John Hurt Visits Westport House - Who Do You Think You Are?

John discovered that Westport House in Co. Mayo is the seat of the Marquis of Sligo. These finds are highly suggestive. During a visit to the current Marquis of Sligo, John learns that the only Marquis who would have been the right age to have fathered Emma was the 2nd Marquis, Howe Peter Browne.
From the moment John Hurt first set foot in Ireland, he felt a strong affinity to it - he felt that it was his home. Equipped with a family tale that his great grandmother, Emma Stafford, was the illegitimate daughter of the Earl of Sligo, John sets out on the trail of his Irish roots - and to see if this story is true.
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[@levieenrose7646]

John was such a lovely man and a first class actor, sadly missed.

[@GodConsciousness]

A lovely human being and first class actor. You are so missed, John. RIP 💘

[@teddyboysdontknit810]

I meet john Hurt on a number of occasions, he was a true gentleman.

[@johnlewis9158]

@Paul Muggins A couple of my friends did some extras work on a film he was in and they had nothing but praise for the way he treated everyone around him including them. Yes indeed he was a true gentleman god bless him

[@alexfogg236]

A very great man , may he rest in peace.

[@germurtagh7288]

Brilliant in the film the field class act 👏😁😁👏

[@irenedavo3768]

Wow ! That painting!

[@paddywhackery9012]

he discovered viagra :)

[@jeffreyadams648]

Irene Davo the package!

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

"Larger than life" - as the camera pans up crotch-level.

[@jaybinks5989]

"larger than life character", more ways than one. Look at the package on that painting 😂

[@Marlondurran]

Top man john.

[@athhar3643]

Thank you KZbin for the recommendation but no, this doesn't fit with Mississippi John Hurt or the other blues legends I've been listening to.

[@FoMoCo123]

2:51 Boris Johnson

[@dpj1]

This is a bit of a tenuous link...😕

[@pepelemoko01]

I am not an Irishman,I am a human being,I am a man.

[@SvenTviking]

Funniest show of them all. When he found out he was entirely English, no Irish blood at all. I can’t see the point of getting upset at your ancestry. You wouldn’t exist if it was different.

[@theman2017inc]

That’s true but for some reason he felt a affinity with Ireland and the Irish

[@michaelm6948]

It's silly to want to hang on to an Irish identity connection. If Hurt were able to make a connection to Browne, most Irish people would consider him a descendant of the Anglo Irish oppressor class, not really Irish at all. If he could find ancestry to a Catholic peasant the current Irish would find that meaningless, since he wasn't born and raised in Ireland. Honor your known parents and grandparents, forget about this romantic Ireland thing, it's dead and gone.

[@keithwalker8820]

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