Riobard, please tell Joan we are hoping for a quick recovery! Having broken a foot myself and watching my wonderful husband have a tough time hanging in there, I'm also praying for patience for you. : ) Linda Jennings ____________________________________________________________ Woman is 53 But Looks 25 Mom reveals 1 simple wrinkle trick that has angered doctors... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/51180992154dc9927f82st02duc

So enjoying your stories, Riobard. Thanks for taking the time to entertain us, even while dealing with so many things! I hope Joan is on the mend, and that you continue to feel better. I have a question about those missionaries who would come to preach about the devil. Where did they come from? What faith? I was just today reading a 19th century Irish short story by Rosa Mulholland ("The Hungry Death"--quite good), and there was mention of a missionary who had come to preach and left a large crucifix behind in their church. Was that sort of thing common? I found Rosa Mulholland's story, though fictional, to have some marvelous details--much like Riobard's!--about life in the west of Ireland during the Great Hunger. If anyone is interested in reading it, it is in the *Penguin Book of Irish Fiction*, edited by Colm Toibin. Jane Harrington Virginia

Thanks so much for this! /Susan On Feb 10, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Riobard O' Dwyer wrote: > *More on Ardgroom:- > Jackessy Crowley & Margaret O'Shea. > Jackessy is a form of Jack. They qwned the 1st of 3 Post Offices in > Ardgroom Village over the years. It was next door to, and above, what was > later Mrs. Healy's Shop. Jackessy was an authority on the Irish (or Gaelic) > Language and on Irish Folklore. Jackessy & Margaret had 7 children. One of > them was a Coastguard; another was a noted boxer who went first to Boston, > and later to New York;Mary was Mrs. Williamson in Boston [I remember a man > called Jackie Williamson in Ardgroom Village when I was a young lad there. > As far as I can remember Mrs. Williamson, Mary, was 92 and still alive > circa 1970]. Seemingly, her brother Peter was the 1st Postman in the > Village, and he later went mining to Utah. > {Talking about Postmen. I remember, again when I was about 11 years of age, > seeing the Postman, known as Jim the Post (Harrington) from Eyeries > Village, coming around the bridge at the top of Ardgroom Village on a > bicycle, carrying his bag of mails on the bicycle. That was the method of > carrying the mail here in those days. And it was on a day that was raining > that Jim sang the loudest on his mail-bicycle. How things have changed over > the years !! But it would be a pity to let forgotten what life was like > here in days long past. > "How do you spell Rossmacowen ?" asked an old man in days gone by. "Why do > you need > asking me", said his neighbour ---- "Just write it down !!" > ----- 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 Susan Twomey 319 Howard Heights Rd Eureka, CA 95503 tel 707-444-2522

Dear friends of Beara, While Pat is correct, we should be careful to not quote a link to a suspicious site in our replies. In fact, it's always good practice to trim away anything that's not needed to make a point. I have already unsubscribed the list member whose e-mail account was compromised. When she runs a virus scan and changes her password she can let me know and I'll resubscribe her. But it could happen to any of us, so let's all be careful. pat oleary <[email protected]> writes: > Careful folks!!...Looks like someone's been hacked into!!! -- Bill

