One of the leading lights of the Independence Museum Kilmurry has written a book based on her genealogy research, telling the story of her own ancestors and how their lives have been woven into history.

Bridget Goulding was for many years secretary and a director of the Kilmurry Historical and Archaeological Association, and she was heavily involved in the development of Independence Museum Kilmurry.

Retired now, she still helps out whenever she is needed in the place she describes as “one of my favourite projects”.

Independence Museum Kilmurry is heir to a smaller museum, the MacSwiney Memorial Museum, which was opened in Kilmurry in 1965 by Máire MacSwiney Brugha, the only child of Terence MacSwiney. The new museum, in its beautiful modern building, was opened by President Higgins in 2016.

“I think the museum is a reflection of our community, and of that love of our past and our history, and it’s a reflection of all the people who have gone before us, who kept that…