Western People - New York Note Book - June 10, 2004
I am delighted to include a piece from George Harrison, a native of
Kilkelly and a fine Irishman, who recently celebrated his 89th birthday:
I was born 89 years ago in Shammer, Kilkelly. The land was poor so the
people worked hard to put food on the table. The homes at the turn of
the century were all built from fieldstones and had thatched roofs. Here
and there you would find slate roofs.
My memories of Shammer are that it was a village of about sixty