Hi Riobard...sorry to hear of Joan's injury...that will cool her jets for a little while! :) Also hope your virus has disappeared..they can be a pain in the neck. :) I bet the G.A.A. board missed you at their meeting. But thankfully you will be there for the next one. So you have snow...bet it is nothing like Boston received over night....something like 2 feet and there were higher numbers in other areas of the state. At the moment it is 17 degrees and freezing. Going to be rough trying to dig out tomorrow when the snow itself has frozen all the way through. The Governor actually banned driving on the roads yesterday from 4:00 p.m. until today at 4:00 p.m. It was funny to not see any cars driving around, plus the MTA trains and buses were stopped for safety sake. They are more than likely out until Monday morning. A huge communication connection in Quincy is down and won't be repaired until late Sunday. Have a feeling there are a lot of people who depend on the "T" for transportation will be out of sorts by Monday. Tell Joan I send my best wishes for a quick healing of her ankle and my best to you too. Maureen Maloney Boston, MA On 02/09/13, Riobard O' Dwyer wrote: *I'm afraid my contrbution to Beara re. my young days around Ardgroom, etc.,has been put on hold for the moment ** . My good wife broke her ankle in two places and was doctor-wise in Cork City, and, on top of that, I have been in trouble with a virus picked up somewhere, and, as President of Beara G.A.A., I had to miss my first ever meeting of the Beara Board* recently due to being in Cork City* doctor-bound *. It broke my heart having to miss it, because the G.A.A. (as well as athletics) has been a big part of my sporting life over the years. *I suppose that is what I get for giving away the womens' ages in my genealogical research !!* A man can't have it every way ---- but I hope to be back in action in a small way when the snow clears away. I hope all of you are safe and well. *----* Riobard ------------------------------- 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

Careful folks!!...Looks like someone's been hacked into!!! --- On Sat, 2/9/13, taylor tara <[email protected]> wrote: From: taylor tara <[email protected]> Subject: [BEARA] (no subject) To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 4:25 PM http://www.rocassoc.es/qsjk/ms894mmfm0qn6ipylv5pkvarkawk taylor tara ------------------------------- 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 afraid my contrbution to Beara re. my young days around Ardgroom, etc.,has been put on hold for the moment ** . My good wife broke her ankle in two places and was doctor-wise in Cork City, and, on top of that, I have been in trouble with a virus picked up somewhere, and, as President of Beara G.A.A., I had to miss my first ever meeting of the Beara Board* recently due to being in Cork City* doctor-bound *. It broke my heart having to miss it, because the G.A.A. (as well as athletics) has been a big part of my sporting life over the years. *I suppose that is what I get for giving away the womens' ages in my genealogical research !!* A man can't have it every way ---- but I hope to be back in action in a small way when the snow clears away. I hope all of you are safe and well. *----* Riobard

