Tag: Emigration
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Kathy’s Famine Story
I was born in a thatched cottage standing by the side of a mountain stream. It was lonely in that part of the country, but a pleasant enough place in which to live. During the summer the wild ducks would bring their little ones to feed on the nearby bog and you could not stoop…
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Letter From America
“Wake up there, Jenny!” shouted Bridie Ferguson as she ran up to her neighbour’s door. “What in the name of Jaysus is wrong with ye?” replied Jenny Dunn. “Did you not hear the news?” “What news? What’s it about?” Bridie shouted at the top of her voice, “Sure there’s a letter from Amerikay in the…