Dublin's War Horse
The strangest military grave in Dublin lies in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Donal Fallon tells the fascinating story of Vonolel, the small horse that braved the afghan wars and was decorated by the Queen for its efforts.

More about Donal Fallon
Donal Fallon is part of the wonderful Comeheretome blog team, which updates regularly with curious historical writings about Dublin (http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/). He works with Historical Insights providing tours of the capital, and has written on the history of Dublin for a variety of outlets including History Ireland, Red Pepper, the Sunday Independent and elsewhere, as well as appearing on Newstalk and RTE radio discussing the history of Dublin. He is currently researching youth criminality in 1930's Dublin, focusing in particular on gang culture.