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Thanks Bill! I received 3 spam emails this week from a friend so I forwarded your info to her. Linda On Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:00:27 -0700 [email protected] writes: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Hi (gail sandonato) > 2. Re: Hi (Bill Gawne) > 3. Why we're seeing spam from Yahoo accounts (Bill Gawne) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 19:59:45 -0800 (PST) > From: gail sandonato <[email protected]> > Subject: [BEARA] Hi > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > http://www.bizcomm.net.au/components/com_content/link.php?news=0fa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > ........................ > gail sandonato > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:07:56 -0500 > From: Bill Gawne <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Hi > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: > text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; > format="flowed" > > Dear friends of Beara, > > It appears our list member, Gail, has gotten her computer infected > by > a virus. Please don't click on that link she posted. > > I've written her a note and asked her to run a virus scan. > > -- Bill > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:37:35 -0500 > From: Bill Gawne <[email protected]> > Subject: [BEARA] Why we're seeing spam from Yahoo accounts > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: > text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; > format="flowed" > > Dear friends of Beara, > > Since we just saw one of our own fall victim to this, I thought I'd > > pass this along. If you have a yahoo account, please read this and > be > careful. > > Why Yahoo Mail Accounts Are Being Hijacked > by Paul Wagenseil, TechNewsDaily Senior Editor > > A festering flaw left unpatched on Yahoo's website may be the reason > > you've been getting an unusual amount of spam from friends' accounts > > lately. > > The complicated, crafty process takes several steps, but works > almost > instantly. It ends up with bad guys in Eastern Europe nabbing Yahoo > > Mail accounts. > > As detailed by Romanian security firm Bitdefender, it begins when a > > computer user gets an email or tweet with a link, sometimes > shortened, > to what seems to be a story on MSNBC.com or NBCNews.com offering > job-hunting tips. > > A quick glance at the phony page is enough for the user's browser to > > be silently hit with hidden JavaScript, which in turn reaches out to > a > Yahoo page created especially for developers. > > The Yahoo developers' page, created by WordPress, contains a > software > flaw that lets the bad guys' malicious script check the user's > browser > to see whether he or she is currently logged into a Yahoo account. > > If so, then the malicious script steals the Yahoo session "cookies" > > from the browser and hands them off to the miscreants, who then use > > the account to pump out spam. > > (The bad guys don't appear to be changing user passwords. But if > your > account gets hijacked, change your password immediately and then log > > off.) > > The spam includes email messages meant to snare the passwords of > even > more Yahoo Mail users, starting the entire cycle again. > > In a statement yesterday (Jan. 31), Yahoo said it had "learned of a > > vulnerability from an external security firm" and fixed the flaw. > > One, two, three, four > > Let's check off the common deceptions combined in this attack: > > ? A shortened URL, which can fool many people into going someplace > > they shouldn't. Unfortunately, shortened URLs are unavoidable these > > days, but one should be especially wary when they come embedded in > an > unsolicited email. > > ? A webpage which mimics the look of a commonly visited site and > even > tries to mimic the real URL. In the case cited by Bitdefender, the > > site's URL was at www.msnbc.msn.com-im9.net. > > Bitdefender found that the com-im9.net domain name was registered in > > the Ukraine last Sunday (Jan. 27) and is hosted in Cyprus. Bad > sign. > > Emails received by this reporter included unshortened links to a > similar domain name. > > ? Hidden webpage code which triggers a drive-by download. Malicious > > code is found on plenty of "real" webpages as well, and is > especially > a problem with third-party ads that site administrators have little > > control over. > > ? A flaw in WordPress, the frequently attacked blogging platform. > The > non-profit company that makes WordPress software is constantly > updating it to stay ahead of hackers, but many WordPress users don't > > bother to apply updates. > > Who's to blame? > > Ultimately, this is Yahoo's fault. The company should have kept up > on > the latest WordPress updates, especially when using WordPress to > host > a forum for software developers. > > The specific vulnerability that let these latest account hijacks > happen was patched by WordPress in April 2012, nearly nine months > ago. > > Yahoo's had a rough patch lately in terms of user security. In June, > > 450,000 unencrypted usernames and passwords were stolen from a Yahoo > > subdomain. > > In November, a cookie-stealing exploit for Yahoo, apparently > unrelated > to this latest one, appeared in hacker forums. It was still in > action > in early January. > > The company recently gave users the option to enable full-time > HTTPS, > or secure communications, with the Yahoo site. In December 2011, it > > offered two-step verification, which texts a code to the user's > mobile > phone when a login attempt is made from an unfamiliar computer. > > Unfortunately, neither of those features prevents cookie-stealing. > > Once a user's logged into Yahoo, he's logged into all Yahoo sites. > > (Google works the same way.) > > The way to avoid cookie-stealing is to always log out of Yahoo Mail > > (and any other online account) when you're done using it. That ends > > your session and renders the session cookies useless. > > Users should also routinely check the URLs of websites to make sure > > the sites are what they're supposed to be. If you land on a fake > one, > you'll be lucky if all it does is advertise a weight-loss cream. > > -- Bill > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the BEARA list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the BEARA mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of BEARA Digest, Vol 8, Issue 31 > ************************************ > ____________________________________________________________ Woman is 57 But Looks 27 Mom publishes simple facelift trick that angered doctors... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/510d7dbda34527dbd7bccst01duc

