Rippling Effects of the Great Irish Famine

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3. ty. me too.

mam’s mam and da’s da both came in the coffin ships. rosie o’regan was alone, in her 20’s, and i believe coming to be patrick dwyer’s bride. daniel and eleanor cahill brought their 3 young kids w them. joe was my grandfather. all in steerage on white star ships.
another branch of the fam goes back to the 1800’s, here in chi. we dont call it the 5th province for nuthin.
i dont think i’d be as bitter about being born here if i hadnt been born at the end of the commuter line, out in the burbs, too far from all the old ones. i knew them, those that were still around after i was born. but i rarely saw them, and about zero stories came down from that gen, at.all.
i barely heard about my grandparents, only 1 of which was even around for me to know.
my older sibs were born in the city, surrounded by fam on both sides. prolly 50 w/in a square mile. esp my oldest sister spent a lot of time w the dwyer grands. grandparents are such a gift.

i’ve learned so much of my history in the last few yrs. i’m so grateful for it.
my biggest regret in the downfall of twitter is the irish news and irish friends that i’ll likely lose track of.
might sign up for mastadon. i’ve seen a couple of ppl i follow signing up there.