I did a quick search and found some DNA info on this list. Curious if there is a place where people with ancestors from Beara can share Gedmatch info and possibly connect. My people are from the townland of Adrigole. Sullivan's. If there is no other place to share info, maybe we could use this thread? Kevin

The Civil Registration Bill of 2014 has passed in the Irish Legislature known as the Oireachtas Éireann.  The bill authorizes Irish records of historic births (over 100 years), marriages (over 75 years), and deaths (over 50 years) to be published online. The bill was enacted and signed into law on December 4, 2014 (Act Number 34 of 2014) (See Bill Number 71 of 2014).  To read the bill go to: http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/acts/2014/a3414.pdf. It will take a while before the records are placed on the website.  A notice on the www.irishgenealogy.ie  has a link to the website of the on-line Indexes of the Civil Registers (GRO) of Births, Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Deaths and to Church Records of Baptism, Marriage and Burial from a number of counties. The website is part of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, A notice on the website says they hope to restore certain civil indices soon. History The Irish website  www.irishgenealogy.ie  posted indices of civil records.  The online indices were launched on July 3, 2014-- the first time that the Indexes have been made available online by the General Register Office. However, on July 24 I reported that the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, Billy Hawks, and The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht removed the database of civil registration records from the website on July 18 as it included information on living people.  That precipitated the amendment to the Civil Registration Act which would permit records to be published online of birth records over 100 years, marriages over 75 years and deaths over 50 years. Chuck Weinstein Bellport, NY Cmw521@earthlink.net

Thanks so much, Riobard. Very interesting, but oh so confusing. Yet another way to confound my search for Hannah Sullivan McCarthy!! Still, my journey continues! Take care, Loretta McDermott McGinn (Cuddihy-Kearney-Sullivan-McCarthy) In a message dated 1/16/2015 5:25:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, beara@rootsweb.com writes: Maybe this reply to a query received as to a particular Surname may be of interest to some of our readers. Suppose a Priest in the olden days was putting down the Baptism of a child, he would sometimes record the child with his/her Branch-Name instead of with the proper Surname. For example, if there were alot of McCarthys in an area, that child would be recorded in the Baptismal book with his/her Branch-Name Rohane rather than with his/her proper Surname McCarthy, in order to differentiate the child from other McCarthy Branch-names there. Sometimes a person might change from his proper Surname to a different Surname for a particular reason -- especially when emigrating to another country --- give his/her Branch-Name instead of the proper Surname. In that way the Branch-Name Rohane might be turned into the Surname Rohan. Often an emigration officer at the other end wouldn't understand the the way worda are spoken in different accents in different places. Re. some women who may have been married outside of Beara, I really wouldn't have a clue as to where they were married, because I did only the Beara records. Sometimes, people were thought to have been married here, whereas they could have been married elsewhere outside of Beara. Re. some -- and I must emphasise not all --- women who gave wrong ages, etc., different to their ages in my books, I suppose that the most sensible thing to do --- for the sake of my life --- might be to try and escape as fast my legs can carry me, because I might have to face fire, and more fire, that would burn a bush !! Riobard. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Maybe this reply to a query received as to a particular Surname may be of interest to some of our readers. Suppose a Priest in the olden days was putting down the Baptism of a child, he would sometimes record the child with his/her Branch-Name instead of with the proper Surname. For example, if there were alot of McCarthys in an area, that child would be recorded in the Baptismal book with his/her Branch-Name Rohane rather than with his/her proper Surname McCarthy, in order to differentiate the child from other McCarthy Branch-names there. Sometimes a person might change from his proper Surname to a different Surname for a particular reason -- especially when emigrating to another country --- give his/her Branch-Name instead of the proper Surname. In that way the Branch-Name Rohane might be turned into the Surname Rohan. Often an emigration officer at the other end wouldn't understand the the way worda are spoken in different accents in different places. Re. some women who may have been married outside of Beara, I really wouldn't have a clue as to where they were married, because I did only the Beara records. Sometimes, people were thought to have been married here, whereas they could have been married elsewhere outside of Beara. Re. some -- and I must emphasise not all --- women who gave wrong ages, etc., different to their ages in my books, I suppose that the most sensible thing to do --- for the sake of my life --- might be to try and escape as fast my legs can carry me, because I might have to face fire, and more fire, that would burn a bush !! Riobard.

