Mount Hope

The photograph that follows this drawing of stairs is from October, 1958. That’s my mother, the bride at the top of those stairs. Her father—my grandfather—is at the top, too. This house was one of a few places where my grandparents lived. They were the children of immigrants and never owned a house. They always

Irish Connector

Catherine “Kate” McMahon came to America in 1900, and last year, from a farm in County Kerry, Ireland, I got a message from someone looking for her. Kate was the McMahon that left. The rest had stayed behind in the then gritty city of Cork. My online family tree had provided the missing link for