Bertha HOLMES, b: -

^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}
^{1989 Berlin wall falls}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}

^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}

^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}




^{Donal MCCLOSKEY}^{b. Dungive, Northern Ireland d.}



		^{John Thomas HOLMES}^{b.1880 Monasterevan, Ireland d.1952 Kilkenny, Ireland}

	^Tom HOLMES^{b.1910 New Ross, Ireland d.1972 Thurles, Ireland}	^{Albertina ZIMBER}^{b.1881 New Ross, Ireland d.1927 Kilkenny, Ireland}

^{Bertha HOLMES}^{b. d.}		^{William FLAHERTY}^{b.1873 d.1948}

	^{Mary O'FLAHERTY}^{b.1910 Waterford, Ireland d.1971 Thurles, Ireland}	^{Margaret REALE}^{b.1873 Waterford, Ireland d.1950}