Hi all Latest episode of WDYTYA is on tonight at 9pm Subject is Boy George aka George Alan O'DOWD Boy George Singer Boy George knows that his maternal grandmother was found wandering the streets of Dublin as a small child and put in a children's home, and also heard that one of his great uncles was hanged in Dublin's Mountjoy jail and is somehow connected to Kevin Barry, who was commemorated in an Irish rebel song. As George uncovers the grim details of what really happened to his grandmother and his great uncle, he also delights in a new sense of his family being truly part of Irish history -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

Did anyone catch the episode ? Well worth watching if you haven't already George came across very well I thought Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 25/07/2018 13:00, Nivard Ovington wrote: > > Hi all > > Latest episode of WDYTYA is on tonight at 9pm > > Subject is Boy George aka George Alan O'DOWD > > Boy George Singer Boy George knows that his maternal grandmother was > found wandering the streets of Dublin as a small child and put in a > children's home, and also heard that one of his great uncles was hanged > in Dublin's Mountjoy jail and is somehow connected to Kevin Barry, who > was commemorated in an Irish rebel song. As George uncovers the grim > details of what really happened to his grandmother and his great uncle, > he also delights in a new sense of his family being truly part of Irish > history > >

Yes Nivard. I think he had some demons which, thank goodness, he to learned to tame. Interesting story though. On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 18:01, Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> wrote: > Did anyone catch the episode ? > > Well worth watching if you haven't already > > George came across very well I thought > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 25/07/2018 13:00, Nivard Ovington wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > Latest episode of WDYTYA is on tonight at 9pm > > > > Subject is Boy George aka George Alan O'DOWD > > > > Boy George Singer Boy George knows that his maternal grandmother was > > found wandering the streets of Dublin as a small child and put in a > > children's home, and also heard that one of his great uncles was hanged > > in Dublin's Mountjoy jail and is somehow connected to Kevin Barry, who > > was commemorated in an Irish rebel song. As George uncovers the grim > > details of what really happened to his grandmother and his great uncle, > > he also delights in a new sense of his family being truly part of Irish > > history > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives > https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/derbysgen > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

I enjoyed the episode too, much more interesting than last week with Lee Mack. I thought Boy George was surprisingly articulate and a deep thinker. I would love to know how the letters that were written by his poor great uncle to his newly wed wife, prior to him being hanged, came to be archived and available though. Very moving. Kathy in Kent Sent from my iPad On 27 Jul 2018, at 19:02, Helen Burton <helbrtn@gmail.com> wrote: Yes Nivard. I think he had some demons which, thank goodness, he to learned to tame. Interesting story though. On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 at 18:01, Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> wrote: > Did anyone catch the episode ? > > Well worth watching if you haven't already > > George came across very well I thought > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >> > > _______________________________________________ >

I would agree with you, a much better episode than Lee Mack although his was okay in its way But I think this was much deeper, casting a chink of light on a difficult subject You do wonder about those letters & poem, did they ever get to his wife? or were they donated to the archives later on? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/07/2018 19:22, Kathy Wadlow wrote: > I enjoyed the episode too, much more interesting than last week with Lee Mack. > I thought Boy George was surprisingly articulate and a deep thinker. I would love to know how the letters that were written by his poor great uncle to his newly wed wife, prior to him being hanged, came to be archived and available though. Very moving. > > Kathy > in Kent

For some reason I wasn’t particularly looking forward to this episode but as the programme progressed I became more interested. I found him to be articulate and there didn’t seem to be any brashness about him. Good programme. Margery Whitham > On 27 Jul 2018, at 20:04, Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I would agree with you, a much better episode than Lee Mack although his was okay in its way > > But I think this was much deeper, casting a chink of light on a difficult subject > > You do wonder about those letters & poem, did they ever get to his wife? or were they donated to the archives later on? > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >> On 27/07/2018 19:22, Kathy Wadlow wrote: >> I enjoyed the episode too, much more interesting than last week with Lee Mack. >> I thought Boy George was surprisingly articulate and a deep thinker. I would love to know how the letters that were written by his poor great uncle to his newly wed wife, prior to him being hanged, came to be archived and available though. Very moving. >> Kathy >> in Kent > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe and Archives https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/search/derbysgen > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Very similar to myself Not expecting very much but turned into an interesting one Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/07/2018 22:02, Margery Whitham wrote: > For some reason I wasn’t particularly looking forward to this episode but as the programme progressed I became more interested. I found him to be articulate and there didn’t seem to be any brashness about him. Good programme. > Margery Whitham

Yes I confess I was not expecting much, but then you tend to find they are the better ones Given his past, he surprised me, he comes across as an intelligent and thoughtful person It highlighted the complex nature of life in Ireland and the many conflicts of interest that must have beset many a family Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/07/2018 19:01, Helen Burton wrote: > Yes Nivard. I think he had some demons which, thank goodness, he to learned > to tame. > > Interesting story though. >