Bernard Keenan to Oregon
In an old ledger for the Pioneer Assoc. of Weston, Oregon, is an entry for Bernard saying that he came to Oregon in 1863 from California by Ox team. [in the Weston library]
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Forkill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Birth Place of Bernard Keenan
Forkhill or Forkill (from Irish: Foirceal) is a small village in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the Ring of Gullion, near Slieve Fuad. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 366 people.
The name is pronounced as either fork-hill or for-kil and derives from the Middle Irish oircél, probably meaning "valley".
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