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Emigration

In this category, are stories and interviews given to us by parishioners of their experiences of emigration in the past.  It also tells the stories of what it was like long ago for people to take the boat to America and other far flung corners of the world and the lives they led.

  • Barnaderg man dies in the USA, 1 May 1948

    Barnaderg man dies in the USA, 1 May 1948

  • Emigration

    Emigration

  • Emigration to England in the 1960s

    Emigration to England in the 1960s

    Interview with Mattie and Mary Cunningham for Killererin - A Parish History
  • Farrington and Cunningham families

    Farrington and Cunningham families

  • Farrington and Cunningham families

    Farrington and Cunningham families

  • From Barnaderg to Australia

    From Barnaderg to Australia

    The life and times of Catherine Ellen Gillon, Peak, Barnaderg
  • From Killererin to Ellis Island

    From Killererin to Ellis Island

    Emigration from Killererin to the United States of America
  • Home

    Home

  • Irish Australian Ministers proud of their Toghermore roots

    Irish Australian Ministers proud of their Toghermore roots

  • Killererin and the Nelson Mandela connection

    Killererin and the Nelson Mandela connection

  • Letter from a father to his son in 1933

    Letter from a father to his son in 1933

  • Margaret Agnes Keig nee McHugh, Kidsfort, Killererin 1870-1934

    Margaret Agnes Keig nee McHugh, Kidsfort, Killererin 1870-1934

    From Kidsfort to Chicago, Illlinois
  • McHugh and Connelly Ancestors

    McHugh and Connelly Ancestors

  • Missing Friends

    Missing Friends

    Searching for family and friends in the USA in the 1800s
  • New York Wedding

    New York Wedding

    Taken from the Connacht Tribune where it was published on 11th August, 1934 P.6
  • Peggy Boyle, Togher, emigrated to the USA in 1958

    Peggy Boyle, Togher, emigrated to the USA in 1958

  • Sarah McWalter nee Duggan emigrated to the USA in 1900

    Sarah McWalter nee Duggan emigrated to the USA in 1900

  • The American Wake

    The American Wake

    Our parishioners emigrate to the U.S.
  • The Long Road to Ellis Island

    The Long Road to Ellis Island

    Emigration from the borders of Killererin to the USA
  • Thomas Hanley

    Thomas Hanley

    Memoriam book mark for Thomas Hanley
People
  • 1871 - Donations received towards repair of Church
  • An Garda Síochána
  • Car Rallying in Killererin
  • Charles Bianconi
  • Church Records - Baptisimal Registry 1895
  • Dear James ....
  • Down Memory Lane
  • Elopement
  • Farming
  • Farrington and Cunningham families
  • Fashion through the Ages in Killererin
  • Final Resting Places
  • Final Resting Places - Old Cemetery Killererin
  • First Garda Barracks at Clogherboy
  • Fr. Thomas Wilson
  • Keanes Shop Photo Gallery
  • Killererin During the War Years
  • Killererin Heritage Society
  • Kirwans of Hillsbrook
  • Landlords and Big Houses in Killererin
  • Lecture on Michael Collins by Nora Owen
  • Local Musicians Struck a Sweet Note
  • Mai and Patrick Coen
  • McHugh and Connelly Ancestors
  • My McCusker family
  • New York Wedding
  • Nolan of Garra House
  • Photo Gallery
  • Pop Star Buys Moyne Park
  • Proud to be Irish
  • Robert William Waithman of Moyne House
  • Ruttledges of Barbersfort
  • School Rolls
  • Seven Generations of Synges
  • Tall Tales by the late Pat Monaghan
  • Thank you for your prayers.
  • The Legacy of a famished orphan
  • The Loughans/Loghans/Lohans/Logans Grange, Killererin, Co. Galway
  • The Missing Duck
  • The Travelling Shows
  • Townland of Grange
  • Tramps and Travelling Salesmen
  • What it said in the papers
  • World War 1 and the Killererin connection
  • 1937 Schools Folklore Collection
  • Obituaries
  • Emigration
  • Interviews
  • Killererin's Military History
  • Nora Williams' Stories - Tales From the Past
  • Photo Gallery
  • Priests and Nuns from the parish and Priests that served in the parish
  • Our Sporting Heritage
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