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Dr. Francis O'Reilly, Clogher, County Tyrone, to his cousin, Henry O'Reilly, Rochester, New York, 23 December 1846
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Collection O'Reilly Letter
Title Dr. Francis O'Reilly, Clogher, County Tyrone, to his cousin, Henry O'Reilly, Rochester, New York, 23 December 1846
Description Dr Francis O'Reilly has had to move from his native Carrickmacross at the behest of Most Revd Dr McNally, to work at Clogher — "a very poor place". He relates how the "people are in an awful state of destitution", with "every man from the highest to the lowest is affect[ed] more or less by the failure of the potato crop". He seeks information from Henry O'Reilly "to encourage a man to go [to] America", especially one with medical qualifications.
Date 23/12/1846
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Resource Type Text
Archival Record Id p155/71/3
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 3pp
Topic O'Reilly Letter
Geographic Clogher,Tyrone (county),Ireland,Rochester (city),Monroe (county),New York (state),United States
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen forties
Genre Transcript,Reproduction
Note Title and transcript text by Professor Kerby Miller. Description by University of Galway.
Creator / Author Name Francis O'Reilly