Review: They Shall Not Grow Old

Review: They Shall Not Grow Old

There are affiliate links in this post. Read my disclosure policy to learn more. Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old, is really something special. Most footage available from WWI (1914-1918) was created on a crank camera, the frame...
A Pint, a Rebellion and an Armoured Car

A Pint, a Rebellion and an Armoured Car

The centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising is rapidly approaching, and as Ireland and those of Irish descent throughout the world brace themselves for the upcoming event, it is a little known fact of how one large brewer in Dublin aided the British military in retaking...
A Cat on the Frontline

A Cat on the Frontline

In recent months, the centenary of the beginning of World War One or as many thought at that time, the War to End all Wars, has been commemorated in Ireland and throughout Europe. After the opening few weeks of battle, the war became a stalemate as both sides dug in...