Teresa this is a great story and fascinating for me personally because I have 3/16th ancestry from Beara, that is, three great-great-grandparents.  And  guess the surname of two of the three?  Sullivan of course! Jerry Brosious in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA   ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, February 18, 2013 1:29:28 PM Subject: [BEARA] Sullivan's on Beara I think it was Mr. O' Dwyer that told me that you could throw a stone out  of any window on Beara and hit a Sullivan. In 2002 I was waiting in line at the Bank in Castletown to change dollars  for Euros.  On the spur of the moment---I turned around to the man behind  me and said, "Hello Mr. Sullivan."  He looked surprised and said "Do I know  you"  "No I said, I am Mrs. Sullivan from Nebraska and just testing out the  idea of definitely hitting a Sullivan with a stone if I threw it out the  window." Yes, He was Mr. Sullivan from England back home to visit his son. Teresa Sullivan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

DEAR TERESA SULLIVAN, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU SENDING ME A COPY OF THE BOOK "THINGS I HAVE SEEN'' THANK YOU, SHARON KELLY SNYDER, GGFATHER TIMOTHY HOLLAND AND HIS WIFE HONORA O'SULLIVAN HOLLAND LIVED IN ALLIHIES. [email protected] On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 5:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I put this on the site in 2002 when I returned from a trip to Beara but am > redoing it for those who were not around then. > > At the B and B where we stayed in Allihies, there was a small book about > Beara and so when I got home, I wrote and asked the lady at the B and B if > she would send it to me and I would type it and have it available if anyone > should want a copy. > > I still have it on my computer and will gladly send it as an attachment to > anyone who asks. The title is "Things I Have Seen". > > Teresa Sullivan Lincoln Ne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Teresa and Bill and Riobard for this link and all you do. Do you realize how hungry everyone else in the world is for news about the old country? We find a Harrington married an O'Sullivan and maybe the town-land and not much more until we get digging or until someone on the list offers these wonderful memories. Bette -----Original Message----- From: Riobard O' Dwyer Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BEARA] Book available for download People of Beara all over the world.The book "Things I have seen" is a must for anyone connected with Beara, and people whose ancestors were originally from Beara. It contains practically everything connected with the lives of the people here in the days long past. The most of the people from whom those stories of the past were collected for the Beara Millenium are now dead. The book is not very big, but it is absolutely fascinating. It ends with the famous poem "Beara my Home", which was submitted by Fr. Sean O'Shea, now almost 90. In the words of Bernie O'Sullivan (ex- Principal Teacher) of Cahermore: "The mystery of Life must go on". It was a life not known by the youth of today ---- a crying shame if all about that life in Beara in the olden days was lost forever. *---- Riobard.* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Riobard (O'Dwyer)* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Well put, Riobard. Riobard O' Dwyer wrote: > People of Beara all over the world.The book "Things I have seen" is a must > for anyone connected with Beara, and people whose ancestors were originally > from Beara. It contains practically everything connected with the lives of > the people here in the days long past. The most of the people from whom > those stories of the past were collected for the Beara Millenium are now > dead. The book is not very big, but it is absolutely fascinating. It ends > with the famous poem "Beara my Home", which was submitted by Fr. Sean > O'Shea, now almost 90. In the words of Bernie O'Sullivan (ex- Principal > Teacher) of Cahermore: "The mystery of Life must go on". It was a life not > known by the youth of today ---- a crying shame if all about that life in > Beara in the olden days was lost forever. > *---- Riobard.* > > On 17 February 2013 15:55, Margaret O'Neill <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bill and Teresa, many many thanks for posting the book. It is a joy to > > read. > > > > Margaret ONeill > > East Taunton, Mass. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:12 PM, Bill Gawne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear friends of Beara, > > > > > > Teresa Sullivan has provided me with the text of the book she > > > generously offered to us all. To obtain a copy for yourself, follow > > > the directions below. > > > > > > You can obtain the book _Things I Have Seen_ at > > > > > > > > http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~gawne/stash/THINGS%20I%20HAVE%20SEEN%20StandardPDF.pdf > > > > > > Just click on that link and you'll get the book displayed in your web > > > browser. Then use the Adobe "save a copy" option to save yourself a > > > copy on your hard drive. > > > > > > -- Bill > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > *Riobard (O'Dwyer)* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

