Hardship and tragedy plagued the people of nineteenth-century
Ireland. Famine, religious persecution, and bigotry forced millions
to emigrate while others were exiled on prison ships to Australia
for petty crimes. Families were torn apart and lives forever
altered.
Fourth-generation Irish American John F. Welsh Jr. sought to
uncover his own family's part in that dark history. Using old
family letters and records, as well as in-depth research at Irish
heritage centers, Welsh discovered an incredible story of a
distraught immigrant who abandoned his eight children to a St.
Louis orphanage, of a loving aunt and uncle who rescued the
children and made them their own, and of a deadly disease that
ravaged the family for years.
Longing to know more, Welsh and his wife, Mary, traveled from
their home in Texas to Ireland, where they managed to reconnect the
broken chain between American and Irish in the same home, church,
and community that was a part of their family 125 years ago.
"Tipperary to Texas" recounts Welsh's remarkable fifteen-year
odyssey into his family history. A true labor of love and
sacrifice, this poignant memoir reveals the irresistible pull of
the past and its deep imprint upon our souls today.
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