Great Irish Famine

Launch of Cold is the Dawn by Charles Egan

A great night was had by all in the Greystones Library, when I launched my new book Cold is the Dawn. This book is the third in the trilogy of the Great Irish Famine in Co Mayo. Below is […]

Famine Roads of Mayo talk in Roundwood

Tomorrow, March 13th, 7.30 pm. Parish Hall, Roundwood. Roundwood Historical Society. Non-members welcome. No need to book. The Famine in County Mayo, and comparisons with County Wicklow. I will be giving a Slide show and lecture on the Famine Roads […]

400 Years of Mayo Family History, Is your family from MAYO?

Is your name EGAN? Or BENSON, BOLAND, BRENNAN, BROWN, CONROY, COSTELLO, COYLE, D’ALTON (DALTON), DIXON, DOHERTY, DOYLE, FLANAGAN, HIGGINS (O’HIGGINS), HOBAN, HUGHES, ISMAY, KELLY (O’KELLY), KILGALLEN (KILGALLON), KILLIAN, LAVIN (LAVAN), MANNION, MCHALE, MURTAGH, O’BEIRNE, O’BRIEN, O’GRADY, PRICE, SULLIVAN, TIERNEY, TUOHY, […]

Her father’s family came from County Mayo, and she became a Princess. Who was she?

Grace Kelly. You knew that, didn’t you? Grace’s grand-parents, John Henry Kelly and Mary Anne Costello, came from County Mayo, arriving in the United States in 1868. Their son, John Kelly, was a well-known oarsman, who spent World War I […]