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Song of Ciabhán by Ethna Carbery

Song of Ciabhán by Ethna Carbery. Biography, works and related reading.

Roddy McCorley: the ballad by Ethna Carbery. Biography, works and related reading.

Roddy McCorley: history and remembrance. Biography, works and related reading.

Ethna Carbery: Anna Johnston, poet and writer. Biography, works and related reading.

Research shared by José Castañeda on the Macmanus family, cattle, commerce, and banking in Chihuahua, Mexico.

The Union Hotel, neighbourhood rivalries, and an unusual newspaper story about a bear named Whisky.

The 1894 shooting of Cornelius McManus and the newspaper reports surrounding Charles Sweeney’s trial.

A Worcester Telegram report on the suspension of Henry F. McManus’s liquor licences in South Fitchburg.

Death of Ethna Carbery (Anna Johnston). Biography, works and related reading.

Birth of Ethna Carbery (Anna Johnston). Biography, works and related reading.

Cigars and tobacco at 184 Water Street; home at 186 Water Street, the address on the museum bottle.