People of Beara all over the world.The book "Things I have seen" is a must for anyone connected with Beara, and people whose ancestors were originally from Beara. It contains practically everything connected with the lives of the people here in the days long past. The most of the people from whom those stories of the past were collected for the Beara Millenium are now dead. The book is not very big, but it is absolutely fascinating. It ends with the famous poem "Beara my Home", which was submitted by Fr. Sean O'Shea, now almost 90. In the words of Bernie O'Sullivan (ex- Principal Teacher) of Cahermore: "The mystery of Life must go on". It was a life not known by the youth of today ---- a crying shame if all about that life in Beara in the olden days was lost forever. *---- Riobard.* On 17 February 2013 15:55, Margaret O'Neill <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill and Teresa, many many thanks for posting the book. It is a joy to > read. > > Margaret ONeill > East Taunton, Mass. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:12 PM, Bill Gawne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear friends of Beara, > > > > Teresa Sullivan has provided me with the text of the book she > > generously offered to us all. To obtain a copy for yourself, follow > > the directions below. > > > > You can obtain the book _Things I Have Seen_ at > > > > > http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~gawne/stash/THINGS%20I%20HAVE%20SEEN%20StandardPDF.pdf > > > > Just click on that link and you'll get the book displayed in your web > > browser. Then use the Adobe "save a copy" option to save yourself a > > copy on your hard drive. > > > > -- Bill > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Riobard (O'Dwyer)*

