When you Google “The Great Famine,” accounts of starvation and death are numerous and overwhelming.
But as you read further and “go down the rabbit hole,” the story gets much more complex.
Continue reading230 – The Great Famine 1840s
Author: Mark Jarvis
229 – Life and Landlords 1830s
John and Hannah Gallagher and their children lived a meager lifestyle in the northwest part of County Donegal. They and their families and neighbors weren’t much affected by the “outside” world.
228 – The Rosses and Gweedore 1820s
We believe we’ve located the area where John Gallagher and Hannah Roarty lived in the early 1800s.
What was their life like?
227 – Meenderrynasloe?
We’ve used the Tithe Applotment Books of 1830 and Griffith’s Valuation of 1857 to find those townlands where Gallaghers and Roartys lived near each other.
If we’re correct, one of these townlands is the ancestral home of John Gallagher and Hannah Roarty.
226 – Gallagher and Roarty
We’re going to use the Tithe Applotment Books of 1830 and Griffith’s Valuation of 1857 to try to find where John Gallagher and Hannah Rhoorty lived.
225 – Search for John and Hannah
224 – Kathleen Gallagher Teply
Kathleen Gallagher Teply died Monday morning, June 6. She was our mother, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-in-law, and friend.
223 – Gallagher and Donegal
222 – Gallaghers and Ireland
Tom Gallagher met Catherine Riley in Sedalia in 1920. By 1922 they were engaged to be married.
Before they marry, we’re going to take some time to meet Tom’s family.
Continue reading221 – Family Nibbles – Volume 8
Family Nibbles – Volume 8 is here! This book is about the lives of our Pensa and Riley ancestors, with a little bit of Gardella thrown in.
Family Nibbles 