Greetings from another James P Murphy.That would be DanielO Connell country Thank you Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James P. Murphy via" <beara@rootsweb.com> To: BEARA@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 5:18:30 PM Subject: [BEARA] Kerry Dark-Sky Reserve http://kerrydarksky.com/ Heard about this on NPR (US public radio). The observation point closest to Beara (Allihies area) appears to be Derrymore House & Gardens, across Kenmare Bay (or would that be Atlantic Ocean?) from Reentrisk. It's claimed that this is the only such location in the Northern Hemisphere. Hey, who needs TV? James P. Murphy Stuart, Florida USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, Jim, you're way ahead of me in your history knowledge. Daniel O'Connell, "The Liberator." After the post I learned that Derrymore House & Gardens was in fact his ancestral home. Thanks for writing. James Patrick (are you?). If so, we'll move on to DOB! JIM James P. Murphy Stuart, Florida USA From: greenane@comcast.net [mailto:greenane@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:23 PM To: James P. Murphy; beara@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BEARA] Kerry Dark-Sky Reserve Greetings from another James P Murphy.That would be DanielO Connell country Thank you Jim. _____ From: "James P. Murphy via" <beara@rootsweb.com> To: BEARA@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 5:18:30 PM Subject: [BEARA] Kerry Dark-Sky Reserve http://kerrydarksky.com/ Heard about this on NPR (US public radio). The observation point closest to Beara (Allihies area) appears to be Derrymore House & Gardens, across Kenmare Bay (or would that be Atlantic Ocean?) from Reentrisk. It's claimed that this is the only such location in the Northern Hemisphere. Hey, who needs TV? James P. Murphy Stuart, Florida USA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

http://kerrydarksky.com/ Heard about this on NPR (US public radio). The observation point closest to Beara (Allihies area) appears to be Derrymore House & Gardens, across Kenmare Bay (or would that be Atlantic Ocean?) from Reentrisk. It's claimed that this is the only such location in the Northern Hemisphere. Hey, who needs TV? James P. Murphy Stuart, Florida USA

nice...thanks! Susan On Jan 13, 2015, at 2:18 PM, James P. Murphy via wrote: > http://kerrydarksky.com/ > > > > Heard about this on NPR (US public radio). The observation point closest to > Beara (Allihies area) appears to be Derrymore House & Gardens, across > Kenmare Bay (or would that be Atlantic Ocean?) from Reentrisk. It's claimed > that this is the only such location in the Northern Hemisphere. > > > > Hey, who needs TV? > > > > James P. Murphy > > Stuart, Florida USA > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message From the... Music Studio of Susan Twomey 89 - 12th Street Arcata, CA 95521 tel. 707-826-0920

From: Mike Sullivan Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 3:21 PM To: Peggy Pierce Subject: The Sullivan Clan FYI

