WE THREE: Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Authentic Irish Stew: Lamb or Beef?
To find the answer, I traced my family roots to Ireland. There I found a charming story and the secret of my grandmother's recipe.
My cousins Terry and Kathy and I have been tracing our family history for our book, We Three. Kathy is the youngest so she will likely finish it. In the meantime, we are trading stories and digging up the past as we weave our life stories.
For the case of our family's Guinness Irish Stew, we took a trip to our grandmother Hilda’s family. We pieced together our family memories and used my life experiences as a farmer and gardener to understand the information we found.
The end (or beginning) of Grandmother Hilda’s family line so far is our:
Great great great great great great grandfather John 1741- 1813/ Born in Kilkenny Ireland immigrated with his Father John Sr between 1747 and 1770.
And his bride our:
Great great great great great great grandmother Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, (1741–????), married between 1757 & 1770 going by the known dates of the children’s birth. We have not confirmed Mary Anne’s father, yet.
