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Owen O'Callaghan, Philadelphia, to his sister Maggie Callaghan, Fallow, Kilmacthomas, Waterford, 3 August 1883
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Collection Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Collection Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Title Owen O'Callaghan, Philadelphia, to his sister Maggie Callaghan, Fallow, Kilmacthomas, Waterford, 3 August 1883
Description Remarks on Philadelphia's size and gridiron street plan. Mentions the recent local 4th of July parades and the weather in the U.S. Mentions Land League activities in Ireland, and reports that Irish Americans, himself included, rejoiced at Patrick O'Donnell's assassination of James Carey, the man who informed on the Invincibles (who had murdered Cavendish and Burke in Phoenix Park, Dublin, on 6 May 1882). Mentions that their cousin, Maggie Norris, had also emigrated to Philadelphia.
Date 03/08/1883
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Resource Type Text
Archival Record Id p155/1/1/1
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 5pp
Topic Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Geographic Philadelphia (city),Philadelphia (county),Pennsylvania,United States,Fallagh (townland),Kilmacthomas,Waterford (county),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen eighties
Genre Transcript,Reproduction
Note Transcript, title and description by Professor Kerby Miller. Colloquial place name 'Fallow' is captured as contemporary 'Fallagh (townland)' in location metadata fields. Surname 'Callaghan' sometimes appears as 'O'Callaghan' across letters in this series.
Creator / Author Name Owen Callaghan/ O'Callaghan