Arthur O’Neill: A Blind Harper’s Journey Through 18th Century Ireland
“I was born in Drumnastrade, Eglish, in the county of Tyrone. My father and mother’s names were O Neill, their father and mother’s names were O Neill, and my great-grandfather and grandmother’s names were O Neill.” Arthur’s Sight At age two, Arthur O Neill diverted himself with a knife, which pierced his right eye but […]
Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles: A Tale of Bravery and Sacrifice
Desmond Walls Allen of Arkansas Research, PO Box 303, Conway, AR, published 1988 “First Arkansas Confederate Mounted Rifles.” Dorothy W Wilson, published in 1995 by ARC Press of Cane Hill, Arkansas, the “Rial Williams’ Thirty-One Children.” Both authors drew upon “Reminiscences of Company “H” First Arkansas Mounted Rifles” by Dr. Robert H. Dacus, August 1, […]
A Deep Dive into the Life and Legacy of Zachary Babington
Gate piers that survive in the brick wall in Fisherwick Road (more or less opposite Whittington House) belonged to the house pictured here to the left of the Old Hall. The stone piers bear the initials “ZB” and the date “1673”. Zachary Babington’s will of 1686, transcribed below, tells us he lived in Whittington in […]