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From: "Murray, Edmundo" <>
Subject: RE: [LONGFORD] Longford Emigrants Bound to Argentina
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:35:25 +0200


Dear Anne,

Thank you for the information. I addressed the August meeting of the
Longford Westmeath Argentina Society in Mullingar. It was a very kind
audience, and a beautiful visit to the midlands.

Would you provide more data about your god mother and the others? If
possible, I am recolleting documents (family letters, memoirs, old
newspapers, etc.). Thank you very much,

Edmundo

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Subject: Re: [LONGFORD] Longford Emigrants Bound to Argentina


Do you know about the Irish Argentina Society?
My god mother was born in Argentina and returned to Ireland. I know of
an other large family named Kelly who also returned. Both wer from
around Ardagh/ Edgeworthstown. A cousin of mine from around Mullingar
connected with a second cousin on her fathers side(Mc Hugh).
Hope this helps
>
> From: "Murray, Edmundo" <>
> Date: 2003/04/03 Thu AM 01:21:25 EST
> To:
> Subject: [LONGFORD] Longford Emigrants Bound to Argentina
>
> Dear Listers,
>
>
>
> During the nineteenth century, 40-45,000 emigrants left Ireland for
the
> 'River Plate' (comprising Argentina and Uruguay). They 'came from two
> clearly defined areas, south-east of a line from Wexford Town to
Kilmore
> Quay in Wexford, and from a quadrangle on the Longford/Westmeath
border
> stretching roughly from Athlone to Edgeworthstown, to Mullingar and to
> Kilbeggan. Virtually the whole population surrounding the town of
> Ballymore, which stands roughly at the centre of this quadrangle,
> emigrated to Buenos Aires in the 1860s' (Kirby 1992: 105).
>
>
>
> However, it is estimated that only one out of two emigrants settled in
> the pampas, and the other re-emigrated some time later. A vast
majority
> of the re-emigrants were bound to North America, Australia, and back
to
> Ireland, but few documents are left of this further movement.
>
>
>
> I wonder if anyone in this list might have an Irish ancestor related
to
> South America in some way?
>
>
>
> Thank you and regards,
>
>
>
> Edmundo Murray
>
>
>
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