#thomas whaley

#OTD in 1789 – Gambler and member of the Irish House of Commons, Thomas ‘Buck’ Whaley, arrives in Jerusalem.

Buck Whaley lacking much in cash And being used to cut a dash He wagered full ten thousand pound He’d visit soon the Holy Ground — Verse from a Dublin ballad of the 1780s Born in Dublin in 1766, Whaley’s father died in 1769, leaving an estate that included a town-house on St Stephen’s Green, land in Co Wicklow and £60,000. The estate generated an income of £7,000 per annum which became available…

#OTD in 1789 – Gambler and member of the Irish House of Commons, Thomas ‘Buck’ Whaley, arrives in Jerusalem.

Buck Whaley lacking much in cash And being used to cut a dash He wagered full ten thousand pound He’d visit soon the Holy Ground — Verse from a Dublin ballad of the 1780s

Born in Dublin in 1766, Whaley’s father died in 1769, leaving an estate that included a town-house on St Stephen’s Green, land in Co Wicklow and £60,000. The estate generated an income of £7,000 per annum which became available…

Promo Blitz & Giveaway: Leaving Montanta by Thomas Whaley

Literary Fiction / Family Saga Date Published: July 2014

After a forty-year-old secret is exhumed from his parent’s tumultuous marriage, Benjamin Sean Quinn boards a plane to Billings, Montana to face the secret head on and let go of the anger for them that silently ruled his life. It would be the boldest move he ever made, ultimately changing his life and the lives of those around him.…