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Owen O'Callaghan, Philadelphia, to his brother, Thomas O'Callaghan, Fallow, Kilmacthomas, Waterford, 27 May 1884
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Bailiúchán Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Bailiúchán Callaghan/ O'Callaghan Letters
Title Owen O'Callaghan, Philadelphia, to his brother, Thomas O'Callaghan, Fallow, Kilmacthomas, Waterford, 27 May 1884
Description His sister Maggie has now emigrated and joined Owen and Bridget in Philadelphia; she's working as a servant. Owen contrasts the paucity of "fun" in Philadelphia to the richer social life in Ireland, with its fairs, nightly visits to neighbours' houses, etc. But Owen's letter describes in detail the emigrants' efforts to maintain or reconstitute some of those dense networks of kin and former neighbours in America. His letters mention dozens of relatives and other Waterford people throughout the US, and he reports having advertised for other "missing friends" in the newspapers.
Date 27/05/1884
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne 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