Written by Mary J Murphy, it's fifty-plus townlands are tucked neatly into 56 square miles in north County Galway, and Eilish is involved because her journalist-grandfather, Michael McHugh, was born in one of those townlands, Raheen, in 1873.
Galway
Mike Feerick was born in New York City to Mayo parents and at the age of 4, the whole famliy moved back to Ireland to eventually settle in Tiernascragy in County Galway.
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Picture above: Maggie May left Inverin in the latter half of the 19th century, in the wake of the great famine.
Killannin (Galway)
Most of the gravestones in the Ahoghill parish area have been transcribed and are available free on the Braid site here
Ahoghill (Antrim)
Above Picture: Mike Feerick and Ellis Island Museum Curator Judy Giuriceo in the Great Hall September 2015
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There was an excellent turnout yesterday at Mike Feerick's talk on Ireland Reaching Out at Lackagh Parish Centre.
Lackagh (Galway)
Ardchrois an Spidéil is 8.5 ft (2.6 metres) high and weights approx 700Kgs (3/4 tonne). It is designed in the tradition of the Irish ‘penal’ crosses and is executed in rose granite quarried in Clochmór, Baile na hAbhann.
Spiddal (Galway)
The Galway based heritage organisation is launching a new initiative entitled ‘The Galway Tribal Diaspora Project’ which aims to collect and record the stories of former Galway residents who have gone on to continue their life story beyond Irish shores.
Galway
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