Hugh is my Uncle and was married to Annie Gillespie Gallagher. Uncle Hughie is the brother of my father Michael Gallagher.
Hugh and his brother James (died young) are the only boys of James and Bessie Sweeney Gallagher who didn't come to the US.
This picture was taken of Uncle Hughie in 1982, on one of my cousin's trips to Ireland.
Hugh Gallagher inherited the farm in Casheloogary in 1933, when his father James Seamus passed away. The farm had been given to his Dad by his grandfather Seamus (James) Gallagher who inherited it from his father Michael Gallagher. So as far as we know Hugh was the fourth generation of Gallagher's to farm the land in Casheloogary. When Hugh retired he wanted the land to go to another Gallagher. His sons were in England and didn't want it. His brothers sons were in America and didn't want it. He managed to keep it in the family. He sold it to a relative of his Mother. A man named Liam Keeney, he's a Sweeney relative on his mother Bessie's side
Email from Monica Dignam Balkema who just visited this last June 2009.
Cashelogary is just now a wide spot in an unpaved lane. It seems to consist primarily now of sheep fields but the house from which your father and my grandfather emerged is a poignant ruins at the end of ‘Gallagher's Lane", a name that the current owner a man by the name of Peter seems to continue to use.
Click on picture to enlarge and to read more info.
Hugh and his brother James (died young) are the only boys of James and Bessie Sweeney Gallagher who didn't come to the US.
This picture was taken of Uncle Hughie in 1982, on one of my cousin's trips to Ireland.
Hugh Gallagher inherited the farm in Casheloogary in 1933, when his father James Seamus passed away. The farm had been given to his Dad by his grandfather Seamus (James) Gallagher who inherited it from his father Michael Gallagher. So as far as we know Hugh was the fourth generation of Gallagher's to farm the land in Casheloogary. When Hugh retired he wanted the land to go to another Gallagher. His sons were in England and didn't want it. His brothers sons were in America and didn't want it. He managed to keep it in the family. He sold it to a relative of his Mother. A man named Liam Keeney, he's a Sweeney relative on his mother Bessie's side
Email from Monica Dignam Balkema who just visited this last June 2009.
Cashelogary is just now a wide spot in an unpaved lane. It seems to consist primarily now of sheep fields but the house from which your father and my grandfather emerged is a poignant ruins at the end of ‘Gallagher's Lane", a name that the current owner a man by the name of Peter seems to continue to use.
Click on picture to enlarge and to read more info.
Hugh is my Uncle and was married to Annie Gillespie Gallagher. Uncle Hughie is the brother of my father Michael Gallagher.
Hugh and his brother James (died young) are the only boys of James and Bessie Sweeney Gallagher who didn't come to the US.
This picture was taken of Uncle Hughie in 1982, on one of my cousin's trips to Ireland.
Hugh Gallagher inherited the farm in Casheloogary in 1933, when his father James Seamus passed away. The farm had been given to his Dad by his grandfather Seamus (James) Gallagher who inherited it from his father Michael Gallagher. So as far as we know Hugh was the fourth generation of Gallagher's to farm the land in Casheloogary. When Hugh retired he wanted the land to go to another Gallagher. His sons were in England and didn't want it. His brothers sons were in America and didn't want it. He managed to keep it in the family. He sold it to a relative of his Mother. A man named Liam Keeney, he's a Sweeney relative on his mother Bessie's side
Email from Monica Dignam Balkema who just visited this last June 2009.
Cashelogary is just now a wide spot in an unpaved lane. It seems to consist primarily now of sheep fields but the house from which your father and my grandfather emerged is a poignant ruins at the end of ‘Gallagher's Lane", a name that the current owner a man by the name of Peter seems to continue to use.
Click on picture to enlarge and to read more info.
Hugh and his brother James (died young) are the only boys of James and Bessie Sweeney Gallagher who didn't come to the US.
This picture was taken of Uncle Hughie in 1982, on one of my cousin's trips to Ireland.
Hugh Gallagher inherited the farm in Casheloogary in 1933, when his father James Seamus passed away. The farm had been given to his Dad by his grandfather Seamus (James) Gallagher who inherited it from his father Michael Gallagher. So as far as we know Hugh was the fourth generation of Gallagher's to farm the land in Casheloogary. When Hugh retired he wanted the land to go to another Gallagher. His sons were in England and didn't want it. His brothers sons were in America and didn't want it. He managed to keep it in the family. He sold it to a relative of his Mother. A man named Liam Keeney, he's a Sweeney relative on his mother Bessie's side
Email from Monica Dignam Balkema who just visited this last June 2009.
Cashelogary is just now a wide spot in an unpaved lane. It seems to consist primarily now of sheep fields but the house from which your father and my grandfather emerged is a poignant ruins at the end of ‘Gallagher's Lane", a name that the current owner a man by the name of Peter seems to continue to use.
Click on picture to enlarge and to read more info.
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