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How one family's journey 'From Briarhill to Brooklyn' inspired a novel
Nearly two centuries after the Bodkin family embarked on their famine era journey to the United States, their descendent Jack Bodkin returned to Briarhill, driven by the desire to find the ancestral family home. In this article, Bodkin recounts the experience, his connection to the area and how his family's story inspired his novel, 'Briarhill to Brooklyn'.
Gort shocked by sad death in farm accident
A south Galway farming community is plunged into sadness following the tragic death of a young man in a farm accident on Monday.