I want to thank Bill and Teresa for their efforts on getting the book on line for us. JFitch ----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: Roger-Maureen Maloney <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:42 AM >Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara Memorial Reminiscence Book now linked at the blog > >Thanks Bill....it will be great reading and I might even find an interesting name from the past!! > >Maureen Maloney >Boston, Ma....also called the Irish Annex!! > > > >On 02/16/13, Bill Gawne wrote: > >Dear friends of Beara, > >I've created a short blog post with the link to the Millennium >Reminiscence book at > >http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/beara-millennium-reminiscence-book.html > >Philip Murphy's book,Things I Have Seen, also known as the Beara >Millennium Reminiscence Book has been converted to e-text format and >generously made available. You can get your own copy here. Just click >the link. > >Bill Gawne > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Thanks to you and Bill. I couldn't empathise more with your feeling of whether they could be your family. It reminds me that I should repost my interests again just in case . I am a Sullivan from my father whose family came to Australia around 1907 from Ireland via a generation in Wales. I live in hope of finding my family one day. Thank you again. Erin Sullivan (born QLD then NSW then UK and now Perth WA) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 17 February 2013 11:02 To: [email protected] Subject: [BEARA] Beara book Thanks to Bill It was quite frustrating reading the family lines of those who wrote for the book. I found myself wondering how many of you were my distant relatives. Yes, the Sullivans, Lowneys, Harringtons, Kellys, Hanleys and who knows who else are in my tree. So here are my ancestors. Great great grandparents--Jeremiah Sullivan (Ukirre) and Margaret Harrington page 94 of Allihies book from Coom great grandparents--Jeremiah Sullivan (Ukirre)and Catherine Clifford (vel Brien)_page 139 of Allihies book from Ballydonegan After gm Catherine died Jeremiah married Margaret Hurley in Fall River and when she died he married Julia (Sheila) Hanley. She was the daughter of Patrick Hanley and Mary O'Sullivan (uonhi) from Reentrisk alto she is not listed on page 7 of the Allihies book.. Before she came to the US and married g grandpa she was married to Cornelius Sullivan as listed on page 82 of the Allihies book On page 112 Allihies book it states that g grandmother Catherine was married to Jerry Sullivan living near Lincoln Ne (see above). Her mother was actually Mary Kelly who was I believe, married to a Clifford before being married to Michael OBrien. Mary Kelly was later married to James Uonhi Green page 113. According to her death record in Michigan in 1880 her father was Con Kelly and mother Anna Kelly. I have a good friend here in Lincoln who is a descendant of Patrick Harrington and Mary Harrington on page 115 My Allihies book is held together with masking tape. This is of course only one side of my family and will post the other side soon In case anyone is wondering, I was a Sullivan and married a Sullivan. Fortunately, I did find that his grandfather was born in the Newmarket area. So we are probably not related. Teresa Sullivan Lincoln Ne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you with much appreciation for all the efforts to establish this link for us. Karen Sullivan NH -----Original Message----- From: Roger-Maureen Maloney Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara Memorial Reminiscence Book now linked at the blog Thanks Bill....it will be great reading and I might even find an interesting name from the past!! Maureen Maloney Boston, Ma....also called the Irish Annex!! On 02/16/13, Bill Gawne wrote: Dear friends of Beara, I've created a short blog post with the link to the Millennium Reminiscence book at http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/beara-millennium-reminiscence-book.html Philip Murphy's book,Things I Have Seen, also known as the Beara Millennium Reminiscence Book has been converted to e-text format and generously made available. You can get your own copy here. Just click the link. Bill Gawne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bill and Teresa, many many thanks for posting the book. It is a joy to read. Margaret ONeill East Taunton, Mass. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:12 PM, Bill Gawne <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends of Beara, > > Teresa Sullivan has provided me with the text of the book she > generously offered to us all. To obtain a copy for yourself, follow > the directions below. > > You can obtain the book _Things I Have Seen_ at > > http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~gawne/stash/THINGS%20I%20HAVE%20SEEN%20StandardPDF.pdf > > Just click on that link and you'll get the book displayed in your web > browser. Then use the Adobe "save a copy" option to save yourself a > copy on your hard drive. > > -- Bill > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm a descendant of Ellen Dulig - born abt 1798 on Dorsey Island and Timothy Connolly - born abt 1793 in Glenara, Garnish, Allihies Parish. My Grandmother's name is Lillian Agnes Connolly born 8/15/1910 in Castletown Bere, Allihies Parish. Cathy McCaffrey -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 10:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BEARA] Beara book Thanks to Bill It was quite frustrating reading the family lines of those who wrote for the book. I found myself wondering how many of you were my distant relatives. Yes, the Sullivans, Lowneys, Harringtons, Kellys, Hanleys and who knows who else are in my tree. So here are my ancestors. Great great grandparents--Jeremiah Sullivan (Ukirre) and Margaret Harrington page 94 of Allihies book from Coom great grandparents--Jeremiah Sullivan (Ukirre)and Catherine Clifford (vel Brien)_page 139 of Allihies book from Ballydonegan After gm Catherine died Jeremiah married Margaret Hurley in Fall River and when she died he married Julia (Sheila) Hanley. She was the daughter of Patrick Hanley and Mary O'Sullivan (uonhi) from Reentrisk alto she is not listed on page 7 of the Allihies book.. Before she came to the US and married g grandpa she was married to Cornelius Sullivan as listed on page 82 of the Allihies book On page 112 Allihies book it states that g grandmother Catherine was married to Jerry Sullivan living near Lincoln Ne (see above). Her mother was actually Mary Kelly who was I believe, married to a Clifford before being married to Michael OBrien. Mary Kelly was later married to James Uonhi Green page 113. According to her death record in Michigan in 1880 her father was Con Kelly and mother Anna Kelly. I have a good friend here in Lincoln who is a descendant of Patrick Harrington and Mary Harrington on page 115 My Allihies book is held together with masking tape. This is of course only one side of my family and will post the other side soon In case anyone is wondering, I was a Sullivan and married a Sullivan. Fortunately, I did find that his grandfather was born in the Newmarket area. So we are probably not related. Teresa Sullivan Lincoln Ne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Teresa, all, Teresa wrote: > I found myself wondering how many of you were my distant > relatives. I'm pretty sure we're all related, as long as our ancestors were among the families of the Beara peninsula. I know my grandmother told me more than once she was related to everyone she knew growing up in Castletownbere, save only the British sailors at the naval station. The trick, of course, is in figuring out how we're related. Riobard's marvelous work has helped us quite a bit, but it's still very hard to identify marriages that took place before ~1830, and nigh unto impossible to identify any before 1798. Even so, I do consider you all my extended family. We're a vast bunch of cousins flung across the world, with common ancestry and common heritage. -- Bill

