View from my Great, Great Grandmother's residence (located on right side of this picture) in Drumirrin, Inishkeel, Donegal, Ireland. Mary Givens left, at age 11, with her 7 year old brother to America in 1852 after her parents had died.

Yesterday, I visited the Schuylkill County Archives, perusing the Molly Maguire files. I come across testimony regarding my Great, Great Grandfather, Francis Boyle. Apparently, on the 4th of July, 1875, he and Barney Boyle went to the field next to the High School in Lansford, PA and set off rounds from a "cannon" (actually, a small powder tester, as shown). They did it so much, that the cannon eventually broke! Neat little story, that I never knew!

I am flying both of the flags, this year, of Ireland and County Donegal, for the Boyle family. Today, I had visited the grave of Barney and Hannah Boyle in Hanover Township. They both testified in the trial of James Boyle. Barney was found guilty of perjury and spent three years in prison. He later moved from Lansford, PA to Wilkes-Barre, PA, where he died on Penn Street. RIP