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Wartime Letter

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Wartime Letter to Camlough, county Armagh

From the collection of Sarah Byrnes, here is a letter from her sister during World War Two and on page two a photo of Camlough grocer Gussy Kane.

Click on the letter for the story.

Other Featured Articles - click on any article to see more

1920's watch chain

This article links a 1920 photo watch chain to a family memento

Emigration

HMS PHILOMEL BERTHING - WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND 1917

Families and Land

Marriages of Interest

John Collins from Co Cork (on the right of photo) married Maggie-Anne Kelly (wearing white hat). John’s sister Annie Collins married Maggie-Anne’s brother Michael Kelly.

The Collins’s were from Co Cork and the Kelly’s were from Levelamore in Co Armagh. Click on photo for more.


Who was this Mary Hannaway?

Or why some married women are still known by their maiden name?


Absalom Rookes & Mary Ann Stewart

From Scotland to New Zealand


Local Customs

BOYS IN DRESSES-AN OLD IRISH SUPERSTITION

In this photo a young boy is wearing a dress to confuse the fairies - an unusually recent example of an old superstition in Ireland. .

Farming

Continuing a tradition


WELCOME

In June 1945 Peter Hannaway married Sarah Byrnes in Lislea, County Armagh. Welcome to the pages of their families.

For reasons of privacy the names and details of living family members are not included without their permission.

My thanks go to Benedict Martin for his research and his encouragement. Likewise to Paul Byrnes for his generous research of the Byrnes’ members who moved to Scotland or to the north of England. To Anna McParland (Doherty) and Patsy Grey (Collins) for their photographs and listening to my endless questions.

Many documents and photographs have also been supplied by Rich and Candy McGinnis in the USA-including original photographs of Hannaway's from the early 1900s. Eugene McCann shared his extensive local history knowledge & research by assembling histories of various families.

Click "Find" to get started and please let me know of any errors or missing persons using "Contact Us". Your stories or photographs are always welcome. Many chronicled here do not have a photo and ideally each person should have a biography.

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Volcanic Slieve Gullion

Slieve Gullion was once a volcano.

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Local words or phrases.......

Avilis: "á bhilis": sweet/sweetheart. A term of affection to children used by Mary “Bartley” Hannaway (née McGinnis 1841-1937)

Cowped: tipped over

Lock: a few “he had a lock of sheep” not many

Wheesht: "eíst" listen, or ‘be quiet’

A hand’s turn: the smallest item of work

Went to loss: wasted unnecessarily


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