Henry Ford and the great £50,000 hospital riddle

When he first visited the Cork of his ancestors, Henry Ford was embroiled in a fascinating saga revolvong around an apparent bequest to charity. Dave Hannigan tries to seperate fact from fiction.

In the summer of 1912, Henry Ford sailed to Europe for the first time with his wife, Clara, and son Edsel.

At the time, the early success of the Model T had made Henry one of the wealthiest and most respected businessmen of his age.