William Flack

Emigration to Australia - John & Jane (Leahy) Duignan & 2 sons

<p>John, Jane, and their 2 sons, John Joseph and James Henry, departed on 'The Lucy' from Liverpool, arriving 4 months later on 25 Jul 1850, at Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. In the few years prior to their departure, the family was living in Killashandra parish, Cavan (potentially Cornafane).</p>

1850-03-25 12:00:00

Travelling Folk in the 1930s

<p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

1938-01-01 12:00:00

1925 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

1926-01-10 12:00:00

1928 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

1928-09-30 12:00:00

Travelling Folk in the 1930s

<p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

1938-01-01 12:00:00

The Porra Donnellys Abroad

<p>This is Part 2 of the story of the Donnelly descendants of the three brothers that arrived and settled in Greaghnadarragh, Bailieborough, Cavan in the early 1800's that emigrated. It is the stories of five members of the Porras, my branch of the Donnellys.</p>

1866-01-01 12:00:00

The Donnellys of Greaghnadarragh Abroad

<p>Following on from the story of the three Donnelly brothers that arrived in Greaghnadarragh, Bailieborough, Cavan in the early 1800's and settled there raising through their descendants five branches of their families, the following is Part 1 of the life and times of some members of those families that emigrated to America.</p>

1860-01-01 12:00:00

Dr. Richard Ryan, appointed Medical Officer to Bailieborough Workhouse.

<p>This article was published in The Anglo Celt on 11 December 1926, it detailed the appointment of Dr. Richard Ryan.</p>

1871-07-12 12:00:00