Sunday, December 16, 2007

The Concept of the "American Wake" in Irish Emigration to the US



http://rootsweb.com/~irlker/wake.html

Here is a link to a genealogy site in county Kerry Ireland that explains the concept of the "American Wake" in the culture of Irish emigration to the US. Michael and Mary Feeney experience this on the eve of their departure in Liam O' Flaherty's short story "Going into Exile"

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