Good idea,Beryl! Kathleen Crain Vancouver,BC,Canada >From: "Beryl OGorman" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [AUS-IRISH] A West Limerick proposal >Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:11:24 +1100 > >Hi All > >We are currently tossing this idea around to see what kind of reaction we >get before deciding if it's worth pursuing. At this stage it is a query. >I'm >making no commitment. I want to know how many people would be interested >and >it would be taken from there, hopefully with a team of us. > >If we were to organise a Gathering of all those whose ancestors left West >Limerick for the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and wherever else - in >about 2 years time at a suitable venue in West Limerick - perhaps a week or >a weekend of activities and celebrations, who would be interested in >attending? There are thousands of us out there it seems to me. We are not >looking for a firm commitment - just an expression of interest. > >The boundaries would be those set out by Kate Press and Val Thompson in >their book - "West Limerick Families Abroad" - That area of County Limerick >bounded on the north by the Shannon River, on the west by County Kerry, on >the east by the Deel River and on the south by the area around Newcastle >West. By the same token, there is no way anyone who >wanted to be a part of this would be excluded - the more the merrier. > >I have no idea how the descendants of the people who never left would take >this. They might be bemused, they might be disinterested or they might join >us and make the occasion one that none of us will ever forget. To have a >couple of contact people at that end would be fantastic. > >Kate Press tells me I have rocks in my head. >Pat Connors (Limerick List) tells me to bite the bullet and run with it. >I think that we would just have a ball. And all big things start with a >dream. >So tell me what you think and if you'd come. >I was going to say reply to me privately and I'll post back a summary of >the >responses, but I suspect many of you might enjoy reading the responses on >the List. I'll leave that adjudication to the Listowner. > >Back I go behind bars to take my medication!!!!!! >Best wishes >Beryl > >Beryl O'Gorman >Greensborough Victoria Australia > > > >==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== >Another line I like which I saw on another list - >"when an old person dies, a whole library goes up in flames" thanks Peter > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx