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The Irish in Leicester: March 2013
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The Irish in Leicester. Friday, 1 March 2013. Handkerchief Installation: Irish Exile/Migration: Mothers and. You may have read a previous blog post, Mothers and Daughters. About the work of artist, Sarah Strong. Well, I went down to London yesterday for a viewing of her installation, The Sentient Handkerchief. It was held in the warm and welcoming offices of mind yourself. In Islington which works to improve the well being of the Irish community in London. Sarah Strong and her husband, John. The evening ...
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The Irish in Leicester: May 2013
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The Irish in Leicester. Wednesday, 15 May 2013. Susan Quilter was born in Leicester to an English mother and Irish father. Her father, William Greally (called Bill in Leicester) was born in Roscommon in 1922. He was the eldest. 65279; He later moved up to Leicester to work in the mines at Desford and had rooms at 2 Moira St. Bill Greally's pit tag. Susan’s Mum, Irene Lismore, had come to Leicester with her family when they moved from Bisceter, Oxfoshire. They lived at 4 Moira St! There was one other Iri...
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The Irish in Leicester: Woverton Rd
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The Irish in Leicester. Sunday, 27 April 2014. Nick Geraghty has done some extensive research into his family's history and has kindly shared the parts relevant to being Irish in Leicester…. My grandfather, Thomas Geraghty (24th Feb 1867-1953) left from the. Of Gorteenacammdil (Gurcheen) near the village of Cloonfad on the borders of Mayo/Roscommon and Galway in Ireland (the nearest town is Ballyhaunis Co Mayo). This would have been around 1890 and he was bound for Leicester or a least he ended up here.
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The Irish in Leicester: February 2013
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The Irish in Leicester. Saturday, 23 February 2013. StPat's Club, Abbey St. St Pat's Club, Abbey St. Leicester. Sometimes you don't need any more details than a time and a place and a name. This photo was taken in 1966 at St.Pat's Club, Abbey St. Bernard Greally, Paddy Mullroy, Jim Mullroy, Bill Greally, Christie Cummins and Jimmy Joyce. Who knows their story? More on St. Pat's. If you'd like to be involved contact us on 0116 276 9186 or pop in to:. The Emerald Centre,. Gipsy Lane, Leicester. LE5 OTB.
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The Irish in Leicester: September 2012
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The Irish in Leicester. Friday, 28 September 2012. Callaghan: No. 43 most popular Irish surname. Finally my name has appeared in the 100 most popular Irish names. No. 43: at least it's in the top 50! Was traditionally taken to mean 'frequenter of churches', but is now thought to be a much older word meaning 'bright-headed'.". I'll take the older meaning thank you. Do we really just hear what we want to hear? Thanks to www.youririshfamily.com. For their continuing information. The Irish in Leicester.
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The Irish in Leicester: Moat St, Wigston.
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The Irish in Leicester. Tuesday, 27 May 2014. Moat St, Wigston. John Myers was born May 10. 1935 in a little village in South Limerick, Athlaca. “Well about a mile from Athlaca. My actual address was Tunnelby but Athlaca was the national school what I went to. “. He remembers it was. Pretty rough at the time. 8220;I worked on the farms because my area was all farming, horses and beef really to be honest. 8220;I’d been over here about six months in the digs like and I come back from work one night a...
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The Irish in Leicester: Prebend St
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The Irish in Leicester. Saturday, 26 April 2014. A recent request for information prompted me to ask the Irish in Leicester what they knew about a certain doctor…. I have being searching for a doctor who lived and worked in Highfields in the 1940s who wrote a famous Irish song that was recorded by Bing Crosby". The response was fast …. Then from the Irish in Leicester group on Facebook. And finally this amazing response from Austin Ruddy, Mr. Leicester at the Leicester Mercury. For Arthur Colahan wrote m...
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The Irish in Leicester: October 2012
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The Irish in Leicester. Monday, 8 October 2012. William Patrick O’Keeffe (known as Bill) from Birr, County Offally came to Leicester in 1956 and stayed with his sister Kathleen. Kathleen already lived in Leicester at the bottom of Border Drive, Mowmacre Hill. Bill’s mum was over too, also living with Kathleen, along with two brothers Eugene (known as Paddy). The other brother, Bob, followed soon after. She is still today known in the family as Aunty Bud. 8221; - there were no excuses. Joan and Bill met o...
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The Irish in Leicester: April 2014
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The Irish in Leicester. Sunday, 27 April 2014. Nick Geraghty has done some extensive research into his family's history and has kindly shared the parts relevant to being Irish in Leicester…. My grandfather, Thomas Geraghty (24th Feb 1867-1953) left from the. Of Gorteenacammdil (Gurcheen) near the village of Cloonfad on the borders of Mayo/Roscommon and Galway in Ireland (the nearest town is Ballyhaunis Co Mayo). This would have been around 1890 and he was bound for Leicester or a least he ended up here.
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The Irish in Leicester: June 2013
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The Irish in Leicester. Monday, 24 June 2013. Susan Quilter was born in Leicester to an English mother and Irish father. Her father, William Greally (called Bill in Leicester) was born in Roscommon in 1922. He was the eldest. Of 7 brothers and a sister. The family moved to New Parks from Moira St. In 1961. Mum, Dad, Pete, Sue, Maggie, Dette and Gez moved to 145 Biddle Rd when Sue was 14: her younger brother Paddy was later born here. Bill Greally's pit tag. Susan the older sister at the back. She was in ...
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