My father’s grandfather was brought from County Kerry to New Orleans on a famine ship in 1850 by his father and step mother. He was eight years old. When I first saw the lazy beds in Ireland, which had not been cultivated since 1850, I cried. I don’t know if I can watch this series.
Slattery, County Cork. Thanks for making it here, great grandpa!
My Great-great-grandfather Andrew was born in Ireland in 1840, died in the US.
I’m guessing he came to the New World before his tenth birthday.
The video is just part of a powerpoint presentation my dad, patrick, and I created several years ago. All part one really does is show facts about how the Irish lived during those times.
As for the two names mentioned, Michael and Mary, they were my great great .... grandparents who came to America around the same time as your father’s grandfather.
My family came from County Cork during “An Gorta Mor”
(The Great Hunger). I don’t think I can watch this film. Its too heartbreaking.