Teresa and Bill, This book is such a treasure! Thanks very much for sharing. I very much appreciate your making this sharing possible. I feel a real connection with my roots because of all that is shared here ...by you and by so many others...about Beara. I am very grateful for you all! /Susan

Thanks Bill....it will be great reading and I might even find an interesting name from the past!! Maureen Maloney Boston, Ma....also called the Irish Annex!! On 02/16/13, Bill Gawne wrote: Dear friends of Beara, I've created a short blog post with the link to the Millennium Reminiscence book at http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/beara-millennium-reminiscence-book.html Philip Murphy's book,Things I Have Seen, also known as the Beara Millennium Reminiscence Book has been converted to e-text format and generously made available. You can get your own copy here. Just click the link. Bill Gawne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Bill for your enduring help and kindness towards our group - where would we be without you?!!? Thank you also to Teresa for offering to send us all the transcription of the book - such selflessness to us all. What a fantastic bunch we all are !! Ann xx ------Original Message------ From: Bill Gawne Sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [BEARA] Beara Memorial Reminiscence Book now linked at the blog Sent: 16 Feb 2013 22:26 Dear friends of Beara, I've created a short blog post with the link to the Millennium Reminiscence book at http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/beara-millennium-reminiscence-book.html Philip Murphy's book,Things I Have Seen, also known as the Beara Millennium Reminiscence Book has been converted to e-text format and generously made available. You can get your own copy here. Just click the link. Bill Gawne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange

It was quite frustrating reading the family lines of those who wrote for the book. I found myself wondering how many of you were my distant relatives. Yes, the Sullivans, Lowneys, Harringtons, Kellys, Hanleys and who knows who else are in my tree. So here are my ancestors. Great great grandparents--Jeremiah Sullivan (Ukirre) and Margaret Harrington page 94 of Allihies book from Coom great grandparents--Jeremiah Sullivan (Ukirre)and Catherine Clifford (vel Brien)_page 139 of Allihies book from Ballydonegan After gm Catherine died Jeremiah married Margaret Hurley in Fall River and when she died he married Julia (Sheila) Hanley. She was the daughter of Patrick Hanley and Mary O'Sullivan (uonhi) from Reentrisk alto she is not listed on page 7 of the Allihies book.. Before she came to the US and married g grandpa she was married to Cornelius Sullivan as listed on page 82 of the Allihies book On page 112 Allihies book it states that g grandmother Catherine was married to Jerry Sullivan living near Lincoln Ne (see above). Her mother was actually Mary Kelly who was I believe, married to a Clifford before being married to Michael OBrien. Mary Kelly was later married to James Uonhi Green page 113. According to her death record in Michigan in 1880 her father was Con Kelly and mother Anna Kelly. I have a good friend here in Lincoln who is a descendant of Patrick Harrington and Mary Harrington on page 115 My Allihies book is held together with masking tape. This is of course only one side of my family and will post the other side soon In case anyone is wondering, I was a Sullivan and married a Sullivan. Fortunately, I did find that his grandfather was born in the Newmarket area. So we are probably not related. Teresa Sullivan Lincoln Ne

