Finding Your Chicago Irish

Download or read book Finding My Irish written by Sharon Shea Bossard and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author and her husband journey to Ireland in search of her Irish roots. Discovered are centuries-old family cottages, untold secrets, and heartbreaking accounts of lives rife with hardships, unhappiness, and fierce family pride. Join the author and her husband as they journey through the towns of Cahersiveen, Ballinskelligs, Valentia, and Boyle in their relentless pursuit of family. Follow in the footsteps of her grandparents from Ireland to Connecticut and to the cowboy town of South Omaha in the late 1800s. Travel to the more modern city of Chicago at the turn of the century. An incredibly touching family story; you won't be able to put it down.