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Padraig Cundun, Deerfield, near Utica, Oneida Co., New York, to Micheal O Glasain, Lios Caoinleain [Lisquinlan], Baile Macoda parish, County Cork, 27 December 1834
Luaigh an doiciméad seo Amharcóir IIIF
Bailiúchán Cundun Letters
Title Padraig Cundun, Deerfield, near Utica, Oneida Co., New York, to Micheal O Glasain, Lios Caoinleain [Lisquinlan], Baile Macoda parish, County Cork, 27 December 1834
Description The sections that BDB [Dr. Bruce D. Boling] translated are excellent. They reveal Padraig Cundun's deep sorrow at emigration and his traditional belief that life is governed by fate and explained by traditional proverbs. Cundun's ambivalence, if real, is striking: on one hand, he's a very contented American farmer, who encourages more emigration; yet on the other hand, he avows that there was "no place under the sun" where he'd "rather die than in Ireland." [Letter transcript shows the original text in Irish, alongside an English translation.]
Date 27/12/1834
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/25/2
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 1p
Topic Cundun Letters
Geographic Lisquinlan (townland),Cork (county),Ireland,Deerfield (town),Oneida (county),New York (state),United States
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen thirties
Genre Transcript
Note Translation from Irish language to English by Dr. Bruce D. Boling (collaborator of Professor Kerby Miller). Irish language version of the letter included alongside the translated text. Transcript text, title and description by Professor Kerby Miller. Letter transcribed from: O'Foghludha R. (1932). Padraig phiarais cun'dun 1777-1856. Oifig diolta foillseachain rialtais.
Creator / Author Name Padraig Cundun