Dunne's The Rower, Co Kilkenny to Fitchburg, MA and beyond
Hello to the Dunnes around the world,My mother was Mary Murray Smith, lost her in Oct 2009, my Mom married my dad, also Bill Smith who was from Fields Corner area of Dorchester, MA, USA, her Mom was Johanna (Hannie) Dunne Murray who emigrated to Boston in 1902 from The Rower, Co Kilkenny just up from New Ross.We visited the Rower in 2002 and 1992 and got quite a bit of info from the Parrish priest and a neighbor named John Meany on the family. There was one relative in the Rower, named Tommy Brennan, who had pictures of Father Jim Walsh and Father John Dunne on his mantle. The other Dunne emigres, were brothers Tom (Fitchburg, MA, USA, Jim (Quincy, MA, USA and Peter (also Fitchburg and sisters Mary who married Jack Walsh and lived in Dorchester, MA and Katie.Love to hear from the Dunne clan.