Seeing the Ellis Island immigration document for my great grandfather, Patrick Waldron, makes me wonder why he wanted to come to America. It appears he came in 1900 and he had a sister living in Pittsburgh. I wonder if he ever missed the gorgeous green hills and pastures of Ireland. The place he was from in Ireland, County Mayo, looks like land from a fairy tale. He departed from Queenstown (Cobh), a single man of 20, to never return again. I would really love to visit someday, perhaps stay on a farm. This one looks really neat:
http://www.alderhouserental.com/chalet.html
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