Dear Betsy, I NEVER GIVE UP. ELLEN'S PARENTS, DANIEL KELLY & MARY POWER WERE MARRIED IN BALLINAKILLA CHURCH, BERE ISLAND, on Feb. 21st 1824 by Fr. G. Prevendeville who was a Curate. The Witnesses were Jer Kelly and Edmond Power. The Witnesses at the time used be two men. Mary was from Derrycreeveen, on the Western End of Bere Island, just inside the Atlantic Ocean), but there are no Powers left there now. DANIEL & MARY settled down in a small Townland in the Allihies Parish, and which was called KEALOGUE and had six children while they were in Kealogue :- 1) Jeremiah in Dec. 1825 (after there was a big gap. Many men in those days were miners in the Allihies copper mines, and at times went to copper mines in the States for a while before returning home. Then there was 2) Nora (Jan. 1834): 3) was your ELLEN, who was Baptised in June 1836, not as you thought in 1835: 4) was a Mary, Baptised in Apr. 1840; followed by a Catherine in Mar. 1843; and last of all was a Daniel in Oct. 1845 during the Famine in Ireland. During, and after, the Famine in Ireland, many, especially from the Beara Peninsula, emigrated to the States, especially to the copper mines around Calumet, Michigan, and Butte, Montana. Sorry, Betsy, I'll have to go, as somebody very, very dear to me is ---- well,I won't say any more for now. I may be back to you in a week or so. Anyhow, look, it depends on circumstances. Riobard. On 29 December 2014 at 14:16, Riobard O' Dwyer <bearariobard@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm just after tracking down Fr. Dannie. A Carmel O'Sullivan is in the > Presbytery on Mondays and Tuesdays, and he will phone me with her number > when he comes back. He is doing a wedding at present. Riobard. > > On 29 December 2014 at 14:06, Riobard O' Dwyer <bearariobard@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear Betsy, >> Just phoned Fr. Dannie, but he is not at home. He could be in >> any Townland in the Parish of Allihies visiting some ill person. The poor >> man is rushed off his feet, as he has to look after the Parishes of Eyeries >> and Allihies at present, and some times some one of the other Parishes as >> well, if a priest is not available at the time. Times have changed. In my >> younger days, there used be 2 Catholic Priests in my Parish alone, but now >> there are only 4 Catholic Priests in the whole Beara Peninsula, and that >> includes the Bonane Parish which takes in the Glengarriff side of Co. Cork >> and the Co. Kerry side of the same Parish. Yes, the years have brought >> about many changes in the Church. The number of Catholic Priests is getting >> lesser and lesser fairly quickly. There is no Protestant Minister in Beara >> now. The area has to be covered from Bantry, about 40 miles away. Riobard. >> >> On 29 December 2014 at 13:23, Riobard O' Dwyer <bearariobard@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Betsy, >>> I could have helped you straight away, but my indices are now >>> in Boston. You could write either to Rev. Fr. Dannie Broderick (who is now >>> in charge of the Allihies and Allihies Parishes) and ask him if it would be >>> possible to get somebody to try the Allihies Parish Baptismal Records --- >>> there were only Baptismal Records given in those days --- for the Baptismal >>> Record of Ellen Kelly (Baptised in Allihies in 1835 -- or around 1835). Fr. >>> Dannie Broderick lives in The Presbytery, Eyeries, Beara Peninsula, Co. >>> Cork, Ireland. Or you could write to N.E.G.H.S, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, >>> Mass. The latter information could take you alot longer. And I could be >>> able to tell you almost straight away where Daniel Kelly and Mary Power >>> were later living in whatever Townland and Parish. But,now the same >>> position exists. Sorry. Riobard. >>> >>> On 29 December 2014 at 11:52, Betsy Hall via <beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Looking for any information on Jeremiah Sullivan who married Ellen L >>>> Kelly >>>> (b. 1835) in Allihies. I believe her parents were Daniel Kelly & Mary >>>> Power. >>>> They moved to Fall River, Mass and had a son, Jeffrey E Sullivan (b. >>>> 1868). >>>> I'm not sure where Jeremiah came from. Any help would be appreciated! >>>> >>>> Betsy >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Riobard (O'Dwyer) >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Riobard (O'Dwyer) >> > > > > -- > Riobard (O'Dwyer) > -- Riobard (O'Dwyer)

I just came across this while searching for something else at PRONI: "The *Kenmare *papers deposited in PRONI, which include most of the former contents of the Estate Office at Killarney, Co. Kerry, amount to *well over a ton of records*, 1587-1958, comprising c.475 volumes and files (53 of them of huge proportions) and c.3,520 documents (of which over 400 are outsize maps, plans and surveys). " For more information go to: http://applications.proni.gov.uk/LL_DCAL_PRONI_ECATNI/ResultDetails.aspx Happy New Year!! Slán, Marge in Southern California Searching: Golden, Sullivan, Kelly, Shea, in Kerry and Connecticut O'Connor in Kerry Fee, Cassidy, Gilbride in Fermanagh, Cavan, Kildare and Connecticut Lynch in Limerick and Connecticut Walsh, Stackpole, Garry/Garrey/McGarrey, Donovan, Doyle, Clowney/Clooney, King in Kildare

