Happy St. Patrick's Day! Honoring our Irish Ancestors

 

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

In honor of the holiday let’s remember our ancestors who immigrated to the US from Ireland. Their names are listed below along with the County in Ireland they were from and the year they immigrated. (Each name is a hyperlink you can click on to see a blog post about them.)

Patrick Kilcoyne County Galway         1850 

Barbara Coyne County Mayo 1859

Dennis Treacy County Tipperary         1860

Mary Hayes County Tipperary 1862

Edward J. Fenlon, Sr. County Wexford         1893

For Mary Beth and me, we also have some Irish from our mom’s side of the family:

Elizabeth Rourke County Queens (Laois) 1855

(I will have to send a permission for most of you to see this post)