BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 8 Episode #2: Rupert Everett

[CatOne]

An actress, she was in Goodnight Sweetheart, but can't remember anything else shes been in

[heywood]

I was just going to write what someone has already pointed out- that both these were about ancestors who had betrayed their wives and families and then Jennifer you posted- perhaps that's why they didn't cry.
Actually we're not sure whether Frederick did leave Georgina   but he certainly seems to have left his son. Although Cyril must have known something about his family. That's what seemed unsatisfying - there were too many unexplained things.
We only found out after my mother's death that her mother had been in a previous marriage and I recall someone contacting me years ago whose ancestor had been married to one of my great aunts and had then left his family and gone to Australia and had a new family there. No-one here knew of this at the time. I suppose these programmes do highlight circumstances which were perhaps  more common that we realise.

[heywood]

(sorry for the delay in posting- Rootschat was busy  )

[JenB]

An actress, she was in Goodnight Sweetheart,

Oh dear - I'm none the wiser   

[Ringoroses]

An actress, she was in Goodnight Sweetheart, but can't remember anything else shes been in

Ballykissangel.

[heywood]

Dervla Kirwan was in Ballykissangel (we used to love that). She has been in quite a lot of things really and does the voice over for Marks and Spencer ads about food, I think.

[JenB]

Ballykissangel.

Ah - never watched it. Apologies for going off topic.

[Ringoroses]

As has been said elsewhere, her connection to Michael Collins is already known, so it'll be interesting to see what else they dig up.  Hopefully they'll stay in Ireland and give those of us with Irish connections some tips!

Kirwan is an old Irish surname by all accounts, so they could potentially go back a long way.

[toni*]

are records from Hong Kong and the like online?