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Can't say as I have got the faintest idea who Nick Hewer is, but he's a pretty articulate man and obviously not lacking in the brain department and he's got very little of the rose tinted spectacles that are so common in a lot of the people who do these programmes.
A prominent Catholic on the Falls Road who opposed Home Rule in the early 1900s? Good God, I'm surprised he lived long enough to sire any offspring. Bulletproof, obviously. I wonder what he knew about whom |
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Although I am of Irish descent nothing bores me more than Irish politics and especially the BBC version of it. I do like Nick Hewer but I quickly gave up!
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Hewer is great though, getting down to the nitty gritty without the artificiality of so many others.
![]() I do admire Hewer, who always comes across as one of the sharpest knives in the drawer. Mmy guess he has known and is well familiar with most of the stuff he's standing around listening to or reading with mild interest. |
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Tedious in extreme this week.
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Tedious in extreme this week.
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I don't like Irish politics either but I like Nick and this is a good episode I think.
My girlfriend has got her tree back to 1565 and is overly excited
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This has been one of the best WDYTYA ive seen,covering the Irish rebellions and Charles 1 reign.
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Can't say as I have got the faintest idea who Nick Hewer is, but he's a pretty articulate man and obviously not lacking in the brain department and he's got very little of the rose tinted spectacles that are so common in a lot of the people who do these programmes.
A prominent Catholic on the Falls Road who opposed Home Rule in the early 1900s? Good God, I'm surprised he lived long enough to sire any offspring. Bulletproof, obviously. I wonder what he knew about whom |
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Really enjoyed tonight's ep.
It's been a while since we've had one which went as far back as tonight's. I thought Nick Hewer came across really well - a natural communicator. Best ep of the series.
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I don't like Irish politics either but I like Nick and this is a good episode I think.
My girlfriend has got her tree back to 1565 and is overly excited ![]()
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BIB At that time with the general violence going around, influence with the great and the good isn't going to stop 'the man on the street' from setting about you.
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Really enjoyed tonight's ep.
It's been a while since we've had one which went as far back as tonight's. I thought Nick Hewer came across really well - a natural communicator. Best ep of the series. ![]() |
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I like Nick Hewer and had high hopes for this, but it's not working. I've always been bored stiff by the sectarian politics of Ireland and can't be inspired to follow it.
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Although I am of Irish descent nothing bores me more than Irish politics and especially the BBC version of it. I do like Nick Hewer but I quickly gave up!
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Not a version that suits his particular view (such attitudes keeping the trouble going endlessly).
I have some Irish ancestry, so I was surprised to see that the records are more extensive than I thought - as I thought much had gone up in flames in Dublin during the fighting. The ECW part was very interesting too. It prompted me to look up the main branch of one family I come from in Surrey - there is a letter from the head man talking about the fighting around Marlborough in 1642, although it was all quiet round his way! (My family seems to have avoided all wars). |
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Not a version that suits his particular view (such attitudes keeping the trouble going endlessly).
I have some Irish ancestry, so I was surprised to see that the records are more extensive than I thought - as I thought much had gone up in flames in Dublin during the fighting. The ECW part was very interesting too. It prompted me to look up the main branch of one family I come from in Surrey - there is a letter from the head man talking about the fighting around Marlborough in 1642, although it was all quiet round his way! (My family seems to have avoided all wars). |
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Not a version that suits his particular view (such attitudes keeping the trouble going endlessly).
I have some Irish ancestry, so I was surprised to see that the records are more extensive than I thought - as I thought much had gone up in flames in Dublin during the fighting. .... I have had a few tries at finding out about my Irish ancestors but censuses rarely have any more than 'Ireland' under place of birth. My GGGM has Ireland, America, Canada and Quebec in various censuses! |
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Blimey, Nick Hewer's Grandmother looks like the wicked witch from Wizard of Oz
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Good to go so far back. I'm impressed how easily and quickly Nick was able to read that will, i found the writing quite tricky to make out.
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Agree completely. It was a great episode and the best of the series.
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Good to go so far back. I'm impressed how easily and quickly Nick was able to read that will, i found the writing quite tricky to make out.
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I disagree, dry as dust, nearly as boring as Linekers. After 10 generations we have over 1000 gt, gt grandparents to choose from.
They usually pick two parts of the tree and concentrate on them which is what they did last night. I am not particularly interested in Irish politics but it was good to learn a bit more about that period. What other programme who devote nearly half an hour to the subject at peak viewing time? Same with the Civil War, most people only know a few things about it, I don't know much more than the Bolton Massacre, so good to learn more on other aspects. |
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Blimey, Nick Hewer's Grandmother looks like the wicked witch from Wizard of Oz
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It was the hat heh.
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I actually enjoyed this one, I suppose it helps that I'm Irish & in a 'mixed marriage' (always found that term to be somewhat odd since my husband is also Irish, we just come from different religious backgrounds yet neither of us are particularly religious)Quote:
Can't say as I have got the faintest idea who Nick Hewer is, but he's a pretty articulate man and obviously not lacking in the brain department and he's got very little of the rose tinted spectacles that are so common in a lot of the people who do these programmes.
A prominent Catholic on the Falls Road who opposed Home Rule in the early 1900s? Good God, I'm surprised he lived long enough to sire any offspring. Bulletproof, obviously. I wonder what he knew about whom I liked the contrast then of his English side, who also, almost came undone thanks to Cromwell. I think both sides were astute businessmen in completely different landscapes divided by a gap of 300 years. Nick came across well, I think he's probably still got the pragmatism that his ancestors before him had. |
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I found it quite dull, perhaps because we didn't learn more about Nick Hewer the person than we already know from his TV appearances. He might as well have been fronting a programme about a third party, rather than himself. I wasn't engaged.
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I don't like Irish politics either but I like Nick and this is a good episode I think.
My girlfriend has got her tree back to 1565 and is overly excited ![]()
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