by Laurie McKeown-Thomassin | Aug 22, 2025 | Irish Heritage Preservation
Mapping Trinity Cemetery: Tracing the Roots of Gore’s Irish Settlers Mapping a cemetery is more than a clerical task—it is an act of remembrance. Each stone represents not just an individual, but a chapter in the long and often difficult story of settlement in...
by Laurie McKeown-Thomassin | Jun 27, 2022 | History
Where do you come from? Why did your ancestors move and why did they choose that particular place to live? How and when did they get there? So many questions but too few answers. In 1825, James Skelly of County Westmeath was offered a land grant in the...
by Laurie McKeown-Thomassin | Jun 27, 2022 | Genealogy and Family Stories
The Skelly family were part of the many Irish migrants who left Ireland to escape poverty in the early 19th century. The tragic circumstances of the rural Irish – like those who began to settle in St. Colomban in the 1820’s and the promise of a better life in the...
by Laurie McKeown-Thomassin | Mar 17, 2022 | History
March 17, 2022 – As you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day today, remember the reason for the season. While raising your glass of Guinness or Jameson and amoung the many sláintes, remember the generations of Irish immigrants who laid the foundation for the...
