Judging a Book by its Cover

Judging a Book by its Cover

There have been a lot of comments about the cover of Checkmate: Clans and Castles. Eye-catching and unusual, reviewers and contest judges have been keen to connect the dots between all the different elements, leading to this post on the thought that goes into a cover....
O’Doherty’s Rebellion

O’Doherty’s Rebellion

O’Doherty’s Rebellion took place in Ulster, Ireland in 1608. Chances are you’ve never heard of it but if you are of Scot-Irish descent, this was a significant event in your ancestor’s life. In the decades before O’Doherty’s Rebellion, Queen Elizabeth I sent English...
The Journey of the Scots-Irish

The Journey of the Scots-Irish

The odyssey into my family’s history has taken me to unexpected places, and anyone of Scot-Irish (or Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish) descent likely has ancestors that traveled a similar path. Scotland is only twenty miles or so across the Irish Sea from Ireland and...