Questionable History of Pancho O’Malley

This phrase — “of everywhere” — was adopted by the Lenihan family as an unofficial motto for at least two generations, and appears on the inside cover of the Lenihan Family Archive in George Lenihan’s handwriting, beneath the note:”…

County Galway, Ireland — Autumn, 1847
Sean O’Malley, gifted storyteller & accidental seafarer, boards the wrong ship during the Famine and wakes up heading for Mexico.

Within four days of docking in Veracruz, Pancho had set up a small operation on the edge of the fish market. Within a fortnight, the operation was no longer small.