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Aisling Bea's family history: A brave freedom fighter... and a brutal, fatal assault

Summary by Extra.ie
Comedian Aisling Bea has discovered a brutal killing – and a brave freedom fighter – in her family’s past in the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? In the series, she learns that one of her male ancestors was among the volunteers prepared to fight in the Easter Rising, while another male relative was violently attacked on his farm a few years before the Famine, later dying from his injuries. Sitting in the West Kerry Museum in Ballyferriter, s…
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Extra.ie broke the news in on Friday, May 16, 2025.
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