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
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What a night! at Kilmacanogue History Society talk. 140 turned up – twice the average. In the end, there was no parking anywhere. And 40 books were sold. Here is a photo of Charles and his wife Carmel, What a team! He writes and she types and edits. Charles’s talk was mainly based on his
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13/02/2016 – 2pm – 3pm Charles will talk about Mayo during the famine, with a particular focus on the famine roads. Using payroll documents discovered in his uncle’s Kiltimagh home, he gives a unique insight into the history that inspired ‘The Killing Snows’, a fictional story set during this harrowing period of Ireland’s history. Booking
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