BY AILEEN MURPHY

The 'Fermanagh Herald' turns up in the strangest of places, but none more so than the accompanying picture which shows Patrick (Ben) Bernard Carroll, from Rossinure More, Enniskillen, reading the 'Fermanagh Herald' in New York in 1910. The picture was posted on the photo sharing website, Flickr, by Mr Carroll's grandson Terry Clinton who lives in Sydney. Mr Clinton explains his grandfather was born in the Rossinure More district of Ely Union of Enniskillen on 10 April 1887. He was one of 11 children who survived into adulthood. He explains: "My mum says at home in Ireland his family called him 'Ben' as there were numerous 'Patricks' to be confused with. And, I believe the family owned farms at Cullen, Rossinure More, Springfield, and Gillyholme. They were a big family and there are descendants still in Northern Ireland, the Republic and England." His grandfather left Fermanagh around 1910, when he went to the USA for seven or eight years before moving on to Australia. It was in Sydney, Mr Carroll met and married Anne Bambury and they had their first child, Nancy, before moving back to take over the farm at Cullen. However, Mr Clinton says his grandparents did not stay long in Ireland, although they had two children, John and Margaret (Peggy) during their time in Fermanagh. They soon returned to Australia, where their fourth child, Mr Clinton's mother, Elizabeth (Betty) was born in 1929. A man always determined to see the world, Mr Clinton said his grandfather first tried to get to America when he was just 18: "He sold some heifers that belonged to him, headed for Derry, where he bought a ticket and a new suit. He then threw his old clothes over the town wall and prepared to get on the boat. However, his brothers caught up with him before he could get on the ship and took him home. Thereafter he was called the, 'Derry Yank'", he added. Mr Carroll died in 1952 after having battled chronic bronchitis and asthma for a number of years. Mr Clinton lives in Sydney, and his parents in Toowoomba, Queensland.