Country: USA
Year: 18.06.1995
Dur: 25.31
In 1834 when Texas was part of Mexico, several hundred small farmers, mostly from Co. Wexford emigrated to South Texas as part of a planned settlement. Thomas O’Connor, a lad of sixteen put together a farm of 750,000 acres before he died. Descendants of the original settlers still live in the area, and with Texas oil lying underneath their land, they are not short of the good things in life.
Other Titles in this Series:
Ref No: 368 – The Travellers of Murphy Village
Ref No: 369 – Fr. Corby and the Irish Brigade
Ref No: 370 – From Beara to Butte
Ref No: 371 – N.Y.P.D. Green
Ref No: 372 – Sacramento – a very Irish Diocese
Ref No: 373 – The Breen Family Story
Ref No: 374 – The Fenian Tradition
Ref No: 375 – Presbyterian Pioneers
Ref No: 376 – The Irish Texans
Ref No: 377 – The Church and the Trade Unions
Ref No: 378 – Archbishop John Ireland
Ref No: 379 – City Politics
Ref No: 380 – Emigration and the Single Woman
Ref No: 381 – Sacred Space
Ref No: 382 – The Emigrant Chaplain