my mothers family is from dublin, and unusually in that they have a documented history (a 3 volume set) of the family in the city of dublin for 500 years --more actually since the book dates from my childhood.

in the final chapter of Vol.3, there is a note that my mother has immigrated to NY, and that she has 2 children,(i am #2 of 5)..

for most of her life, my mother lived on erigael road (in drimnaugh) but she was born in an army barracks, (my grandfather served under Michael Collins).

i still have aunts and uncles (both sides, my da is from dublin too, --a least for the past 3 or 4 generations) and a number of cousins (who i personal don't keep in touch with, but they do keep in touch with my sister (many of them are more than 8 years younger than me, i never knew them in my childhood, they are contemparies with my youngest sister.
(one of my mothers cousins is a well known peditrician in the children's hospital on crumlin rd.. (sorry, but i remember the names, (and bus routes) but i don't remember the spellings (since the place name were only spoken, i never had much cause to write them!)



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