John Meara came to the US from Tipperary about 1850. He worked as a gardener at an estate in Poughkeepsie NY. He met his wife Mary McSherry there where she worked as a maid and they married in 1853 Feb 23rd at St Peter's Catholic Church in Poughkeepsie NY. They had 7 children.
County Tipperary, or Tiobraid Árann in Irish, is part of the central plain of Ireland. We are a landlocked, rural county home to mountains, rivers and lakes. Our county town is Clonmel and we have a population of approximately 160,441. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.
Castle Fogarty
Location: Tipperary
Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68
Cahir House Hotel
Location: Tipperary
E21H244 TIPPERARY (Ireland)
Spring Mount Tipperary
Location: Tipperary
St. Ruadhans Abbey - Lorrha
Location: Tipperary
Hogan/Murphy Emigration to St Louis
1848-01-01 12:00:00
Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude
<p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>
1840-12-01 12:00:00
1889 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final
1889-10-20 12:00:00
1895 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final
1896-03-15 12:00:00