Here, here Len! Definitely in my grandfather’s family. He came to Oz his brother to NYC, and some siblings stayed in Ireland. While we have known for several years that this brother existed and had traced his marriage his wife and his children in USA, they had no concept that there could be family in Australia. Imagine trying to find the needle in the NYC haystack of someone named Patrick McCormack!! But we did it!
And while the journey to Oz was both long and difficult, especially in comparison to iron with the journey to East Coast USA, there was much to gain from a government desperate for free settlers. Where the Irish in NYC in particular were considered the lowest of the low where work and accommodation were concerned and faced the endless “No Irish” signs everywhere, in Australia they were able to access land and apply their rural skills to conquer a vastly different landscape. It was amazingly hard work but they often gathered people from their local community in Ireland around them and pulled together! There were big contrasts in acceptance between the two countries. I think the many many Irish in my family thought themselves lucky as they slowly built families and comfort around themselves. Keep up the good work guys Chris Owen of Melbourne Australia searching for McCormacks McCullaghs, McSwiggans, Brogans, Devlins in NI; Foleys, Brennans, Powers in Wicklow and Waterford; Stritch, Malone, Mahon, Davern and Thynne in Clare and Gannon and Donellan and Curley in Galway! On 9 Dec 2024, at 10:09, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList <[email protected]> wrote: Hi folks, contrary to popular belief, not all Irish emigrants were destined to North America - the Australian colonies offered free passages from the late 1830s and it is possible that emigrant siblings could be found in both North America and Australia Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia From: James McKane <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Sunday, 8 December 2024 9:14 PM To: CoTyroneIreland.com <http://cotyroneireland.com/> Mailing List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: New Content - Born County Donegal, Ireland, Married & Died Queensland, Australia 1864-1948 Born County Donegal, Ireland, Married & Died Queensland, Australia 1864-1948 <https://www.cotyroneireland.com/bornburied/queensland.html> Thanks again to Len Swindley for another great addition to CTI! Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario ================================= Send a Message to the List - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com Join the list by sending an email to - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> To receive the Digest version, send an email to - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Unsubscribe by sending an email to - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> =================================
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