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The Diary of Dr Denis Meany, July 27th & 28th, 1872

Saturday 27th. Wind changed due west. Took off all sails at 4 ½ PM. A barque in sight. Supposed to be from China to San Francisco. Had on full sail. A few showers in the night.
Sunday 28 More than ½ way. Very calm and quiet on deck. Steaming about 4 ½ hours. About 10 [...]

The Diary of Dr. Denis Meany, July 25th, 1872

Thursday 25th was a most delightful day. We had all sails on and steam also. 24th, 1863 miles. No vessels to be seen. Wind all in the NW by W and fresh.
We only had 8 to dine in the cabin. We could not be more comfortable. The very best to be had in San [...]

The diary of Dr Denis Meany, MD

This dapper and impressively bewhiskered gent is Denis Redmond Meany, my great-grandfather. He was born in Clonea, Co. Waterford in 1834, the son of Pierce Meany, a Catholic tenant farmer. Pierce – or at least his many brothers, uncles and cousins who were priests in the Catholic Church – had enough means to give Denis [...]

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