My Irish great great grandfather wrote a book called Notes of Travel, in which he recorded impressions of a journey around the world with his daughter, Alice, in 1893. Alice was 20 years of age, born in Australia, unlike her father. John’s sudden and unexpected decision … Continue reading A visit to Killorglin in 1893
Tag: County Kerry
Five churches on the Ring of Kerry
This is the second in a series of blogs about the Protestant churches in Co Kerry that my Irish ancestors attended. Protestants in Co Kerry have always been a small minority of the population, but they gradually increased from the time of the Reformation to … Continue reading Five churches on the Ring of Kerry
Dromore
Old house on The Kerry Way My friend Simon had graciously offered to come with me on a family history tour of some of the sites of my ancestors’s lives in County Kerry, in Ireland. We had been walking in the mountains of Kerry for … Continue reading Dromore
Back to Kerry. Part 1
A good few of my ancestors came from County Kerry in southwest Ireland. They went by various names - Hicksons, Needhams, Ruddles and Byrnes. I visited Kerry for a few days in August and found myself thinking a lot about them, my forebears. I marvelled … Continue reading Back to Kerry. Part 1
Arrival
Early in the antipodean Spring of 1973 I stood on the deck of an old passenger ship, Ellinis, as it sailed through the heads of Sydney Harbour and made its way slowly towards the iconic Bridge and Opera House. It was the end of a … Continue reading Arrival