The Welch Letters

During the 19th century, hundreds of thousands of our people immigrated to the United States. Some of them never returned to Ireland and all contact with them was lost. While many of them kept in touch with family in Ireland, not much of this correspondence survived. Imagine our surprise and delight when a bundle of such correspondence was sent by Bob Welch from Boston whose forefathers came from Clashaganny, Milltown, Galway,