Small-leaved Shamrock

Tracing my Irish roots in the Pennsylvania Coal Region

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The best of Small-leaved Shamrock

"The long and stormy passage": The 1823 sea voyage of Patrick Cowhey and a spirited Irish priest
A St. Patrick's Day tribute to the Church of St. Patrick, Pottsville, PA
A St. Patrick’s Day miracle for the Irish/Hungarian genealogy blogger
A horrifying end and a hero's farewell, November 1892
Coal region Catholics: The story of Pottsville's Church of St. Patrick
Crossing the Potomac with William: A soldier's story
Death comes in threes: The sorrows of Margaret Foley Cowhey, 1891-1895
Gettysburg's 150th: "Every name a lightning stroke to some heart"
Irish women in America: Our grandmothers' stories
Mother to 15, Widow at 38: My discovery of the photograph of my quietly heroic great-great-grandmother
Seeing double! Twins in the family and the need to study genealogical records with a careful eye
The provenance of a hairbrush: Thievery and the family historian

For Irish dancers: "Feiseanna, Figures & Friends"

Traditional Irish dance is a big part of my family's life. Learn more and view the competition journal and feis book for dancers that I've published here.

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Railroad Links

Edsen Breyer's Postcard Museum Railroad Engines Wing
Mike's Rails blog
Mike's Rails TrainWeb site
Pennsylvania Railways
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Reading Company Technical & Historical Society

Coal Mining Links

Anthracite Heritage Museum
Coal Region
Mine Country
Tribute to Pennsylvania's Anthracite Miners

Civil War Links

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg National Military Park Map
History Detectives GAR Photograph Episode
History Detectives GAR Photograph Episode Transcript
Library of Congress' GAR Webpage
Memorial of the Patriotism of Schuylkill County in the American Slaveholders' Rebellion
National Soldiers' Home & Cemetery - NPS Site
National Soldiers' Home, Dayton, Ohio - 1891 Guide
National Soldiers' Home, Dayton, Ohio - Genealogy Site
Pennsylvania Civil War Volunteers
Schuylkill County Civil War Roundtable
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William & Thomas Cowey's Civil War Regiment History - 16th PA Co. I
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Pennsylvania State Archives
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Ireland Links

Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland
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Census Online Links - Ireland
Connors Genealogy
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DoChara
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Family Tree Magazine's "Getting Into Grifftith's"
Fianna Guide to Irish Genealogy
Fáilte Romhat
Genealogical Society of Ireland
GenealogyLinks.net links by county
General Register Office, Ireland
GENUKI - UK & Ireland genealogy
GENUKI Ireland
IreAtlas Townland Database
Ireland Gen Web Project
Ireland Old News
Ireland's Historical Mapping Archive
Irish Ancestors
Irish Culture & Customs
Irish Family History blog
Irish Family History Foundation
Irish Family History Foundation County Genealogy Centre Links
Irish Genealogical Society International
Irish Genealogy (From Ireland's Dept. of Arts, Sport & Tourism)
Irish History Links
Irish Origins
Irish Roots Cafe
Irish Roots Cafe blog
Irish Times genealogy links by county
Irish Townland Maps
National Archives of Ireland
National Library of Ireland
National Library of Ireland - Family History
New York Irish History Roundtable
Oifig Luachála/Valuation Office - Ireland
Property Registration Authority - Ireland
The Ireland Story
TIARA - The Irish Ancestral Research Association

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Ancestry.com Census Search
Family Search online U.S. Census records
Family Tree Magazine's helpful forms
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Charles Cowhey (7)
Civil War (32)
Civil War 150 (6)
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Coal mines (8)
Coffey (5)
County Cork (10)
Cowhey (33)
Cuisine (2)
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Doors of Faith (1)
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Irish dance (1)
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Mount Carbon (14)
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Patrick Cowhey (9)
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Poetry (24)
Port Carbon (1)
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Railroad (19)
Recommended reading (24)
Schuylkill County (7)
Shenandoah Evening Herald (4)
St. Clair (3)
St. Francis de Sales Church (1)
St. Patrick's Church Pottsville (9)
The Catholic Gene (3)
Thomas Cowhey (a) (13)
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Traditions (23)
Transcription (5)
U.S. Census (6)
William Cowhey (32)
Wordless Wednesday (1)
World War I (2)

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