In 1901, my great-aunt Cissie ran away from home in Ballacolla, Co. Laois. She was 21-years old. This is the tale of her mysterious disappearance, an Irish immigration story.
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One of the country's longest continuously running agricultural shows, the Ossory Show, will take place at Coolfin, Rathdowney in Co. Laois on Sunday, July