On Saturday May 4 ' Zorrofest Wexford' will celebrate the life and legend of a real-life ‘Irish Zorro’ - 17th-century Wexford-man William Lamport, this pirate, soldier, spy and would-be ...

Think "Zorro", and your brain tends to conjure up the image of a Mexican action hero complete with flashing eyes, swishing sword and swashing buckles. So it may come as something of a shock to ...

Richard Gutierrez will be paired with (from top) Rhian Ramos, Michelle Madrigal, and Bianca King in the upcoming GMA-7 primetime show Zorro. The legendary masked hero is now here in the Philippines ...

William Lamport was an inspiration for the Mexican independence movement in the 19th century and the tales of Zorro famous on the big and small screen are based on this incredible Irishman.

The 400th anniversary of the birth of famous Wexford man William Lamport, the legendary Zorro, was celebrated last Wednesday, ...

Also surviving him are siblings, Richard Lamport, Sally Morton, Kenneth Lamport, Kathy Donaldson and their families; as well as his mother-in-law, Barbara Montville, and her children, Donna ...

The fate of the Irish man who inspired the character Zorro has been revealed in a new book about the Spanish Inquisition. William Lamport, from Co Wexford, sought his fortune in 17th-century Spain ...

El Zorro The true story of El Zorro dates back to the 17th century to William Lamport, a Wexford Catholic who rebelled against the King of England.

Research suggests Lamport, eventually imprisoned and burned at the stake as a heretic by the Spanish Inquisition, was the main real-life inspiration for Zorro, the masked defender of the oppressed ...

The 400th anniversary of the birth of famous Wexford man William Lamport, the legendary Zorro, was celebrated last Wednesday, Wexford Zorrofest wanted to mark this momentous occasion ahead of the ...