Patrick and Ellen Barrett: The Long Journey from Gushedy “Every family story begins with a choice — to stay, or to go.” Patrick Barrett was born in December 1777 in County Fermanagh, the son of Owen Barrett, a farmer, and…
Fourteen Ancestors
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🌿 The Constable and the Girl from Clare James Douglas Hendren & Ellen Davin, 1827–1906 “Every life is shaped by choices. His were to serve, to leave, and to love; hers were to follow, to endure, and to begin again.”…
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“Every life is shaped by choices. Eliza’s choice was to take an opportunity, use it to forge a new life: she was brave, courageous and resilient.” Elizabeth Sharkey is my grandmother’s grandmother, through an all-female line. I like to imagine…