Articles by: clifdenheritage.org

Historical Events

Matron Emily White (left) and the Irish boys in England, 1922 - about to leave England for Australia (Courtesy Margaret Widders)

The Ballyconree orphans in Australia

Between 1910 and 1970, through various child migration schemes operated by charitable and religious institutions with government support, about 7000 young Britons came or were sent to Australia. This article sheds light on the unique case of 22 Irish boys who were displaced from a Connemara orphanage in June 1922 during the Irish civil war.

November 26, 2021 × 3 comments

Family Stories

CLIFDEN IN THE EARLY 1890s – Anonymous memoir recounting a childhood in Clifden in the early 1890s, with introduction by Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill.

CLIFDEN IN THE EARLY 1890s – Anonymous memoir recounting a childhood in Clifden in the early 1890s, with introduction by Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill.

The following is a short memoir by an unknown author, recounting a period in his youth, some 70 years earlier (probably in the early 1890s), when he lived with his family in Clifden. The typed script was found among some family papers, with no information or background on the author. […]

November 10, 2020 × 17 comments