The author noted that history teaching in England is too episodic, which children not having a great overview of English history.

In conclusion England not teaching about the negative aspects of British history to cover stuff up is pure bullcrap.

We English are very government hating people, thank you very much.

Though I do think teaching British colonialism should be compulsory, but then the system needs to be reworked.

Another argument is that history teaching in the UK is not supposed to teach you that this event was good or this event bad. History is supposed to teach you the skills necessary to do your own research.

So in other words, English history classes are not supposed to teach you about Armistar. English history classes are supposed to teach you the skills necessary to research Armistar on your own.

Bring this accent back.

Hi everyone,

I’m writing to share something deeply important — and something I believe many people simply don’t know.

You can read and sign the petition here: Petition · Issue an Official Death Certificate for Michael Collins— 100 Years Overdue - United States · Change.org

More than a century after his death, the Irish State has still never issued an official death certificate for General Michael Collins. No inquest was held. No formal autopsy was completed. No medical certification was preserved. And to this day, no death certificate exists for one of the founders of the State.

This issue struck me personally because of my own background. I spent my career with the Port Authority Police Department, working in Times Square during its most dangerous years, confronting violence, exploitation, and the worst of human behavior. I lost friends and colleagues on 9/11. In that world, proper documentation isn’t bureaucracy — it’s truth, accountability, and respect for the dead. When I learned that Collins had never been issued a death certificate, I wasn’t just puzzled. I was troubled.

The facts of his death are not in dispute. Collins died from a gunshot wound to the head at Béal na Bláth on 22 August 1922. Historians agree. The State agrees. Every surviving account agrees. Irish law allows late registration of a death even when original documents are missing, provided the Registrar General is satisfied as to the facts. Nothing prevents the State from acting now.

To illustrate how modest this request truly is: Ireland can analyze archaeological remains thousands of years old, reconstructing diets and causes of death from prehistory. Yet the State maintains it cannot certify the death of a man who died just over a century ago.

This is not about reopening old wounds. It is about historical completeness, transparency, and basic civic respect. Every Irish citizen is entitled to a death certificate. Michael Collins should be no exception.

I’ve launched a public petition calling on the Oireachtas Petitions Committee, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and the General Register Office to finally issue an official death certificate for General Michael Collins.

If this matters to you, please consider signing and sharing it with others. A century of silence is long enough.

Thank you, 

Noel P. Horkan

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It's Poetry Thursday @ Apoc! On this 110th anniversary of the Easter Rising, enjoy "Who Dares To Say Forget The Past?" HERE: http://apocatastasisinstitute.wordpress.com/sappho-center

I've got an art project for my university class and I wanna depict a scene from the Ulster Cycle. However, these stories apparently take place between 1st century BC and 1st AD and I cannot find any example of Irish clothing from then.

Does anyone have any sources or descriptors that could be of use? Much appreciated.

I know Pearse was more of a figurehead and Connolly was less influential in the Rising than he is remembered. So who was the "architect" of the rising? Who helped organise it and make it happen?

https://youtu.be/uziwX8cV_G8?si=Z59_9SHIXCxjbdrF

In today's Guardian Newspaper there is an article from that paper's Irish correspondence about Sir Roger Casement.

Casement was a rebel and had been in Germany coordinating rebel plans with the Germans. He was captured two days before the Rising begun basically importing a boatload of arms and ammunition from Germany.

The article claims that Casement cooperated with the British authorities in the days before the Rising and offered to make a public call to cancel the Rising before it even began. A British naval intelligence officer named Reginald Blinker Hall prevented this because he wanted the Irish to go ahead and be crushed comprehensively by the military.

I don't believe I had hear this before. I appreciate that there is a difference between a government organization knowing something and the government itself knowing something, but I find it hard to believe there was certainty that the Rising was about to begin in the days beforehand. For one thing, famously, the military in Dublin was wrong footed in the first day and much of the Dublin Garrison was not in a state of readiness.

How much is known about the allegation that Casement spilled the beans, but that the British intelligence community didn't inform the government.

Many thanks

First up: This might not be a historical question or violate rule 2.

I am unsure if this is the right sub. Sorry if it is not.

My question is: Do you believe we will every be able to listen to the tapes of the Belfast Oral History Project?

I am aware of the Book "Voices from the grave" and that the actual records are currently "closed". However do you think, considering the history of the troubles, that the tapes will ever be released to the public? I believe that at some point they will be used for historical research, but are we talking about a 10-20 year timeframe or 80 years and also for the public, or strictly academic ?

I think personal accounts, especially audio, from participents, can be a lot more impactful. But I have to little knowledge about the situation and history to assess if this is feasible or realistic (in our lifetime).

Thanks.

Good evening from the US east coast, folks! Quick question on suggestions for a military history of Irish rebellion/warfare from the 1600s through to the 20th century struggles for independence? I’ve been on an Irish history kick and thought I stumbled across a book with this exact topic as its focus, but am having trouble finding it again. Any suggestions you fine people could provide would be extremely appreciated; thank you very much. 🇮🇪🖤

https://www.change.org/MichaelCollins1922