1916 myths debunked by some elementary family research

In this the year of the 100th anniversary of The Easter Rising it’s still amazing what some simple genealogical research can reveal about a 1916 executed leader

I can now thwart the myth about Michael O’Hanrahan/Míceál Ó hAnnrachain’s birthday.

For close to 100 years historians and the patriot propagandists have perpetuated a myth about the date of birth of the Irish Volunteers’ quartermaster general.