Hello Jim, We had a Judge Mundy here in Wilkes-Barre (perhaps a relative of yours) some time back and his campaign slogan was "Vote for Mundy on Tuesday"! I always thought that was pretty good. Curious to know the location (Hazleton area) of your family and when they emigrated. Have done some work for a friend in Glenties who seemed interested in the Mundy families that located here. The search centered around the Gallagher and Kennedy surnames (both from Glenties) but he must have Mundy connections also. My own grandfather, Patrick Boyle came from Maas, Glenties in the 1890's. John Dougherty ----- Original Message ----- From: "James G Mundie" <jimandkatemundie@juno.com> To: <DONEGALEIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 12:41 PM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Re: mining > Prior experience in mining was not necessary to becoming a miner in the > United Sates. So far as I know, none of my Donegal ancestors had worked > in any sort of mine prior to settling in northeastern Pennsylvania > (around Hazleton PA), but most of them found employment mining coal. In > fact, my greatgrandfather died in a mine accident. > > Mining was simply hard, dirty, dangerous work, and - like canal digging > and railroad work - among the few occupations available to recent > immigrants. The Irish were often seen as a source of cheap and expendable > labor. It puts me in mind of a lyric from the recent song "Far Away > Boys" by the band Flogging Molly: > > We buried four workmen/ > They dug themselves well/ > >From four empty coffins, to four early graves. > They're only paddys, just paddys/ > Don't dig them too deep/ > You'll need all your strength, boys/ > And they're replaced easily. > > Regards, > Jim > - researching MUNDIE (MUNDY, McLOONE, MacALOON, MacLUAIN, Mac GIOLLA > UAIN) from Glenties > > ________________________________________ > James Mundie > Philadelphia PA, U.S.A. > Prodigies: Anomalous Humans by James G. Mundie > http://www.missioncreep.com/mundie/images/ > > > ==== DONEGALEIRE Mailing List ==== > To browse through the archives of the list go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Visit my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.com/~donegaleire > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >