Happy Christmas to everybody and a very Happy New Year when it comes. Good health, good luck and God Bless you all. Best wishes, Judith

Merry Christmas full of blessings! María Teresa 2012/12/24 Judith Casey <[email protected]> > Happy Christmas to everybody and a very Happy New Year when it comes. > Good health, good luck and God Bless you all. > Best wishes, > Judith > > ------------------------------- > 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, We old Irish-Americans are hungry for any information on old Irish customs, poems, letters, books, etc. Beautiful poem. MERRY CHRISTMAS to all. Bette -----Original Message----- From: Bill Gawne Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 3:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BEARA] Irish Christmas Traditions Dear friends of Beara, The great thing about our Beara mailing list is the archive that stretches back to August 1998. It yields up all sorts of treasure, including this precious tidbit that Sue Booth-Forbes sent us 12 years ago, in December of 2000. As I look these over, I note that there's a candle (electric) in the window of my home office, just in front of the desk where I am right now, as well as similar candles in the other front windows of my house. There's also an evergreen wreath on my front door. Furthermore, we're in the custom of taking the decorations down on Little Christmas, aka 12th Night. We're not in the custom of celebrating Little Christmas as a women's festival in my community. Do any of you do that? (I'm also thinking this might be an echo of the old Roman festival of the Bona Dea held by Roman women in mid-winter.) Anyhow, enough of speculations and reminiscences. Here you have... IRISH CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ireland, like most countries, has a number of Christmas traditions that are all of its own. Many of these customs have their root in the time when the Gaelic culture and religion of the country were being suppressed and it is perhaps because of this that they have survived into modern times. THE CANDLE IN THE WINDOW The placing of a lighted candle in the window of a house on Christmas eve is still practised today. It has a number of purposes but primarily it was a symbol of welcome to Mary and Joseph as they traveled looking for shelter. The candle also indicated a safe place for priests to perform mass since during Penal Times this was not allowed. A further element of the tradition is that the candle should be lit by the youngest member of the household and only be extinguished by a girl bearing the name 'Mary'. THE LADEN TABLE After evening meal on Christmas eve the kitchen table was again set and on it were placed a loaf of bread filled with caraway seeds and raisins, a pitcher of milk and a large lit candle. The door to the house was left unlatched so that Mary and Joseph, or any wandering traveler, could avail of the welcome. THE WREN BOY PROCESSION During Penal Times there was once a plot in a village against the local soldiers. They were surrounded and were about to be ambushed when a group of wrens pecked on their drums and awakened the soldiers. The plot failed and the wren became known as 'The Devil's bird'. On St. Stephen's Day a procession takes place where a pole with a holly bush is carried from house to house and families dress up in old clothes and with blackened faces. In olden times an actual wren would be killed and placed on top of the pole. This custom has to a large degree disappeared but the tradition of visiting from house to house on St. Stephen's Day has survived and is very much part of Christmas. DECORATIONS The placing of a ring of Holly on doors originated in Ireland as Holly was one of the main plants that flourished at Christmas time and which gave the poor ample means with which to decorate their dwellings. All decorations are traditionally taken down on Little Christmas (January 6th.) and it is considered to be bad luck to take them down beforehand. LITTLE CHRISTMAS On January 6th, the women of Ireland gather to celebrate the successful completion of the holiday season and their contributions to making it happen. In homes, restaurants, theatres, pubs, and clubs around the country, it is 'women only' night. TRADITIONAL GAELIC SALUTATION The Gaelic greeting for 'Merry Christmas' is: 'Nollaig Shona Duit', which is pronounced as 'null-ig hunna dwit'. -- 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

