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Kathy Hochul - Kerry Girl

Kathy Hochul – Kerry Girl

Comhghairdeas to Kathy Hochul, making history today, elected Governor of New York state,   Kathy is a 'Kerry Girl'!  Her grandfather John Courtney was born in 1909 at Fahamore Castlegregory. We find Kathy Hochul's grandfather John Courtney/Cournane aged 2 with his ...
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Emigrant Ships from Port of Tralee 1828-1867

Emigrant Ships from Port of Tralee 1828-1867

Updated 22 December 2017.    Update kindly supplied by Helen O'Carroll, Curator/Manager, Kerry County Museum.    (Also  Blennerville; Gateway to Tralee's Past) View in PDF Name of Ship Destination No. on Board Date of Departure Union St. Johns N.B 87 ...
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An American Wake in Na Gorta Dubha

An American Wake in Na Gorta Dubha

Muiris Bric, a native of Na Gorta Dubha, Ballyferriter, is now a long-term resident of New Rochelle, New York. Maurice has a great memory for the significant events of his childhood at home in the Dingle Peninsula as in this ...
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Webinar on the Fall of the Fitzmaurices (By Kay Caball)

 

Oct 2020 with the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society

The book is available for purchase at O’Mahonys Booksellers Limerick. 


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