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My grandfather's story
I have a photograph of my family. In it you can see my grandfather in military dress. He was conscripted into the New Zealand army.
He went to New Zealand when he was 7, in 1901, he was plucked from the field he was working in in Farranfore, County Kerry. Some of his uncles were already there, buying and development land, cutting native bush and clearing it. One of the uncles had no children, and…
Contributors
- Michael Hegarty
Subject
- Emigration from Ireland
- Conscription
- World War 1
- …
- Armed forces
- New Zealand
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- Migration
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
- Family
Contributors
- Michael Hegarty
Subject
- Emigration from Ireland
- Conscription
- World War 1
- …
- Armed forces
- New Zealand
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/3ec25330-85d3-0136-ec23-6eee0af4fed7#agent-3ec2f2e0-85d3-0136-ec23-6eee0af4fed7
- Migration
- Ireland
- United Kingdom
- Family
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Places
- Slovenia
- …
- England
- Crete
- New Zealand
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ireland
- Republic of Ireland
- Macedonia
- Macedonia (FYR)
- Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of
- Republic of Macedonia
- Slovenia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- North Macedonia
Identifier
- 054
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Language
- en
- eng
Is part of
- New Irish Communities, EPIC Irish Emigration Museum, 2018-08-18–2018-08-19
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-07-25T07:44:23.857Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-11-03T11:15:17.292Z