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Bridget Ryan – Kerry Girl from Listowel Workhouse to Australia 1850
Bridget (Biddy) Ryan who gave her address on arrival in Sydney as ‘Bruff’ is one of the intriguing stories of the Earl Grey Orphans and one we have not solved entirely. When Bridget was originally ‘selected’ by Lieutenant Henry in ...
Population of Kerry 1891 Census
Summary Results from the 2022 Census of Ireland show Kerry's population as 156,458. Compare this to the population of Kerry in 1891- It was 179,136. We can see clearly in the excerpt here from the Census of Ireland 1891 - ...
The Great Famine in Moyvane & Knockanure
The County of Kerry suffered a drop on population of 19% between the Census of 1841 and the Census of 1851 as a result of An Gorta Mór – from starvation, disease or emigration. While this was the overall drop, ...
Bridget Ryan – Kerry Girl from Listowel Workhouse to Australia 1850
Bridget (Biddy) Ryan who gave her address on arrival in Sydney as ‘Bruff’ is one of the intriguing stories of the Earl Grey Orphans and one we have not solved entirely. When Bridget was originally ‘selected’ by Lieutenant Henry in ...
Population of Kerry 1891 Census
Summary Results from the 2022 Census of Ireland show Kerry's population as 156,458. Compare this to the population of Kerry in 1891- It was 179,136. We can see clearly in the excerpt here from the Census of Ireland 1891 - ...
The Great Famine in Moyvane & Knockanure
The County of Kerry suffered a drop on population of 19% between the Census of 1841 and the Census of 1851 as a result of An Gorta Mór – from starvation, disease or emigration. While this was the overall drop, ...
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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