Dear friends of Beara, Since we just saw one of our own fall victim to this, I thought I'd pass this along. If you have a yahoo account, please read this and be careful. Why Yahoo Mail Accounts Are Being Hijacked by Paul Wagenseil, TechNewsDaily Senior Editor A festering flaw left unpatched on Yahoo's website may be the reason you've been getting an unusual amount of spam from friends' accounts lately. The complicated, crafty process takes several steps, but works almost instantly. It ends up with bad guys in Eastern Europe nabbing Yahoo Mail accounts. As detailed by Romanian security firm Bitdefender, it begins when a computer user gets an email or tweet with a link, sometimes shortened, to what seems to be a story on MSNBC.com or NBCNews.com offering job-hunting tips. A quick glance at the phony page is enough for the user's browser to be silently hit with hidden JavaScript, which in turn reaches out to a Yahoo page created especially for developers. The Yahoo developers' page, created by WordPress, contains a software flaw that lets the bad guys' malicious script check the user's browser to see whether he or she is currently logged into a Yahoo account. If so, then the malicious script steals the Yahoo session "cookies" from the browser and hands them off to the miscreants, who then use the account to pump out spam. (The bad guys don't appear to be changing user passwords. But if your account gets hijacked, change your password immediately and then log off.) The spam includes email messages meant to snare the passwords of even more Yahoo Mail users, starting the entire cycle again. In a statement yesterday (Jan. 31), Yahoo said it had "learned of a vulnerability from an external security firm" and fixed the flaw. One, two, three, four Let's check off the common deceptions combined in this attack: ? A shortened URL, which can fool many people into going someplace they shouldn't. Unfortunately, shortened URLs are unavoidable these days, but one should be especially wary when they come embedded in an unsolicited email. ? A webpage which mimics the look of a commonly visited site and even tries to mimic the real URL. In the case cited by Bitdefender, the site's URL was at www.msnbc.msn.com-im9.net. Bitdefender found that the com-im9.net domain name was registered in the Ukraine last Sunday (Jan. 27) and is hosted in Cyprus. Bad sign. Emails received by this reporter included unshortened links to a similar domain name. ? Hidden webpage code which triggers a drive-by download. Malicious code is found on plenty of "real" webpages as well, and is especially a problem with third-party ads that site administrators have little control over. ? A flaw in WordPress, the frequently attacked blogging platform. The non-profit company that makes WordPress software is constantly updating it to stay ahead of hackers, but many WordPress users don't bother to apply updates. Who's to blame? Ultimately, this is Yahoo's fault. The company should have kept up on the latest WordPress updates, especially when using WordPress to host a forum for software developers. The specific vulnerability that let these latest account hijacks happen was patched by WordPress in April 2012, nearly nine months ago. Yahoo's had a rough patch lately in terms of user security. In June, 450,000 unencrypted usernames and passwords were stolen from a Yahoo subdomain. In November, a cookie-stealing exploit for Yahoo, apparently unrelated to this latest one, appeared in hacker forums. It was still in action in early January. The company recently gave users the option to enable full-time HTTPS, or secure communications, with the Yahoo site. In December 2011, it offered two-step verification, which texts a code to the user's mobile phone when a login attempt is made from an unfamiliar computer. Unfortunately, neither of those features prevents cookie-stealing. Once a user's logged into Yahoo, he's logged into all Yahoo sites. (Google works the same way.) The way to avoid cookie-stealing is to always log out of Yahoo Mail (and any other online account) when you're done using it. That ends your session and renders the session cookies useless. Users should also routinely check the URLs of websites to make sure the sites are what they're supposed to be. If you land on a fake one, you'll be lucky if all it does is advertise a weight-loss cream. -- Bill

Dear friends of Beara, It appears our list member, Gail, has gotten her computer infected by a virus. Please don't click on that link she posted. I've written her a note and asked her to run a virus scan. -- Bill

http://www.bizcomm.net.au/components/com_content/link.php?news=0fa ... ........................ gail sandonato

There seems to be some Ryder's at Castlelyons, Cork-sometimes confused as being in Kerry. Reg Sent from my iPad On 2013-01-30, at 10:22 AM, "kerrykuzzin @dslextreme.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > Try the tithes database at: > http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Judy and Jerry <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Does anyone know of any "Ryder" families in the Beara area in the 1820s? I >> have been trying to gather >> information on my great grandmother, Mary Ryder Sullivan, and her husband, >> Patrick Sullivan. Their son, >> Jeremiah was born around 1823 and came to the United States about 1850. >> His first citizenship papers >> filed in Albany, New York in 1852 indicate that he migrated from >> Bearhaven. Family death certificates >> indicate that he was born in County Kerry >> >> >> Jeremiah McMahon > > > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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

