Derrygooney is a townland in Co Monaghan and Derrygooney Lake is an idyllic place therein, adopted and beloved by our mother, Elizabeth Hickey from the
Author: Eoin
During the sixties our mother, Elizabeth Hickey embraced the latest technology – a new, heavy, two nine inch reel, electric tape recorder. We have in
Elizabeth Hickey, our mother, taught for about twenty years from the early 1960s. We record her time in a special new school for disruptive girls
Our parents, Noel Sydney Hickey and Elizabeth (Malet-Warden) married in 1941. Robin and Peter the twins and Eoin were born while they lived at 18.
In Dear Grandchildren here we write about our grandfather, Edward Cecil Malet-Warden (1887-1964), his natural father Col. Edward Malet deCarteret, Seigneur of St. Ouen, Jersey,
Thomas Hickey, Artist (1741-1824) was our great x 3 uncle. He is probably best known in Ireland for his many portraits which hang in the
Our grandfather Robert (1854-1936) was the youngest of nine children of Rev. Noah Sydney Hickey, Rector of Taughmon, Multifarnham, Co. Westmeath and Elizabeth Buchannon D’Arcy
Noel Sydney, our father was born in 1916 in Moydrum near Kinnigad. Noel was a border at St. Columba’s College in the early 1930s. Our
Here we write about our mother’s early life, born in Scotland in 1917, through to her marriage and arrival at Skryne Castle in 1948. Her
In this chapter we write about our – Robin, Peter, Eoin, Netta and Caroline Hickey – our upbringing at Skryne Castle in Tara, Co. Meath
Esther O'Grady - Cousin Esther Robin, Peter, Eoin, Netta & Caroline Thank You Letters The Barrons, Falkiners and the Nettervilles The Pennycuicks and Sarah Farrell The Woodheads & Clements
Welcome
Welcome to our website, we hope you enjoy it. Feel free to leave a comment or to email us at info@deargrandchildren.net.