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Magheroarty Pier, co. Donegal. This where you catch the ferry to Tory Island.
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02 September, 2025
26 February, 2016
election day 2016
Today it was time to vote. It was the first time for me since I became a citizen back in 2005. I got citizenship through descent. My paternal grandmother was born here in County Galway back in 1870. I knew she was old, 82 years, when I was born but when I saw what year it was, I was really shocked. After getting all the necessary paperwork together and sent off to Dublin, I received the congratulatory document saying I was now a citizen of Ireland.
My grandmother never got a chance to vote because Ireland was not a country at that time. She had come to America around the late 19th century. At the time of the Rising in 1916, she was in her 50s and settled with a family. So, it was an honor to vote today with my grandmother in my thoughts. If only I could sit and talk with her for a bit, I would have lots of questions that I would love to ask.
This is one of the few photos that I have with my grandmother in it. aunt Margaret is on the left, my grandmother is in the middle and my dad holding me. I was her first grandchild. Eventually my two sisters would join our family. The photo was taken in 1953.
My grandmother never got a chance to vote because Ireland was not a country at that time. She had come to America around the late 19th century. At the time of the Rising in 1916, she was in her 50s and settled with a family. So, it was an honor to vote today with my grandmother in my thoughts. If only I could sit and talk with her for a bit, I would have lots of questions that I would love to ask.
This is one of the few photos that I have with my grandmother in it. aunt Margaret is on the left, my grandmother is in the middle and my dad holding me. I was her first grandchild. Eventually my two sisters would join our family. The photo was taken in 1953.
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