It's Our Birthday

What's the History is officially one year old! We will have a normal episode for you all real soon but today, I (Claire) took some time to say thank you, have a little chat with you all and tell you the story of the Hunt family from Kilkelly, Mayo, Ireland. There is an absolutely beautiful folk song written by American songwriter Peter Jones based on letters sent to America following the Great Famine and I attempt to sing it. Let's pretend it's 5 am at an Irish wedding and we won't leave the Resident's Bar. 

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You can hear a much better version of the Kilkelly song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRHQAtKbRTk

You can access the original letters here: https:https://www.irishcentral.com/news/homepage/the-moving-letters-of-a-family-to-their-son-in-america-after-the-famine#:~:text=These%20were%20a%20series%20of,by%20local%20schoolmaster%20Pat%20McNamara.