Trips to visit the home of the Kinsellas in Barronswood and the church at Kilnaspic, Kilkenny

 


Trips back to the Kinsella's homeland in Clogga, Kilkenny, Ireland


The Church at Kilnaspic



Kinsella gravestones
Monument erected by Michael Kinsella for his parents and grandparents


A year later- Janice and Anne at the grave of a Kinsella ancestor

Patrick's monument to his wife Catherine




The farm of our Kinsella family

Stones from the cottage of our Kinsella family, kept by their friends and neighbors, the Gilmartins









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