I saw a book in the local library entitled: Beara History and Stories from the Peninsula compiled by Gerard (Gerdie) Harrington, produced by the Beara Historical Society 2005 and Chapter 4 talks about the emigration of miners from Beara to the mines of Michigan and Butte, Montana. Apparently, it is thought that 60% of the [...]
Local or regional journals often provide vital information that has been compiled by an author who was very familiar with an area, surname or other local activities. Some of these historical/archaeological publications were written by people who were experts in their time and they may have had access to information which is no longer extant. [...]
At Allihies in West Cork, there is a ruin of a long abandoned copper mine. I found an article Miners in Migration… which discusses the connection between Co. Cork and Butte, Montana.
In genealogy, it is important to consider migration patterns. Apparently people from Cornwall went to West Cork to mine and later, there was a [...]
