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Padraig Cundun, Deerfield, near Utica, Oneida County, New York, to Tomas O Briain, [Moin Choiteann/ Mountcotton], Baile Macoda parish, County Cork, 27 May 1848
Luaigh an doiciméad seo Amharcóir IIIF
Bailiúchán Cundun Letters
Title Padraig Cundun, Deerfield, near Utica, Oneida County, New York, to Tomas O Briain, [Moin Choiteann/ Mountcotton], Baile Macoda parish, County Cork, 27 May 1848
Description Letter elaborates on American superiority over Ireland and its "merciless landlords." Cundun begs for news of this year's potato crops, which he fears have failed again. He laments Irish suffering during the Famine as well as the loss of many of his poems, which he burned on his departure from Ireland. He hopes that Ireland's tyrannical landlords will experience God's wrathful judgement. Stanzas of poems are interspersed with text. [Letter transcript shows the original text in Irish, alongside an English translation.]
Date 27/05/1848
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Cineál Acmhainne Text
Archival Record Id p155/25/2
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 4pp
Topic Cundun Letters
Geographic Mountcotton (townland),Cork (county),Ireland,Deerfield (town),Oneida (county),New York (state),United States
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen forties
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