I purchased quite a few microfilm rolls of the West Carbery Eagle to see if I could find any information about my family. I was also interested in learning what was happening in the area where my ancestors lived, particularly in 1880, when my gg-grandfather, Michael Swanton and his wife, Bessie Bradfield Swanton, left to go to Boston with two of their children, Robert and James. Robert was my g-grandfather. Michael was 65 and Bessie was 60 when they left. I was puzzled as to why they would leave Ireland then, after spending most of their lives there.
The articles I found, which are under "Distress in 1880" provide a great deal of insight as to why they left Ireland.
Michael and Bessie lived in the townland of Boulteen, which just south of Enniskeane. I think that Michael may have been from Kinneigh originally. The James Swanton referered to in the "James Swanton - Kinneigh 1865" article, was almost certainly a relative of Michael's. He emigrated to Boston, and settled in Plymouth.