Try the tithes database at: http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Judy and Jerry <[email protected]>wrote: > Does anyone know of any "Ryder" families in the Beara area in the 1820s? I > have been trying to gather > information on my great grandmother, Mary Ryder Sullivan, and her husband, > Patrick Sullivan. Their son, > Jeremiah was born around 1823 and came to the United States about 1850. > His first citizenship papers > filed in Albany, New York in 1852 indicate that he migrated from > Bearhaven. Family death certificates > indicate that he was born in County Kerry > > > Jeremiah McMahon > 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

Does anyone know of any "Ryder" families in the Beara area in the 1820s? I have been trying to gather information on my great grandmother, Mary Ryder Sullivan, and her husband, Patrick Sullivan. Their son, Jeremiah was born around 1823 and came to the United States about 1850. His first citizenship papers filed in Albany, New York in 1852 indicate that he migrated from Bearhaven. Family death certificates indicate that he was born in County Kerry Jeremiah McMahon

*Today, I'll continue. Jackie was telling a story about a Monsignor & an Altar. Well, I'll add to it with my little contribution. A long time ago, there was a Station (where Mass would be said in various houses in their turn, about every 3 months or so, with all the neighbours gathering around, and contributions would be made after Mass to the Priest). Well, anyhow, when the Station came for this particular place, the woman of the house set out the table beautifully for the saying of the Mass on it. But, it so happened that the Parish Priest and the Curate weren't getting on at all previously. In fact, at another Station in another townland, the man of the house had to come between them to seperate them from a more robust difference of opinion. Now, back to the first place. When the Mass was about to be said, the Parish Priest and the Curate started pulling the table from one another, because each of them wanted to say the Mass first !!! There was a Mission in the nearby Church one time, and, as was always the case, a Missioner from outside came to preach to the people. Often times it was a sermon about the evils of the Devil. Well, this Missioner was a very robust man in his exhortations. He was up on the Altar shouting about the devil and the destruction brought about for anybody following in his paths by doing bad things which he shouldn't be doing. He worked up the crowd so much that one man jumped out in aisle and was prepared to flake the daylights out of the devil. When the Mission for that night was over, some people remained outside the Church talking about the affairs of the night and about the Missioner himself. One old man standing outside, near the fence, smoking a pipe, said to his neighbour. "Yerra, I don't know why do the Missioner be above on the Altar shouting and roaring about the devil. Isn't the devil the best friend he have. Sure, only for the devil, wouldn't the Missioner be out of a job !!! * ----- Riobard.

See under "Beara Column", the one which I sent in today ----- the one about the Priest and the Dance Hall in Ardgroom Village; and about the Priest and the "Confession" and the bag of spuds (=potatoes) . * ---- Riobard *

