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  • Columnist wore map of Ireland on his face

    Karen Davis, Belgrade News|Updated Aug 31, 2022

    I've known various members of the Helmville Geary family for decades. Irish literally to their core, they wear the map of Ireland on their faces and in their hearts. This Helmville tribe is a blend of County Cork and County Limerick, the Fogartys and the Gearys. This original ancestor was a miner, who came to this country sometime in the 1850s, before making his way to what would become the Treasure State. Dick Geary, a fourth-generation Helmville rancher, spent years as a...