Since I first collected the information for the Places of
Interest articles in 2011 so much has been added to our collection of family
history that a complete reorganization become a necessity not only for the
Tipperary tree but for the Tyrone ancestors as well.
I had the good fortune of receiving firsthand knowledge from my mother
and my cousins in Ireland to aid in building a comprehensive image of our
Duffy/Mallon Tyrone tree but not so regarding the Sullivan/O’Donnell Tipperary
branch of that tree. For that matter, the Tipperary family was an effort almost
from scratch and it was a daunting one as well.
Through the years I have supplemented with additions to Newsletters and
Vital documents, but it has become necessary to look at the whole picture with a
fresh perspective.
What’s been added.
There was a whole generation of Clogheen Sullivans that
came to New York that were
altogether
unknown to us.
They were part of
the consecutive waves of immigration
between 1845 and 1852 known as the
The
Famine Irish Exodus. During that period more than 2 million people mostly
from the poor western counties of Connaught and the rebellious southern counties
of Munster freely left or were evicted from their lands.
Without a question, that influx had a dramatic effect on the formation of
the young nation and the resulting clash between native Americans and their
novice counterparts is well documented.
The Irish in New York would play a pivotal role in the War Between the
States and influence religious and political life in New York for decades to
come
while slowly working to gain access
to the corridors of power in their adopted country.
Ulster County