I'm just after tracking down Fr. Dannie. A Carmel O'Sullivan is in the Presbytery on Mondays and Tuesdays, and he will phone me with her number when he comes back. He is doing a wedding at present. Riobard. On 29 December 2014 at 14:06, Riobard O' Dwyer <bearariobard@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Betsy, > Just phoned Fr. Dannie, but he is not at home. He could be in > any Townland in the Parish of Allihies visiting some ill person. The poor > man is rushed off his feet, as he has to look after the Parishes of Eyeries > and Allihies at present, and some times some one of the other Parishes as > well, if a priest is not available at the time. Times have changed. In my > younger days, there used be 2 Catholic Priests in my Parish alone, but now > there are only 4 Catholic Priests in the whole Beara Peninsula, and that > includes the Bonane Parish which takes in the Glengarriff side of Co. Cork > and the Co. Kerry side of the same Parish. Yes, the years have brought > about many changes in the Church. The number of Catholic Priests is getting > lesser and lesser fairly quickly. There is no Protestant Minister in Beara > now. The area has to be covered from Bantry, about 40 miles away. Riobard. > > On 29 December 2014 at 13:23, Riobard O' Dwyer <bearariobard@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear Betsy, >> I could have helped you straight away, but my indices are now >> in Boston. You could write either to Rev. Fr. Dannie Broderick (who is now >> in charge of the Allihies and Allihies Parishes) and ask him if it would be >> possible to get somebody to try the Allihies Parish Baptismal Records --- >> there were only Baptismal Records given in those days --- for the Baptismal >> Record of Ellen Kelly (Baptised in Allihies in 1835 -- or around 1835). Fr. >> Dannie Broderick lives in The Presbytery, Eyeries, Beara Peninsula, Co. >> Cork, Ireland. Or you could write to N.E.G.H.S, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, >> Mass. The latter information could take you alot longer. And I could be >> able to tell you almost straight away where Daniel Kelly and Mary Power >> were later living in whatever Townland and Parish. But,now the same >> position exists. Sorry. Riobard. >> >> On 29 December 2014 at 11:52, Betsy Hall via <beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >>> Looking for any information on Jeremiah Sullivan who married Ellen L >>> Kelly >>> (b. 1835) in Allihies. I believe her parents were Daniel Kelly & Mary >>> Power. >>> They moved to Fall River, Mass and had a son, Jeffrey E Sullivan (b. >>> 1868). >>> I'm not sure where Jeremiah came from. Any help would be appreciated! >>> >>> Betsy >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Riobard (O'Dwyer) >> > > > > -- > Riobard (O'Dwyer) > -- Riobard (O'Dwyer)

Dear Betsy, Just phoned Fr. Dannie, but he is not at home. He could be in any Townland in the Parish of Allihies visiting some ill person. The poor man is rushed off his feet, as he has to look after the Parishes of Eyeries and Allihies at present, and some times some one of the other Parishes as well, if a priest is not available at the time. Times have changed. In my younger days, there used be 2 Catholic Priests in my Parish alone, but now there are only 4 Catholic Priests in the whole Beara Peninsula, and that includes the Bonane Parish which takes in the Glengarriff side of Co. Cork and the Co. Kerry side of the same Parish. Yes, the years have brought about many changes in the Church. The number of Catholic Priests is getting lesser and lesser fairly quickly. There is no Protestant Minister in Beara now. The area has to be covered from Bantry, about 40 miles away. Riobard. On 29 December 2014 at 13:23, Riobard O' Dwyer <bearariobard@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Betsy, > I could have helped you straight away, but my indices are now in > Boston. You could write either to Rev. Fr. Dannie Broderick (who is now in > charge of the Allihies and Allihies Parishes) and ask him if it would be > possible to get somebody to try the Allihies Parish Baptismal Records --- > there were only Baptismal Records given in those days --- for the Baptismal > Record of Ellen Kelly (Baptised in Allihies in 1835 -- or around 1835). Fr. > Dannie Broderick lives in The Presbytery, Eyeries, Beara Peninsula, Co. > Cork, Ireland. Or you could write to N.E.G.H.S, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, > Mass. The latter information could take you alot longer. And I could be > able to tell you almost straight away where Daniel Kelly and Mary Power > were later living in whatever Townland and Parish. But,now the same > position exists. Sorry. Riobard. > > On 29 December 2014 at 11:52, Betsy Hall via <beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Looking for any information on Jeremiah Sullivan who married Ellen L Kelly >> (b. 1835) in Allihies. I believe her parents were Daniel Kelly & Mary >> Power. >> They moved to Fall River, Mass and had a son, Jeffrey E Sullivan (b. >> 1868). >> I'm not sure where Jeremiah came from. Any help would be appreciated! >> >> Betsy >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Riobard (O'Dwyer) > -- Riobard (O'Dwyer)