You and Theresa are awesome! Thank you so very much! Ruth Bortolan Sent from my iPad On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:26 PM, Bill Gawne <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends of Beara, > > I've created a short blog post with the link to the Millennium > Reminiscence book at > > http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/beara-millennium-reminiscence-book.html > > Philip Murphy's book,Things I Have Seen, also known as the Beara > Millennium Reminiscence Book has been converted to e-text format and > generously made available. You can get your own copy here. Just click > the link. > > Bill Gawne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bill, Thank you for the effort, its appreciated. Best Regards, Jack Kissinger (Beara Lurker Extraordinaire) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gawne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:26 PM Subject: [BEARA] Beara Memorial Reminiscence Book now linked at the blog > Dear friends of Beara, > > I've created a short blog post with the link to the Millennium > Reminiscence book at > > http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/beara-millennium-reminiscence-book.html > > Philip Murphy's book,Things I Have Seen, also known as the Beara > Millennium Reminiscence Book has been converted to e-text format and > generously made available. You can get your own copy here. Just click > the link. > > Bill Gawne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Bill and Teresa for finding this elegant solution to distribution! The book is wonderful. It's like sitting once again in the kitchen in Inchenteskin in the 1970s, listening to my mother and her brothers and sister talk about their youth. Most of the people listed are their contemporaries. I even know some of them. I realize how blessed I was to have been able to know them. Today is the 35th anniversary of my mother's death and close to the anniversaries of the deaths of my aunt and one uncle. This is a moving way to remember them. Thanks again. Maggie -----Original Message----- >From: Bill Gawne <[email protected]> >Sent: Feb 16, 2013 5:12 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [BEARA] Book available for download > >Dear friends of Beara, > >Teresa Sullivan has provided me with the text of the book she >generously offered to us all. To obtain a copy for yourself, follow >the directions below. > >You can obtain the book _Things I Have Seen_ at > >http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~gawne/stash/THINGS%20I%20HAVE%20SEEN%20StandardPDF.pdf > >Just click on that link and you'll get the book displayed in your web >browser. Then use the Adobe "save a copy" option to save yourself a >copy on your hard drive. > >-- Bill > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

THANK YOU Bill and Teresa, you guys are great! And Riobard thought no one out there was paying attention, a lot more than you know!!! Terry -----Original Message----- From: Bill Gawne Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 3:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BEARA] Book available for download Dear friends of Beara, Teresa Sullivan has provided me with the text of the book she generously offered to us all. To obtain a copy for yourself, follow the directions below. You can obtain the book _Things I Have Seen_ at http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~gawne/stash/THINGS%20I%20HAVE%20SEEN%20StandardPDF.pdf Just click on that link and you'll get the book displayed in your web browser. Then use the Adobe "save a copy" option to save yourself a copy on your hard drive. -- Bill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

They're on the emails !! Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Duffy <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:24:18 To: [email protected]<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Cc: <[email protected]><[email protected]>; <[email protected]><[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Small book about Beara I do hope that people are actually providing their addresses Sent from my iPad On Feb 15, 2013, at 7:57 AM, "Sandra Cummings" <[email protected]> wrote: > Me too please...Thanks so much for the offer! > > Sandra M Cummings (Harrington FLOR) Hebron, NH > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BEARA] Small book about Beara > > I put this on the site in 2002 when I returned from a trip to Beara but am > redoing it for those who were not around then. > > At the B and B where we stayed in Allihies, there was a small book about > Beara and so when I got home, I wrote and asked the lady at the B and B if > she would send it to me and I would type it and have it available if anyone > should want a copy. > > I still have it on my computer and will gladly send it as an attachment to > anyone who asks. The title is "Things I Have Seen". > > Teresa Sullivan Lincoln Ne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message