In tracing the history of the wave of emigration of the Murphy and Nolan families to the United States, the story truly starts with one man: Lawrence Murphy. His name…
John Nolan (1886-1929) John Joseph Nolan was the second eldest son of Martin Nolan and Annie Mernagh of Forrestalstown, Co. Wexford. He was born on the 20th of March, 1886….
Folklore Stories from the area 18th and 19th Century, from the Duchas.ie Folklore project. Old Schools In 1794 there was an old school in St Mullins in the middle of…
The Ballyknock Murphys Pierce Murphy and Ann Doran are ancestors that many of our family trace back to. Pierce and Ann raised their family in Ballyknock – a small townland…
Robert Nolan and Mary Byrne are to date the earliest known ancestors of our branch of the Nolan family. Robert and Mary were the parents of six children: I’ve started…
Mangan Farm is the ancestral homestead of Thomas Kavanagh and Margaret ‘Judith’ Cleary, located between Enniscorthy and the Blackstairs mountains – about 5 miles from each. Our Nolan family traces…
Two tiny towns on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean are bound together through the history of Irish emigration. In the latter half of the 19th century, a trail west…
