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History , Modern Life , Uncategorized

Wandering Through South Africa – Part 2

by: Paul MalpasPosted on: November 19, 2014

After our late night in the Champagne Castle Hotel high in the Drakensberg Mountains are bodies were unwilling for the early start that was programmed.  Mad Mullingar had secreted his private stock and so was longer packing than us unburdened lot, however we dragged our sore heads to breakfast with […]

Britain , History , Ireland , Uncategorized

Peter Dunne – Connaught Ranger

by: Paul MalpasPosted on: November 18, 2012

This is a story of soldiering in the 19th century, when England ruled nearly half the world with a standing army of approximately 100,000 men.  It was a life; full of action and bravery some of the time, but mostly a life of humdrum boredom, basically a lowly labourer’s life […]