Jim Loughran
After 30 years working in human rights have turned to writing historical fiction. First novel, 'The Bratinsky Affair' out on Amazon with Sharpe Books Second book 'Syracuse Must Burn' at first cut. Love all things French (and Spanish) and ancient history.
- This article tells the story of Hugh O'Neill who brought Elizabeth 1's armies to their knees and bankrupted her treasury. My story, 'City of the Damned' based on his life in exile to appear in the Feb issue of Aspects of History #history #histfic #skystorians aspectsofhistory.com/hugh-o-neill...
- The picture is the only verified portrait of Hugh O'Neill. The portrait is part of a larger fresco in the Sala Paolina in the Vatican, painted around 1608–1610 by Giovanni Battista Ricci. It depicts a canonization ceremony of Francesca de Rome, which O'Neill attended in 1608.
- On this day in 1612 my ancestor Father Patrick O'Loughran was hanged, drawn and quartered in Dublin. Chaplain to Hugh O'Neill he was arrested on return from Rome & accused of assisting the earls in their flight and of being an agent of Spain & the Pope. #history dib.ie/biography/ol...
- 6 New Books We Love This Week www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b... @bookshelfie.bsky.social #booksworthreading
