tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post2349155613455438894..comments2024-03-25T20:17:47.615+10:00Comments on Earlier Years: John Horgan of Linwoodcrgalvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-92133917809758481122016-06-09T21:45:27.868+10:002016-06-09T21:45:27.868+10:00Thank you for taking the time to comment. I learnt...Thank you for taking the time to comment. I learnt a lot from your excellent research in the "The Kerry Girls" and should have picked up on the correct phrase to use, corrected now. Place names Of interest - my genealogy program keeps trying to correct Tarlee (South Australia) to Tralee and one of these Horgan brothers named one of his properties 'Listowel'- I still have much to learn and follow up.crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-4337276293639963452016-06-09T21:14:30.048+10:002016-06-09T21:14:30.048+10:00This is a fascinating well researched history and ...This is a fascinating well researched history and is very helpful to genealogists and Irish descendants. It gives concise background to why they left Ireland, where they left from and how they travelled. Just one word of reproach. Please don't call it the 'potato' famine. No one in Ireland calls it that. We always refer to it as An Gorta Mór, the Great Famine. While the loss of the potato crop was the proximate cause, there were a number of other reasons for the disaster - widespread poverty among the majority, unemployment, over population and an unsatisfactory system of land ownership.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10199757705258026561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-17320011947544984432016-06-04T17:10:29.041+10:002016-06-04T17:10:29.041+10:00Honora's story is partially written but need t...Honora's story is partially written but need to confirm some details with my brother first. I do have one photo of her, bonus!crgalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118766224187668713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7644791041541902287.post-46096952648111989602016-06-04T16:29:44.829+10:002016-06-04T16:29:44.829+10:00Enjoyed reading this summary of John's life - ...Enjoyed reading this summary of John's life - would like to hear more about Honora's next 40+ years.GeniAushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09074874999181040071noreply@blogger.com