Comments - Beer, Strikebreaking, Exquisite Furniture: How Work Came to Define This Irish-American Family's History - The Wild Geese2024-03-29T06:39:21Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6442157%3ABlogPost%3A115940&xn_auth=noA history that is deeply inte…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2016-10-02:6442157:Comment:2008252016-10-02T14:50:15.492ZColm Herronhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ColmHerron
<p>A history that is deeply interesting to me. Instructive and sometimes very sad - admirably researched and succinctly set down. I have been told much of my own family's history. Some years after my mother's eldest sister emigrated from the family's small cottage in Hillside, north Donegal to Chicago in the very early twentieth century she sent back a hundred dollars. With this my grandfather built the first 2-storey house in the townland and there was enough left to buy two tea sets.</p>
<p>A history that is deeply interesting to me. Instructive and sometimes very sad - admirably researched and succinctly set down. I have been told much of my own family's history. Some years after my mother's eldest sister emigrated from the family's small cottage in Hillside, north Donegal to Chicago in the very early twentieth century she sent back a hundred dollars. With this my grandfather built the first 2-storey house in the townland and there was enough left to buy two tea sets.</p> I believe all the players wou…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2016-09-06:6442157:Comment:1994132016-09-06T15:03:53.298ZClaire Fullertonhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ClaireFullerton
<p>I believe all the players would be proud to learn that you retain such a thorough account of their lives. Thank you for sharing it here.</p>
<p>I believe all the players would be proud to learn that you retain such a thorough account of their lives. Thank you for sharing it here.</p> A nice family piece Gerry. N…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-09-15:6442157:Comment:1179992014-09-15T05:10:03.091ZJames McNamarahttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JamesMcNamara
<p>A nice family piece Gerry. Nice to have that old photo too. </p>
<p>My father was a Teamster in the Trucking industry. I remember the six-month strike in 1970 he was part of just after paying cash for a new Ford station wagon. We would get the news in all formats then, on the radio, the TV, and newspaper. I forget which strike it was when one of the scabs drove over and killed one of the striking truckers blocking the driveway. Those were tough times even though so much had already…</p>
<p>A nice family piece Gerry. Nice to have that old photo too. </p>
<p>My father was a Teamster in the Trucking industry. I remember the six-month strike in 1970 he was part of just after paying cash for a new Ford station wagon. We would get the news in all formats then, on the radio, the TV, and newspaper. I forget which strike it was when one of the scabs drove over and killed one of the striking truckers blocking the driveway. Those were tough times even though so much had already been accomplished. It was a reminder of how vulnerable the working stiff was.</p> What a fascinating family his…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2014-09-03:6442157:Comment:1162352014-09-03T17:17:38.634ZBit Devinehttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/BitDevine
<p>What a fascinating family history!</p>
<p>What a fascinating family history!</p>