Dear Betsy, I could have helped you straight away, but my indices are now in Boston. You could write either to Rev. Fr. Dannie Broderick (who is now in charge of the Allihies and Allihies Parishes) and ask him if it would be possible to get somebody to try the Allihies Parish Baptismal Records --- there were only Baptismal Records given in those days --- for the Baptismal Record of Ellen Kelly (Baptised in Allihies in 1835 -- or around 1835). Fr. Dannie Broderick lives in The Presbytery, Eyeries, Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland. Or you could write to N.E.G.H.S, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. The latter information could take you alot longer. And I could be able to tell you almost straight away where Daniel Kelly and Mary Power were later living in whatever Townland and Parish. But,now the same position exists. Sorry. Riobard. On 29 December 2014 at 11:52, Betsy Hall via <beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Looking for any information on Jeremiah Sullivan who married Ellen L Kelly > (b. 1835) in Allihies. I believe her parents were Daniel Kelly & Mary > Power. > They moved to Fall River, Mass and had a son, Jeffrey E Sullivan (b. 1868). > I'm not sure where Jeremiah came from. Any help would be appreciated! > > Betsy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- Riobard (O'Dwyer)

Looking for any information on Jeremiah Sullivan who married Ellen L Kelly (b. 1835) in Allihies. I believe her parents were Daniel Kelly & Mary Power. They moved to Fall River, Mass and had a son, Jeffrey E Sullivan (b. 1868). I'm not sure where Jeremiah came from. Any help would be appreciated! Betsy

Today, St. Stephen's Day, Dec. 26th, is what we call in Ireland: "The day of the Wren", or "Wren's Day", or as the old people used say: "The Day of the Wran". I was only after coming out of the Teachers' Training College/Qualifying to become a Teacher. There was a local/Ardgroom (Beara) football team, and we were looking for funds; so we decided to "Go in the Wran". There were 13 of us, all dressed up in various types of "contrary" costumes. I was leading the "music" Band with my accordion. Behind me was my younger brother Sean beating the drum. A big, tall Policeman, Tadhg/Tim Harrington (Uonhi) (now R.I.P) was carrying a long pole, with a pig's bladder attached to it; 6 feet 3 inches John (Uxside) Harrington (now also R.I.P.) carried a pike, like those used in the Insurrection of 1798; Tadhg's brother Jerome had a big bag for gathering the money; and we had our army of soldiers marching behind, singing for all they were worth. After "gathering some money/coins, we headed about a mile "east" the road, close to the Kerry border. Living in a particular house was a bachelor. Again, singing loudly: "Danny Mike Tade is a dacent (decent) man -- and to his house we brought this "Wran"; "Up with the kettle and down with the pot, and give us an answer, and lave (leave) us be off". We knocked on the door --- no answer. We knocked again --- no answer. We knew that Danny Mike Tade was inside the door, but he didn't want to give us any money. When we got no further answer from Danny, who was not known for his generosity, Tadhg hit the door with a wallop of the pig's bladder. Out came Danny. "Who struck the door ?" says he. There was a dead silence from our "army". "Who struck the door ?" again asked Danny. Once more --- silence from our men. "Spake (speak) up", says Danny. "The mouths was (were) big enough aby (by) ye awhile ago". We decided, there and then, that we weren't going to get any donation from this "Minister for Finance", so we headed over to Eyeries Village, about 4 and a half miles away. 'Twas night-time by then. The first house we came to was Joe (Quin) Murphy's Pub --- Joan's father's house. Joe happened to be filling a few pints of Guinness for his neighbours. We started off singing at the top of our voices: "Kelly, the boy from Killanne", "The boys of Wexford), and "Nell Flaherty's drake". Out the door came Joe. "Shut up", says he, "ye pack of fools. There's a corpse in a coffin across the road in the Church !!" So, having respect for the dead, who might finish up by haunting us, we decided to call it a day. And, so ended our football team's "Wran". Riobard.

