Welcome (Céad Míle Fáilte!) to Small-leaved Shamrock
Thanks to Gini Webb and Thomas MacEntee for highlighting my blogs within the GeneaBloggers "May I Introduce You" series.
Small-leaved Shamrock thanks Family Tree Magazine! They selected this humble online home for Irish family history as one of the top 5 heritage blogs. Click on the image above or see the May 2010 issue for more details.
Small-leaved Shamrock thanks My Heritage for including yours truly among their Top 100 Genealogy Sites of 2010. Click on the image above for the complete list.
New at Small-leaved Shamrock
The best of Small-leaved Shamrock
- To be born Irish
- Three's a crowd
- The provenance of a hairbrush: Thievery and the family historian
- Riding the rails: The life and death of William Cowhey
- Ready for battle: History for kids
- Irish women in America: Our grandmothers' stories
- Death comes in threes: The sorrows of Margaret Foley Cowhey, 1891-1895
- Crossing the Potomac with William: A soldier's story
- Along the iron veins
- A poem for Patrick
- A look back at Schuylkill County: 1908
About the author
Blog updates
Calvary Cemetery Mt. Carbon
Carnival of Irish Heritage + Culture
Catholic faith
Civil War
Coal mines
County Cork
Cowhey
Cuisine
DNA
Donnelly
Ellis Island
Family photos
G.A.R.
Genealogy
Genealogy tips
Genetic genealogy
Geography
Holidays
Ireland
Ireland Census
Irish dance
Irish Gaelic
Irish-Americans
Mollie Maguires
Mount Carbon
Munster
Our family tree
Pennsylvania
Poetry
Port Carbon
Pottsville
Pottsville Republican
Railroad
Recommended reading
Shenandoah Evening Herald
St. Clair
St. Francis de Sales Church
St. Patrick's Church Pottsville
Thomas Cowhey (b)
Traditions
U.S. Census
World War I
Ó Cobhthaigh
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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Cowhey (Ó Cobhthaigh) Coat of Arms
Our Schuylkill County surnames
- Brown
- Burdess
- Byrnes (Ó Broin)
- Chapman
- Cowhey/Cowey/Cowhy (Ó Cobhthaigh)
- Donnelly
- Foley
- Graham
- Hossler
- McCue
- McGinley
- McGonigle/McGonigal
- McIntyre
- McWilliams
- Miller
- Mokelar
- Owens
- Rodgers
- Somers
- Stanton
- Stokel
- Warden
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Related blogs
Schuylkill County Links
- Historical Society of Schuylkill County
- Munsell's History of Schuylkill County PA
- Pottsville Library Genealogy
- Pottsville Walking Tour
- Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce
- Schuylkill County Civil War Roundtable
- Schuylkill County Genealogy Ties
- Schuylkill County Municipalities Incorporation Dates
- Schuylkill PA GenWeb
- Visitor's Guide to Schuylkill
Railroad Links
Coal Mining Links
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
- The Genealogy Center's Our Military Heritage
- William & Thomas Cowey's Civil War Regiment History - 16th PA Co. I
- William & Thomas Cowey's Civil War Regiment Roster - 16th PA Co. I
Email Lists & Message Boards
Pennsylvania Links
- Cyndi's List of PA Links
- Explore PA History
- Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
- Historical Maps of Pennsylvania
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- PA GenWeb
- Penn State University Library
- Pennsylvania Biographies
- Pennsylvania Disasters
- Pennsylvania Federation of Museums & Historical Organizations
- Pennsylvania Heritage Society
- Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
- Pennsylvania History Journal
- Pennsylvania Old Photos
- Pennsylvania Old Yearbooks
- Pennsylvania State Archives
- Pennsylvania Trails of History
- State Library of Pennsylvania
- USGenWeb Archives Pennsylvania
Ireland Links
- Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland
- Ballycastle Irish Family History Project
- Census Finder Ireland Census Records
- Census Online Links - Ireland
- Connors Genealogy
- Cork Genealogist
- Cyndi's List Ireland & Northern Ireland
- DoChara
- Eneclann
- 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
Helpful Genealogy Links
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People, places & more
- About the author (8)
- Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories (23)
- Agnes (Donnelly) Cowhey (6)
- Ambrose Cowhey (4)
- Anne (Cowhey) McCue (8)
- Anne Cowhey (1)
- Audio (1)
- Blanche Cowhey (2)
- Blog Action Day (3)
- Blog updates (13)
- Calvary Cemetery Mt. Carbon (2)
- Carnival of Genealogy (8)
- Carnival of Irish Heritage + Culture (80)
- Catholic faith (10)
- Charles Cowhey (7)
- Civil War (26)
- Civil War 150 (1)
- Civil War 150th Anniversary (1)
- Coal mines (8)
- Coffey (5)
- County Cork (8)
- Cowhey (22)
- Cuisine (2)
- Current events (2)
- DNA (7)
- Donnelly (2)
- Ellis Island (2)
- Family photos (7)
- Festival of Postcards Carnival (1)
- Frances (Owens) Cowhey (1)
- G.A.R. (5)
- Genea-Blogger Group Games (5)
- Genealogy (20)
- Genealogy tips (26)
- Genetic genealogy (2)
- Geography (2)
- George R. McCue (2)
- Holidays (44)
- Hungary (1)
- I Smile for the Camera Carnival (3)
- iGene Awards (1)
- Ireland (95)
- Ireland Census (4)
- Irish dance (1)
- Irish Gaelic (15)
- Irish-Americans (13)
- John Donnelly (2)
- John Joseph Cowhey (1)
- John McGonigal (1)
- Lena Cowhey (1)
- Margaret (Foley) Cowhey (12)
- Margaret (Graham) Foley (2)
- Mary (Cowhey) Stanton (1)
- Mollie Maguires (1)
- Mount Carbon (11)
- Munster (5)
- Our family tree (5)
- Patrick Cowhey (5)
- Patrick Foley (2)
- Pennsylvania (21)
- Poetry (23)
- Port Carbon (1)
- Pottsville (5)
- Pottsville Republican (3)
- Railroad (16)
- Recommended reading (24)
- Schuylkill County (1)
- Shenandoah Evening Herald (4)
- St. Clair (2)
- St. Francis de Sales Church (1)
- St. Patrick's Church Pottsville (7)
- The Catholic Gene (1)
- Thomas Cowhey (a) (12)
- Thomas Cowhey (b) (1)
- Traditions (23)
- Transcription (1)
- U.S. Census (6)
- William Cowhey (26)
- Wordless Wednesday (1)
- World War I (2)
- Ó Cobhthaigh (7)
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