St. Patrick’s Day, Snakes and Hemophilia

Snakes show up in Irish history for one important reason: legend has it that St. Patrick (who was not a legend but a real person) banished snakes from the island. It’s a myth but in keeping with the idea of snakes as evil. Snakes do get a bad rap, starting with Genesis in the Bible—he’s

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An Irish Genealogy of Hemophilia—and a Mystery

With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I thought it would be interesting to look at an Irish tale involving hemophilia. From our archivist and researcher from North Carolina, Richard Atwood: “Ghosts of the Missing (2020) is a cold case missing person mystery that accurately portrays hemophilia, then weaves it into the multigenerational story of missing

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