The Dempsey Family from Lee County, Illinois

Family Photos

• Holy Water Well (56 KB)
  St. John the Baptist Church in Ballaghkeen, probably where the Dempsey Family attended before 1850.
• Lawrence Dempsey's Trunk (34 KB)
  Brought to America in 1850.
• Paddy the Pony (44 KB)
  On the longest day of the year in 1999, Paddy the pony raced along the shoreline at Spanish Point kicking his heels toward heaven.
• Cliffs of Moher (42 KB)
  County Clare, Ireland
• Sundown in Doolin (43 KB)
  County Clare, Ireland
• Dempsey Homestead (56 KB)
  On the farm of the David Doran family at Ballinamona, County Wexford
• Sunset at Doolin Beach (27 KB)
  One of my favorite places on Earth
• Doonagore Castle (37 KB)
  County Clare on the Atlantic Coast
• Tom and Kathy Dempsey (27 KB)
  Author of website

Related Files

• Dempsey Family History (6 KB)
  From County Wexford to Lee County, Illinois
• Some Famine Facts (5 KB)
  How the Great Famine fueled the Irish dispora
• Dempsey Family Convicts (4 KB)
  Heroes of the Rising of 1798 sent to Australia
• Dempsey Gravestones from Ireland (22 KB)
  We are grateful to the Doran Family of Ballinamona, County Wexford, for providing these inscriptions to us.
• Monongahela Passenger List (42 KB)
  From Ireland to America in 1850
• Irish Toasts, Dreams and Prayers (15 KB)
  Words that bring out the Irish Spirit...
• Obituary of Lawrence Dempsey (4 KB)
  From the Dixon Semi-Weekly
• Obituary of Margaret Campbell (6 KB)
  From the Dixon and Amboy Newspapers