I know from my own family history, that my Donegal ancestors ended up in Annaconda..........as did lots of other Donegal and Cavan people........and that it was a mining town or area. Where else in the U.S. did Irish people end up in mines, working as miners? Did they come from specific areas of Ireland where there were mines? (whatever kind). Were they people who had worked in mining in Ireland and then travelled to do the same kind of work in the U.S. We all know that people seemed to move in groups from one place in Ireland to somewhere in the States........ how many of those places that masses of Irish ended up in were mining areas - and how many places of origin in Ireland had mining in their localities. I know - there's no comparison between the whole of America and the various places that have mines or had a mining industry - but it's the places in Ireland from which masses moved to one particular spot in America during a particular time frame that I'm looking for. Mainly Donegal to where and when - and from where in Donegal Thanks Jane