Galway Emigrants in Baltimore

06/05/2024

IS YOUR EAST GALWAY ANCESTOR'S SURNAME IN THIS DATABASE?

The most common surname in this database is Kelly/Kelley (36), followed by Connelly/Connolly at 29! Next is McDonogh/McDonough (23), Ward (20), Kain/Kane (19), Manion/Mannion (18), Walsh (17), Flaherty (17), Burk/Burke (17), Fahy/Fahey (16), Welch/Welsh (14), Manning (14), Faherty (12), Kenney/Kenny (10), Lyons (10), Mooney (10), Murray (10), Daley/Dailey (10), Ryan (10).

If your ancestor emigrated to Baltimore, but you don't see a death notice on this page, I'd love to hear from you!

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04/17/2024

For anyone with ancestors from Lackagh, Galway, here is a link to their history center.

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04/17/2024

What is your the story of your Galway immigrant in Baltimore?

04/17/2024

According to this article published about Oranmore, Galway in 1847, the mortality rate was 1,200% over the previous years -- all due to the famine.

04/16/2024

1847 was the worst year of The Great Hunger in Ireland, and is known as Black 47. Here's a report from the civil parish of Lackagh about the effects of the famine.

04/04/2024

Though originally from the civil parish of Oranmore, Mrs. MARY BURKE, died in Baltimore in 1872, and you can find her published death notice on this page. See the snip for the townlands in Oranmore and click on the link for John Grenham's interactive map.
https://www.johngrenham.com/browse/county_civil.php?county=Galway

04/03/2024

MICHAEL GREANEY and Mrs. MARY BURK, both of whom have death notices on this page, had two other things in common. They both died in 1879 and were both natives of Lackagh civil parish in East Galway.

Check out the snip for the townlands in Lackagh and click on the link for an interactive map at the John Grenham website.

https://www.johngrenham.com/browse/county_civil.php?county=Galway

04/02/2024

From what parishes did your Galway emigrants come to Baltimore?

04/02/2024

Quite a few of the Galway immigrants who died in Baltimore were from the civil parish of Kilbegnet. Here's a snip of the townlands contained in that civil parish in East Galway.

Be sure to visit the link below to zoom in or zoom out and to see the surrounding civil parishes.

https://www.johngrenham.com/browse/county_civil.php?county=Galway

04/01/2024

A taste of Ireland at Easter -- well-known Irish chefs offer their recipes.

Ireland is a country full of rapturous baking traditions and flavors. At no other time is its sweet culinary soul more on display than during Easter, a time of family gathering and delicious breaking of bread. With our 2020 Authentic Ireland Issue being one of our most beloved issues of all time, we...

04/01/2024

An interesting article about Easter traditions in Ireland. A little bit late, but it is Easter Monday, after all! Ever thrown or caught a pancake?

Ireland’s poorer classes were predominately catholic and religion, along with economics was a divisive element of Irish society with its own customs and practices, some of which centered arou…

03/29/2024

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