Bridget Large and her seven children arrived in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1844. They settled in the town of Tuscarora.
239 – Tuscarora 1850
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238 – Pennsylvania Anthracite
Bridget Large and her seven children arrived in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1844.
- Question: Why Pennsylvania? Why Schuylkill County?
- Answer: Anthracite coal and coal mining jobs
237 – Bridget Large Emigrates
Bridget and her seven children left Castlecomer and Ireland in 1844. They probably sailed from Dublin or Cork.
235 – Kilkenny Coal
I think Thomas Large worked in the coal mines. Let’s make the case.
The Wandesforde Estate was smack in the middle of the Castlecomer coal fields. Coal provided Castlecomer’s wealth from the mid-1600s until the mid-1900s.
233 – Larges in Kilkenny
Patrick Gallagher left Ireland for Pennsylvania around 1850. There he met and married Ellen Large.
Ellen had immigrated too. She and her siblings and mother left Ireland in 1844.
Whereas our Gallaghers hailed from County Donegal, our Large grandparents were from County Kilkenny.
Continue reading232 – Patrick Gallagher Emigrates
Patrick Gallagher emigrated around 1850, at about age 23.
We don’t know the specific year Patrick left Ireland, or which ship he was on.
Continue reading231 – The Rosses and Gweedore Today
We found the Gallaghers, Roartys, Dugans, and Duffys in Meenderrynasloe and surrounding townlands. These townlands are in The Rosses and Gweedore Districts.
230 – The Great Famine 1840s
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 reading229 – 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?
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