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200 Years of the Erie Canal, New York, Quarter of the Workforce Irish.  Rochester NY, Boomtown Attracting Many Poor West Cork Protestants.  The 99 Cousins in Rochester.

  • Across the Atlantic and in spite of their protestant outlook, Dukelows who immigrated to America are known to have been instrumental in forming an Irish political group in New York called ’99 cousins’. This group was the subject of a newspaper article in Rochester, New York and identified strongly with the historic Catholic experience, the nationalist political agenda, and possibly the more militant republican agenda.
  • The most compelling piece of evidence comes directly from Richard Dukelow’s grandson, Peter, who scribed some notes on The Committee of Spanish Bondholders letterhead at the beginning of the 1900s. They talk of the Irish Brigade and a peasant called Thomas Parr. The reason for these historical notes is unclear, but suggest an interest in Irish history and the plight of the poor and oppressed. His reference to the Treaty of Limerick and the end of the Irish resistance to William III displays pro-Irish nationalist sympathies. In this regard, he would not have been alone, Irish poet W B Yeats was protestant and also a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret oath-bound military organization devoted to achieving an 
  • Dukelow Name, Durrus, Co. Cork
  • Emigration from West Cork, Rochester, NY,  The Croston’s of Bradford and Haverhill Massachusetts 
  • Emigration from West Cork, Rochester, NY, The Croston’s of Bradford and Haverhill Massachusetts Nov 2015
  • West Cork Families, in Rochester New York from St Luke and St. Simon Cyrene, Episcopal  Church Register 1844 and 1850 census and other sources

West Cork Families, in Rochester New York from St Luke and St. Simon Cyrene, Episcopal Church Register 1844 and 1850 census and other sources

Rochester, Williamson, Croston 

Rochester, Williamson, Croston etc

The Gosnells of West Cork

The Gosnells of West Cork