A Little Bit of Irish: My Mother's People in Australia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9782919427017)

William Skyvington explores the background of his maternal Irish ancestors. Their family names were Walker, Hickey, O'Keefe, Kennedy and Cranston. Among them, there was a convict and a bushranger, but most of the others were simple folk fleeing from poverty in the Old World. Rural pioneers, they were seeking greener pastures than those of their native Ireland. Their one-way journey to the Antipodes was a gigantic adventure, culminating in their helping to found a new nation.

Author: William Skyvington
ISBN-10: 2919427016
ISBN-13: 9782919427017
Publisher: Gamone Press
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2014
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d