{"id":1233,"date":"2008-08-17T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/carnival-of-irish-heritage-culture\/"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:31:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T06:31:13","slug":"carnival-of-irish-heritage-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/carnival-of-irish-heritage-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of Irish Heritage &amp; Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/small-leavedshamrock.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/back-to-school-for-carnival-of-irish.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_2wTDApRZ2pk\/R7rwIDxMDZI\/AAAAAAAABAw\/8GSgiV3cHxw\/S226\/Carnival%2Blogo%2B154x160.jpg\" width=\"154\" height=\"160\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>The back-to-school edition of the <a href=\"http:\/\/small-leavedshamrock.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/back-to-school-for-carnival-of-irish.html\">Carnival of Irish Heritage &amp; Culture<\/a> is upon us. The challenge, as I understand it, is to make a research plan related to our Irish roots. The Irish side of my family is one I have not spent much time on lately, due in part to a brick wall with my ggg-grandparents. That being said, I fully accept the challenge to make a plan, and of course, follow through on it in the months to come. So&#8230;here&#8217;s the plan&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal #1<\/strong> &#8211; Figure out where in the heck my ggg-grandparents were born in Ireland. I am fairly certain that my gg-grandfather, Thomas Robert CAHILL was born in Thomastown, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland in 1860. As far as I can tell, his parents (my ggg-grandparents), Michael CAHILL and Anne HALE were born in Ireland probably between 1834-1838. Thomas married Margaret MILLETT, likely from Kilkenny as well. They were not married in Ireland; instead they were married in Illinois in 1887. It appears in the U.S. census data that they immigrated at different times, so I am not sure if they knew each other in Ireland or not. I also suspect that Margaret&#8217;s parents, John MILLET and Mary RYAN were also born in Ireland. Following are some sources I plan to start with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Master Book of Irish Surnames : Locations, Ethnic Origins, Variant Spellings &amp; Sources by Michael C. O&#8217;Laughlin, 1993.<\/li>\n<li>Co. Kilkenny Ireland, Genealogy &amp; Family History Notes by Michael C. O&#8217;Laughlin, 2002.<\/li>\n<li>Names of Irish Passengers to America by Michael C. O&#8217;Laughlin, 2002.<\/li>\n<li>The Birth Index of Ireland by Michael C. O&#8217;Laughlin, 2004.<\/li>\n<li>The Book of Irish Families, Great &amp; Small by Michael C. O&#8217;Laughlin, 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Goal #2<\/strong> &#8211; Assuming I can uncover the mystery from Goal #1, I&#8217;d like to trace both lines further, using the same sources noted above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal #3<\/strong> &#8211; Find out what in the world a &#8220;dark Irish&#8221; is. I have been told I&#8217;m &#8220;dark Irish&#8221; but have no idea exactly what that means&#8230;I want to know more!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal #4<\/strong> &#8211; Do some research on Ireland during the time period my ancestors lived there. Following are the books I plan to start with.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Great Hunger : Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Blanche Fitzgerald Woodham-Smith, 1991 (originally published in 1962).<\/li>\n<li>The Great Shame : And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World by Thomas Keneally, 1999.<\/li>\n<li>To the Golden Door: The Story of the Irish in Ireland and America by George W. Potter, 1960.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Goal #5<\/strong> &#8211; Just for fun, read the book Look What Came From Ireland by Miles Harvey, 2002.<br \/>\nLook for future posts reporting on my findings, challenges, and successes!<\/p>\n<p><em>This post was written for the <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/small-leavedshamrock.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/back-to-school-for-carnival-of-irish.html\"><em>Carnival of Irish Heritage &amp; Culture<\/em><\/a><em> hosted by <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.small-leavedshamrock.blogspot.com\/\"><em>Small-leaved Shamrock<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The back-to-school edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage &amp; Culture is upon us. The challenge, as I understand it, is to make a research plan related to our Irish roots. 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