"Billy the Kid" the eight-part mini-series has enthralled US audiences, here we look at the Wild West outlaw's strong Irish roots. As the Tom Blyth mini-series drama, "Billy the Kid" blows up on TV we look at the outlaw's strong Irish roots that date back to Ireland's Great Hunger, Ireland Famine in the 1800s.
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Scholars uncover answers and create more questions on the outlaw’s life and family from New York to New Mexico.This past year has been a watershed in terms of new scholarship on Billy the Kid. Here, in a True West exclusive, are the new finds you need to know about.