tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post8734968128931254392..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Carl Kaucher writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-32088719072500971882019-01-03T19:57:23.927-08:002019-01-03T19:57:23.927-08:00Irish mountain is located above the New river (the...Irish mountain is located above the New river (the oldest river in North America, and the 5th oldest in the world) in West Virginia. It was named after the Irish people who settled it, beginning with Maurice Sullivan from County Kerry in 1855, followed by John Quinlan from County Clare in 1856. The McCarthys, Nees, Dillons, Carsons, and O'Connors arrived in the 1860s. The 1880 census listed 43 people in 8 families on the mountain, which grew to a population high of 82 in 17 families in 1910. In 1876 Sullivan sold an acre to bishop J. J. Kane of Wheeling, who built the 1st Catholic church in Raleigh county there 2 years later: St. Colman's, named after 1 of the over 200 Irish saints of that name <br /> DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com