My Cherished Dream to return to DONEGAL as the rest of my family Neither care or want to reconnect to the land of our Ancestors- Los San Patricios! Eirin Go Braugh Tiocfaidh a'r la'!
My Grandfather Patrick, son of James McFadden, came from Tawny ( Towney) and was a fisherman,. He left the Kilcar area in 1849. His skills on the water served him well, as he enlisted in the US Navy in Philadelphia in 1852, serving four full years with the Perry Expedition to Japan, with an 11 month stopover st Shanghai at the American Consulate. He never returned to Donegal, but married a Margaret, also a McFadden, from Killybegs whom he met in New York City upon his return. The "Wild Geese" of southwest Donegal have left their mark upon the world.
