August/September snippet: Irish Ghettos, where did the Irish settle in large numbers in your hometown? Response Two: Connemara Patch
Thomas Witte, responding to ‘Irish Ghettos, where did the Irish settle in large numbers in your hometown?’ introduces us to some Connemara Irish who settled in an area of St Paul Minnesota which became known as Connemara Patch. This was so extensive I felt it should be given the length of a journal article and with […]
February snippet How the Famine affected my family’ Case 4
Carol Hurley Law, responding to ‘How the Famine affected my family’ tells us the story of her Kerry/Cork families settled on Irish Mountain in West Virginia. This was so extensive I felt it should be given the length of a journal article and with full picture content.
August/September snippet: Irish Ghettos, where did the Irish settle in large numbers in your hometown? Response One: Irish Ghettos in Chicago
Contributed by Mike Donahue My g-grandfather, Patrick O'Donoghue immigrated to Chicago with his wife, Mary Kelly in the 1850s. He joined his brother, Michael and his wife, Catherine Harty. They settled in a heavily Irish neighborhood 3 miles south of downtown. Over the years, this neighborhood was called "Hard Scrabble," then "Cabbagetown" and finally, Bridgeport. […]
July snippet – Funny stories from my family history – Response Two
Contributed by Sarah Smith Funny family story – passed down from my Aunt. I have not researched my family at all – no time! – so can't provide the detail you may require. However, I have no reason to disbelieve my Aunt! My great grandfather O'Donoghue was the son of a local squire in […]
July snippet – Funny stories from my family history – Response One
Contributed by Thomas Witte Colleen Donahue Witte and the Cemetery Lots Recently I was engaged in a conversation with my wife (Colleen Donahue Witte} that started me thinking of things that had happened when we lived Duluth, MN and of dying and of graveyards. We had bought a home on London Road in a lovely […]
February snippet – How the Famine affected my family – Case Four
Reference Case Two. I do not know by whom this was submitted I, too, have an Irish maternal grandmother's maternal grandmother, pop up in Canada, amid all the French Canadians. The priest recorded the marriage record in English, but did give the bride's parents' full names & county of origin in Ireland. I am not sure if […]
June Snippet: Response Three posted – a family of black sheep
Contributed by Marcia Anne Donahue To be honest, I proudly come from a long line of black sheep, so rather than having a black sheep in the family, I have a family of black sheep – Need I say more? Rod: I love it!
June Snippet: Response Two posted..The Curse
Contributed by Anita Donohoe The Curse: “In every generation, only one son will have a son who will carry on the family name.” There is a legend/curse in our Donohoe line where, in every generation, there will be only one male who will carry on the family name. Cursed by a widow, whose only son […]
June Snippet – Response One posted
Contributed by Kielan Donahue My second cousin’s wife, upon meeting his mother, says her[the mother in law’s] first words to her[the wife] were something along the lines of “Oh, I heard you’ve met my son, I’m sorry”. If that doesn’t qualify as black sheep I don’t know what does
May Snippet: Response One posted
Contributed by Roger Key I think that we could safely classify my Great Grandfather, William Patrick O’Donoghue as a pioneer. William was born on the 20th or 22nd June 1862. ( We are still trying to find out where) William had the dubious honour of having his name listed in the Police records the day […]