Rural workers of the early 20th century caught their sleep in boxcars and meals in the open air. Lured by labor agents' promises of steady work, they drifted broke and hungry from camp to camp, huddling beneath tents and hastily built shacks, strangers to plumbing and doctors, but all too familiar with illness, accidents, and
Terry was a man of keen intellect who had a passion for Gaelic games
Saturday, July 24, 2021
The late Terry Shaughnessy
THE rural area of Knockindrane, Garryhill in Co Carlow lost a well-known and popular member of the community with the passing on Friday 2 July of Terence (Terry) Shaughnessy. Aged 83, Terry had farmed at Knockindrane for the past 58 years, carrying on a mixed enterprise of livestock and tillage. He had been hospitalised for almost seven weeks before his death.
Terry was born into a farming background at Ballywilliamroe, Bagenalstown in February 1938, son of Terence and Annie (née Nolan) Shaughnessy. Terry took over the farm at Knockindrane, where his father was born, following the death of an uncle, Sylvester Shaughnessy.