Potato famine caused Irish migration

Hi Neighbor

When I was a little girl, it was quite evident that with a last name of O’Malley, I was Irish and had at least half Irish heritage, the other half being Dutch and Swiss. However, more talk of Irish seemed to be what stuck with me, as I lived in a community surrounded by Irish relatives and lots of ancestors in our local cemetery, which was just about a half block from our front yard.

There wasn’t d…