Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
Irish immigrants began arriving in America at the very beginning of European colonization in the early 1600s. Having been colonized itself–by the Vikings, by the Normans, by the English–some sailed as colonizers and others to be free of that particular yoke. Some sailed for religion or politics. Far more sailed to find freedom from starvation […]
After years of outmigration, people are moving back to the Great Plains, the vast dry expanse of prairie once discounted as the Great American Desert. Today our desert is giving Middle East deserts a run for their oil money with fast-moving shale plays opening up new opportunities in the heart of North America. The US […]
In 1849, Thomas William Maloy married Anna Kenny, somewhere in County Roscommon, Ireland. They soon departed Eire’s green shores for a better life in America, settling on a small farm in Upstate New York. The Maloys—along with untold other Irish ancestors known and unknown—left all they knew and loved for the great unknown. Thomas & Anna were […]
