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 of East Mayo, based on the Famine Documents that my father found in the old […]
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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, TURNER OR WALSH? In 1905, my great-granduncle, John Egan of Castlebar, wrote a letter to
400 Years of Mayo Family History, Is your family from MAYO? Read More »
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 with the Ambulance Corp in France. He won a gold medal at the 1924 Paris
Her father’s family came from County Mayo, and she became a Princess. Who was she? Read More »
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 an extract from the Bray People who came along on the night. Charles Egan’s new
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Reporter David Medcalf called to my Greystones home in April ’17. Below is the article which featured in the Wicklow People on April 29th Charles’s literary reminder of Famine heritage Charles Egan is back in County Wicklow and living in Greystones at the age of 64, along with his wife Carmel. The author, businessman and
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