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Sam Norwich Thinking about a trip to Ireland

Last year we won round trip plane tickets to anywhere on British Airways. We are thinking about a trip to Ireland. We have our passports and travel health insurance ready to go. But we do not want to go on a mainstream tour. We want to find an itinerary that takes us to the little towns and country Inns. We want to meet and see the real Ireland, not the tourist Ireland. Can anyone direct us to a place that help us acco… Continue

Added by Sam Norwich on March 15, 2010 at 2:04am — No Comments

Tom Macmurray St Brigid's Prayer... Hospitality

I'e always found this version of St Brigid's Prayer a good addition to the goings on of the 17th...

I’d like to give a lake of beer to God

I’d love the heavenly

Host to be tippling there

For all Eternity

I’d love the men of heaven to live with me

To Dance and To Sing, If they wanted

I

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Added by Tom Macmurray on March 12, 2010 at 5:51pm — 1 Comment

Dennis Valot Mullen and O'Connell families

I am looking for any information (e.g. places of birth) regarding my Irish great grandparents/great-great grandparents. My great grandfather was Henry Mullen, born 29 Jan 1856 in Northern Ireland to John Mullen and Mary Kelly. He immigrated to the U.S in 1872, probably accompanied by his brother, Edward Mullen.

My great grandmother was Anna O'Connell, born on 17 March (a magic day), 1859 in England to Irish parents, James O'Connell and Margaret O'Rorke. Anna immigrated to the U.S. in 1

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Added by Dennis Valot on March 10, 2010 at 7:36pm — No Comments

Margot B The Vikings and Baron Dupuytren's disease


Dupuytren’s disease (DD) is an ancient affliction of unknown origin. It is defined by Dorland as shortening, thickening, and fibrosis of the palmar fascia producing a flexion deformity of a finger. Tradition has it that the disease originated with the Vikings, who spread it throughout Northern Europe and beyond as they traveled and intermarried. After being present for hundreds of years, DD was named in the 19th century after a famous French surgeon,… Continue

Added by Margot B on March 3, 2010 at 5:07pm — No Comments

John New web site for John McElwee - www.mcelweefamily.com

I have updated my web site to a .com unit. You are invited to view the new site and any information you want to add you can send to me at jrmcelwee@yahoo.com - the e-mail address is posted on the site. I will encourage ANY McElwee, either from the Republic or the North to wsrite. Stories are always welcome.

John "Mack" <McElwee

Pennsylvania, USA

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Added by John on February 27, 2010 at 4:19pm — No Comments

PQ Celt For Tom MacMurray

Please find explanations to my photos of Irish interest. Also the photos of a spiritual dimension including the images of an extra-terrestrial nature, I have added to get people asking questions about their past, preent and future. Continue

Added by PQ Celt on February 24, 2010 at 12:08am — No Comments

PQ Celt Re: PQ Celts photos

Excuse me?

I think I'll let the moderator give me the order to halt the addition of photos to the site! Anyway, the photos generally speak for themselves! I'm a member of another website, and no-one has ever complained the way you're doing !

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Added by PQ Celt on February 22, 2010 at 11:22pm — 1 Comment

Tom Macmurray Enough Photos, maybe...

I know we all like to share things, but without some sort of captioning it is hard to know what it is we are supposed to be "enjoying"...PQ Celt...maybe some explanation would help us "appreciate" everything you're posting... You could put your photos on an album on your page with some commentary...maybe leave ten or so of your best photos up for everyone..... Continue

Added by Tom Macmurray on February 22, 2010 at 1:45am — No Comments

Tom The Daily Telegraph - Douglas Murray Anti-Irish Blog Article

Has anyone read The Daily Telegraph anti-Irish blog article written by Douglas Murray (see links below)? Essentially Mr. Murray invites his readers to submit jokes about Irish people, as you can imagine a lot of the submissions are derogatory and insulting towards Irish people. I filed a complaint with the Press Complaints Commission and The Daily Telegraph. I thought we were past all of that so-called Irish joke nonsense.

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Added by Tom on February 20, 2010 at 12:33am — 3 Comments

William Karr New Blog

I have started a new blog. Check out: http://www.theirishrising.blogspot.com/

Bill

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Added by William Karr on February 12, 2010 at 3:26am — 1 Comment

William Karr The Easter Rising of 1916

I have been reading the book "Rebels - The Irish Rising of 1916". It was a heck of a time. It was shabbily organized, but it appears it struck a cord in the the rest of Ireland (not at that time but eventually) and the world. The men and women, yes women, involved were courageous people to stand up to the brutality of the English rule. Some were teachers, some were part of the gentry, one was a Marxist, another was a closet homosexual, but all were united in their efforts to free Ireland. The a… Continue