The Protestant Church was in the townland of Reenavaude, in Ardgroom Inward ---- almost beside the road going out to Ardgroom Village; beside what is now Donie Murphy's house, and before you come to Cumeendeach cross As far as I know, some parts of the walls are there still. ---- Riobard. On 26 January 2013 13:26, <[email protected]> wrote: > "The Borderline Ballroom, where Cork meets Kerry". I remember it well. > Where in inward was the Protestant Church Riobard? > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Riobard O' Dwyer" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:10:03 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BEARA] The Beara Column. > > Hello Folks, > Been away for the past 9 or so days ---- Joan had an ankle > broken in two places. I'll just have time for the moment to give you > another episode of my Village when I was a small boy ---- and then forgive > me for leaving you waiting until you hear from me again ---- didn't know > that it was going to be like this when I started ---- but such is life. > In my very young days, I remember my father and Tim > (Dorohy) O'Sullivan building with their blocks the first parts of the walls > of the Dance Hall in Ardgroom. Both, hard-working men, are long dead R.I.P. > The Protestant Church in Ardgroom Inward was then a long time closed, so my > father got the diamond windows of it. He built the roof of the Dance Hall > himself. > In those days the time for dancing was very short, and the > Priests were dead against dancing at all. I remember as a lad of 10 years > of age sitting in a seat in Ardgroom Church beside my father and mother, > and listening to the Priest denouncing my father from the Altar for not > closing his hall at 10 o'clock on a Sunday night !! The Priest came into > the Hall another night, and spread out his hands, giving his signal to the > crowd to get out. The Priest used ask people in the Confession Box if they > were dancing in O'Dwyers' Hall the Sunday night before. Many of the local > crowd were so much afraid of the Priest that they used be walking up and > down the road outside the Dance Hall, afraid to go in. The Lauragh crowd, > just across the boundary bridge in Co. Kerry, kept supporting us. They > happened to be in a different Parish. I'm sorry to day that some of the > Priests in those days had the "power" over the people then ---- and they > certainly used and abused it. It was not until one day cycling to > Castletownbere, my father came across the Priest out walking. My father > jumped off the bicycle and said to the Priest: "May God forgive you, > Father. You are taking the bread out of my childrens' mouths". From that > day on, the Priest didn't interfere again. Even allowing for all that > blackguarding by the Priest, my father and mother kept going to Mass, and > always said the Rosary every night before going to bed. Not all Priests > were like that. Some were very fine and noble men. I have some really good > Priest friends today, but I'm sad to say that some of the Priests away back > in my very small days were pure dictators --- and, unfortunately, the > Church is suffering today after years of that kind of "goings on" by some > who were certainly not carrying out the Word of God as it should have been > carried out by them. A big number of the young generation now are not going > to Mass at all ---- again, unfortunately. > I'll finish by telling you the true story of an old man in our own > Parish who went to Confession one time. Let us say for the purpose of the > story that his name was Jack Sullivan ----- though that was not his real > name. In he went to the Confession box and slowly knelt down. The Priest, > who I must say, was bit of an "odd-ball", pulled back the shutter and > looked out. "You're Jack Sullivan, aren't you ?. "I am, Father", said old > Jack slowly. "I hear that you have great spuds (=potatoes)", said the > Priest. "Weeshia, I have, Father", replied Jack. "You might send me west a > bag of them next week", said the Priest. "Alright so, Father", replied > Jack. With that, the Priest started pulling back the shutter. While the > shutter was about half-way across, Jack stuck in his nose, and said he: > "And what about my sins, Father ?" "That's alright", said the Priest. "Send > me west the bag of spuds next week" ---- and closed the shutter. And that > was the end of Jack's Confession !!! > ----- Riobard. > > > On 15 January 2013 21:12, Dr. Dan Harrington > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Thank you Riobard from St. Lucia > > > > Dan Harrington > > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Riobard O' Dwyer < > [email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > *Hello, Beara folks all over the world, > > > This is that man from Beara calling. > > > His name is Riobard. I have awoken from what I thought would be a > > fine, > > > long rest from tormenting you all ---- and I hope to be taking that > rest > > > again soon. But I couldn't let Bill Gawne down. He is a man in a > million, > > > and has done magnificent and hard work keeping the Beara column going. > > The > > > column has been thin on the ground lately ---- and if that excellent > > column > > > for Beara people far and wide ever falls by the wayside, you and I will > > be > > > lamenting the fact ---- but it will then be too late. I hope as many as > > can > > > of you will make a big effort to help Bill by submitting an article now > > and > > > then. As long as it will be of some interest at all, in order to keep > the > > > column going for as long as possible for all our sakes, it will be very > > > welcome. You don't have to be one of the top writers in the world. Just > > be > > > an ordinary one like myself ---- and we'll all get by. And what is more > > > important, the Beara column will have a new lease of life. > > > To help in getting the ball rolling again in a livelier fashion, I > > will > > > start tomorrow, in my own small way, by telling you what life was like > > in > > > my own small Village of Ardgroom in the Beara Peninsula in the days now > > > long by when I was just a little fellow. > > > 'Til then, very best wishes from > > > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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)*

