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letters from Ireland during the famine

These are letters written mostly by my fourth great-grandparents from Tonevane, Co. Kerry, Ireland, to their daughters who went to America. The two daughters, Mary and Honora, came to America during the Potato Famine. They settled in the Haverhill, Massachusetts area, and like many others worked and saved to bring other family members over. Click the following links to read the letters.  They are listed by author and date.

John Moriarty - June 4^th, 1851
Mary Moriarty - May 20^th, 1852
James Roche - March the 27^th, the year 1854
John Moriarty and part from William O'Brien - June 15^th, 1862
John and Mary Moriarty - October 2^nd, 1862
Hanora Moriarty to her parents and ? O'Brien to her father John O'Brien - 8 March 1863
John Moriarty and part from John O'Brien - May the 10^th, 1863
John and Mary Moriarty - September the 26^th
John and Mary Moriarty - November the 22^nd 18??
Mary Moriarty - December the 7^th, 1863
John Moriarty - April the 29^th, 1855