Added by William Karr on January 30, 2010 at 3:09am — 4 Comments

John O'Flynn Irish Mass on March 17 in North Vancouver, Canada

Fáilte Romhat! St Patrick’s Day- March 17th 2010 7.00pm An tAifreann i nGaelige - Irish Mass Celebrant Rev. Anthony Boniface at St Pius X Parish Church 1150 Mount Seymour Road. North Vancouver BC Collection during Mass in aid of The Celtic Society of Canada and St Pius X Parish. The Stone from the Ancient Order of Hibernian's Celtic Cross (1909) at Grosse Ile Quebec will be on display. Social gathering in Parish Hall after Mass. For further information contact: John O’Flynn 604 929-146… Continue

Added by John O'Flynn on January 16, 2010 at 12:50am — No Comments

michael o.sullivan Irish for absolute beginners!

Seems no one on Seventy Million is prepared to teach the Irish Diaspora a few words of Irish! Try this website folks-'Irish Roots Cafe', look for 'Hello Fada-Irish Language' and select a basic few words.It's a start and it's friendly and fun. Continue

Added by michael o.sullivan on January 6, 2010 at 1:52pm — 3 Comments

Pat Jewett Traveling to Ireland

My parents (maiden name Flynn) are going to travel to Ireland and take me with them to trace our ancestry. We have purchased travel medical insurance to supplement our US medical insurance at the advise of a friend who said we needed the extra coverage. We also bought a… Continue

Added by Pat Jewett on January 6, 2010 at 3:51am — No Comments

John B. Standridge The Delaney Kids Bought and Paid For

I have traced back 7 generations to James Montgomery (Down, Ireland) and another line 7 generations to John Barclay (Antrim, Ireland). I was born Jerri Wayne Delaney but got adopted through a black market baby selling ring. I recently published my story and genealogy in a book titled The Delaney Kids: Bought and Paid For. Check it out at http://www.motherlesschildpress.com/. Continue

Added by John B. Standridge on January 2, 2010 at 7:41pm — No Comments

Tom Macmurray Making a Good Confession

A Good Confession. Sure. Bless me father for I have sinned. It has been one week since my last confession (that was a lie; it had been more like a month and I’m sure Father Artman knew since he was the only priest for about twenty miles so it was either him or no confession.) So how could it have been a “good confession” if the first thing I said was a lie. Of course in retrospect, what does an eight year old boy in a small town East of County Clare and South of County Roscommon know about how… Continue

Added by Tom Macmurray on December 14, 2009 at 10:48pm — 2 Comments

Tom Macmurray Am I Irish or am I Scots

Sounds like a silly title, Am I Irish or Am I Scots, but it was a question that I asked at my Fathers Funeral. There had been some controversy that day as the woman for whom my father was her third husband tried to get the local priest to force me into some "Well this is the way we usually do it" frame work. The woman had married my father eight or nine years after my mothr had died and she could never accept being a part of his family. Instead she was trying to make my father a part of her fami… Continue

Added by Tom Macmurray on December 13, 2009 at 7:41pm — 9 Comments

Margot B Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation By John O'Hart

The descent of the Irish Celts from Adam 1. Adam 2. Seth 3. Enos 4. Cainan 5. Mahalaleel 6. Jared 7. Enoch 8. Methuselah 9. Lamech 10. Noah divided the world amongst his three sons, begotten of his wife Titea: viz., to Shem he gave Asia, within the Euphrates, to the Indian Ocean; to Ham he gave Syria, Arabia, and Africa; and to Japhet, the rest of Asia beyond the Euphrates, together with Europe to Gadea (or Cadiz). 11. Japhet was the eldest son of Noah. He had fifteen sons, amongst whom he divid… Continue

Added by Margot B on November 8, 2009 at 5:25pm — 1 Comment

Don Mullen Finally noticed your note of last August. Thanks for responding. The Geneology dna thing has been f…

Finally noticed your note of last August. Thanks for responding. The Geneology dna thing has been fun. I got started from reading a new book by Bryan Sykes of Oxford U.: SAXSONS, VIKINGS AND CELTS. This discusses his dna research of the y chromosome(male) and its distribution around the world and use in tracing ancestry. I then read his book: THE SEVEN DAUGHTERS OF EVE, his resarch of the Mtdna(female) dna. He has placed all females on earth into 7 dna classifications. Mtdna mutates much slowe… Continue

Added by Don Mullen on October 26, 2009 at 6:21pm — No Comments

Kevin Patrick Joyce Irish Skin

My family on both sides are Irish American. However we have dark hair and skin. I used to hear the term "black irish" when I was a kid. In the service I had some hispanic soldiers speak to me in Spanish.My Dad claims we have this from the Spanish Armada shipwrecked sailors off the coast of Erin. I'm waiting for any opinion. Thanks Kevin Joyce Continue

Added by Kevin Patrick Joyce on October 15, 2009 at 12:08am — 3 Comments

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