Hi Tom, My name is Julia Kirwan, and my husband Steve is related to your sister Margaret's husband, Eamon. I recently had the pleasure of meeting Eamon and Margaret, and came away with a copy of The Wexford War Dead, which I have found absolutely fascinating although also very very sad.
I'm very interested in family history, and my mother and I have traced our relatives back to the 16th century here in England. Margaret and Eamon were really helpful with filling in some gaps on the Irish family tree, and I've just written to Margaret again, to ask more questions! I wish she did computers - email would be so much easier than snail mail!
Thanks to the biopics etc I've found about you and your family, I can now add another branch to the tree!
Congratulations again on the book - a fantastic achievement - what's next?
Kind regards
Julia Kirwan