Letters from America, Nice Hand-Me-Down Clothes and Spam

Letters from America, Nice Hand-Me-Down Clothes and Spam

Once upon a time, a letter from America was a vital life-line to the economy of Ireland and to that of rural Ireland in particular. And so were the parcels. The images of the famine years in Ireland that the emigrants took with them, and handed down, were so ingrained and lingering that they were…

Classes to help Find your Roots

Classes to help Find your Roots

Irish Ancestors Direct will hold Genealogy Classes in the Kerry Flyer offices – beside Hartnett’s Corner here in Castleisland commencing on Tuesday night, March 11th at 7.30pm.  The classes, of two-hour’s duration each, will run for a total of four Tuesday nights.  This is a practical course enabling everyone to research their own family history…