Though today is Christmas Day, it is also a day when people visit the graves of their own people. Joan & myself are just home from visiting the grave of my parents in the fairly new graveyard in Gortnabulliga, close to Eyeries Village; to the grave of Joan's parents in the upper graveyard in Foildarrig, near the town of Castletownbere; and to the graves of my ancestors in the Lower Graveyard in Foildarrig. I was telling a man in Gortnabulliga Graveyard of a story I heard many years ago. There were these two Doctors, and, at the time, experiments were being carried out on dead bodies. Anyhow, the two Doctors visited the ancient Glebe graveyard, about a mile to the west of Castletownbere, and, in the middle of a dark night, began digging for the bones of one particular man who was buried down the field. A local man, who had heard that the two Doctors were to go digging that night, went to the graveyard before the two Doctors had arrived, and hid behind a clump of furze bushes close by. In case they would be seen, the two Doctors arrived in the middle of the night. The wind was howling. They began to dig, and had gotten down a few feet when the man behind the furze bushes left out a loud roar -- "waau-ah-uuu-ah". The two Doctors dropped their shovels and "took off" like as if they were being chased by a typhoon. The more they ran, the louder your man was roaring "wooooooo --- ah ah" after them. The two Doctors didn't wait to open the gate; they jumped headlong over the wall; got up like two March hares; and ran and ran until they reached the main road. "A ghost; a ghost" they cried. They never again "visited" the Glebe graveyard, and were glad to do their experimenting elsewhere. Riobard. -- Riobard (O'Dwyer)

My kind of humor.What fun. -----Original Message----- From: Riobard O' Dwyer via <beara@rootsweb.com> To: beara@rootsweb.com <Beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Dec 25, 2014 11:53 am Subject: [BEARA] "A ghost, A ghost" !! Though today is Christmas Day, it is also a day when people visit the graves of their own people. Joan & myself are just home from visiting the grave of my parents in the fairly new graveyard in Gortnabulliga, close to Eyeries Village; to the grave of Joan's parents in the upper graveyard in Foildarrig, near the town of Castletownbere; and to the graves of my ancestors in the Lower Graveyard in Foildarrig. I was telling a man in Gortnabulliga Graveyard of a story I heard many years ago. There were these two Doctors, and, at the time, experiments were being carried out on dead bodies. Anyhow, the two Doctors visited the ancient Glebe graveyard, about a mile to the west of Castletownbere, and, in the middle of a dark night, began digging for the bones of one particular man who was buried down the field. A local man, who had heard that the two Doctors were to go digging that night, went to the graveyard before the two Doctors had arrived, and hid behind a clump of furze bushes close by. In case they would be seen, the two Doctors arrived in the middle of the night. The wind was howling. They began to dig, and had gotten down a few feet when the man behind the furze bushes left out a loud roar -- "waau-ah-uuu-ah". The two Doctors dropped their shovels and "took off" like as if they were being chased by a typhoon. The more they ran, the louder your man was roaring "wooooooo --- ah ah" after them. The two Doctors didn't wait to open the gate; they jumped headlong over the wall; got up like two March hares; and ran and ran until they reached the main road. "A ghost; a ghost" they cried. They never again "visited" the Glebe graveyard, and were glad to do their experimenting elsewhere. Riobard. -- Riobard (O'Dwyer) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Merry Christmas Riobard, great story! Merry Christmas to all the Beara folk wherever they are this Christmas. Ginny Humling in Twisp WA --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com