hello Suzanne, I hate to reply to the whole list but -where in CT are your Sheas from. I have Shea ancestors from New Haven. also Mahoney! Sue ([email protected] ) On Jan 26, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Patrick Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: > I am mostly a lurker on here as I am at a brick wall with my Beara line with > nothing much to offer to the group but thoroughly enjoyed Riobard's reminiscing > and it brought to mind my great grandfather's oft told story of his father's run > in with the local priest in Ardgroom!! Wondering if anyone knows if there are > any surviving pictures of the Protestant Church in Ardgroom...and/or is there a > different protestant church that would have served Ardgroom Inward? > > > My great grandfather was James Alyosius Sullivan and he was baptized in the > Protestant church in September of 1851 along with the younger half of his many > brother's and sisters...but the older few were baptized Catholic!! While the > church records from the time of their baptisms and the marriage of their parents > Patrick Sullivan and Honora Shea seem to have been lost to us I know this from > an account in the family bible by the eldest of the siblings named Daniel > Sullivan [born in 1835 baptized Catholic], and emigrated to Chicago where he was > a stonemason by trade. His youngest brother William Sullivan [born 1858 and > baptized Protestant] also emigrated to Chicago, where he worked at the landmark > Water Tower as an engineer, backed up the family legend as follows: > > The family patriarch, Patrick Sullivan was the local school teacher in Ardgroom > Inward. Sometime between 1835 and 1841 the local parish priest had a brother in > need of a teaching position and as the priests controlled the schools my great > great grandfather was put out of the job in favor of the priest's brother....and > from that day forward the Patrick Sullivan family never set foot in the Catholic > Church in Ardgroom Inward! [Though they must have secretly kept the faith > because all but the very youngest William practiced Catholicism once they > emigrated to the States!!] > > > Griffith's valuations show too many Patrick Sullivan's for me to guess which one > is "my" Patrick Sullivan and there is ironically more than one Sullivan family > in the area listed as Protestant in the census of 1901 so I am now at by brick > wall sadly. Any chance any one has another clue for me to follow I would welcome > suggestions! Especially with James Alyosious Sullivan's in-laws Cornelius Shea > and Katherine Sheehan who came to Connecticut in 1852 where his wife Mary > Francis Shea was born in 1853. Sadly I have nothing to tell me where on Beara > those two originated.... > > Suzanne Mahoney > > ------------------------------- > 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

*In the olden days, when I was very young, dancing in our hall in Ardgroom Village was from 8pm to 10pm.* Even so, the Priest was against dancing at all. I remember at 10 years of age sitting beside my father and mother in Ardgroom Church, and listening to the Priest denouncing my father from the Altar because he wouldn't close his Dance Hall at 10 o'clock on a Sunday night. The Priest used ask people in Confession if they were dancing in our Hall the previous Sunday night. He used come into the Hall and spread our his hands to frighten out of the Hall the dancers in it. Many people were walking up and down outside the hall afraid of the Priest, who certainly both used and abused the "power" he was supposed to have. It was not until my father, when cycling to Castletownbere one day, met the Priest who was out walking. He jumped off his bike and said to the Priest: "May God forgive you Father. You are taking the bread out of my childrens' mouths". Through all the Priest's blackguarding, my father and mother kept going to Mass, and they always said the Rosary every night before they went to bed. I'm sorry to say that in those days, many Priests were just pure dictators. Times have now changed alot. People, and many of those of the younger generation don't go to Mass at all. Some Priests are doing the Church alot of damage. I'm glad that I have several good Priests among my friends T.G. When I have time some day again, I'll continue. ----- Riobard.