In October at The Genealogy Event, a lady, Patricia, came up to my exhibit table. After hearing that I was located in Rochester, NY, she told me her ancestor lived in Rochester briefly before going back home to Ireland, and that he worked on the trolleys. My great-grandfather also worked on the trolleys, and we both followed up with details to see if they might have been colleagues. Unfortunately, her ancestor was there while mine were still in Amsterdam, NY. But I did mention to her that my great-great grandmother was Irish and born in Sneem. Although I had been in Kerry and on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland, I did not know I had roots there at that time, and I was not in Sneem. Patricia was, and she sent me this picture:
The boxer is not John L. Sullivan, but it does reinforce the legacy of the sport in Ireland. Patricia also told me that Charles de Gaulle's wife's governess was from Sneem and was a McCarthy, as was my great-great-grandmother. I have to do further research to see if they are indeed related. And to see if Patricia and I are related...
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