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Community & Business
7 October, 2025
The Hoey family: a story of courage and hard work
“There is no future for you in Ireland and you should emigrate to begin a new future”. These were the courageous words of matriarch Jane Hoey in 1879 speaking to her five sons as they sat in stunned silence around the kitchen table.
The Hoeys were well represented in the Allora polocrosse team in 1959; Andy Haig, Neville Hoey, Col Rix, Graham Hoey, Col Wright, and Russel Hoey.
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