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Father of the American Sky Scraper and his Clonakilty Roots
He was the father of the sky scraper but Chicago architect Louis H. Sullivan also had his paternal ancestry firmly rooted in Clonakilty Cork

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Apr 22, 20233 min read


Al Capone's Irish In-Laws
Mae Coghlin’s parents were Michael Coughlin and Bridget Gorman. Mae or Mamie was born to the couple in Brooklyn in 1897

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Jan 25, 20232 min read


The Irish Family Tree of P.L. Travers
P.L. Travers was a direct descendant of an earlier writer, Samuel “Premium” Madden, (1686-1765) a pioneer of the science fiction genre

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Jul 24, 20211 min read
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