Christmas as we celebrate it is inextricably tied in with Roman holidays and other first and second century pagan observances. So, "little Christmas" could well be another example. I suspect the Irish observance as a women's festival is Irish as I do not recall it from my younger days in the US. That might be related to Celtic traditions that pre-date Christianity in Ireland. I am not familiar with all the history of this--twelfth night, the arrival of the Magi, etc. so I am just speculating. 'Nollaig Shona Duit' to everyone on the lsit. Bill Mulligan / -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Gawne Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 4:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BEARA] Irish Christmas Traditions Dear friends of Beara, The great thing about our Beara mailing list is the archive that stretches back to August 1998. It yields up all sorts of treasure, including this precious tidbit that Sue Booth-Forbes sent us 12 years ago, in December of 2000. As I look these over, I note that there's a candle (electric) in the window of my home office, just in front of the desk where I am right now, as well as similar candles in the other front windows of my house. There's also an evergreen wreath on my front door. Furthermore, we're in the custom of taking the decorations down on Little Christmas, aka 12th Night. We're not in the custom of celebrating Little Christmas as a women's festival in my community. Do any of you do that? (I'm also thinking this might be an echo of the old Roman festival of the Bona Dea held by Roman women in mid-winter.) Anyhow, enough of speculations and reminiscences. Here you have... IRISH CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ireland, like most countries, has a number of Christmas traditions that are all of its own. Many of these customs have their root in the time when the Gaelic culture and religion of the country were being suppressed and it is perhaps because of this that they have survived into modern times. THE CANDLE IN THE WINDOW The placing of a lighted candle in the window of a house on Christmas eve is still practised today. It has a number of purposes but primarily it was a symbol of welcome to Mary and Joseph as they traveled looking for shelter. The candle also indicated a safe place for priests to perform mass since during Penal Times this was not allowed. A further element of the tradition is that the candle should be lit by the youngest member of the household and only be extinguished by a girl bearing the name 'Mary'. THE LADEN TABLE After evening meal on Christmas eve the kitchen table was again set and on it were placed a loaf of bread filled with caraway seeds and raisins, a pitcher of milk and a large lit candle. The door to the house was left unlatched so that Mary and Joseph, or any wandering traveler, could avail of the welcome. THE WREN BOY PROCESSION During Penal Times there was once a plot in a village against the local soldiers. They were surrounded and were about to be ambushed when a group of wrens pecked on their drums and awakened the soldiers. The plot failed and the wren became known as 'The Devil's bird'. On St. Stephen's Day a procession takes place where a pole with a holly bush is carried from house to house and families dress up in old clothes and with blackened faces. In olden times an actual wren would be killed and placed on top of the pole. This custom has to a large degree disappeared but the tradition of visiting from house to house on St. Stephen's Day has survived and is very much part of Christmas. DECORATIONS The placing of a ring of Holly on doors originated in Ireland as Holly was one of the main plants that flourished at Christmas time and which gave the poor ample means with which to decorate their dwellings. All decorations are traditionally taken down on Little Christmas (January 6th.) and it is considered to be bad luck to take them down beforehand. LITTLE CHRISTMAS On January 6th, the women of Ireland gather to celebrate the successful completion of the holiday season and their contributions to making it happen. In homes, restaurants, theatres, pubs, and clubs around the country, it is 'women only' night. TRADITIONAL GAELIC SALUTATION The Gaelic greeting for 'Merry Christmas' is: 'Nollaig Shona Duit', which is pronounced as 'null-ig hunna dwit'. -- 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

Dear friends of Beara, The great thing about our Beara mailing list is the archive that stretches back to August 1998. It yields up all sorts of treasure, including this precious tidbit that Sue Booth-Forbes sent us 12 years ago, in December of 2000. As I look these over, I note that there's a candle (electric) in the window of my home office, just in front of the desk where I am right now, as well as similar candles in the other front windows of my house. There's also an evergreen wreath on my front door. Furthermore, we're in the custom of taking the decorations down on Little Christmas, aka 12th Night. We're not in the custom of celebrating Little Christmas as a women's festival in my community. Do any of you do that? (I'm also thinking this might be an echo of the old Roman festival of the Bona Dea held by Roman women in mid-winter.) Anyhow, enough of speculations and reminiscences. Here you have... IRISH CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ireland, like most countries, has a number of Christmas traditions that are all of its own. Many of these customs have their root in the time when the Gaelic culture and religion of the country were being suppressed and it is perhaps because of this that they have survived into modern times. THE CANDLE IN THE WINDOW The placing of a lighted candle in the window of a house on Christmas eve is still practised today. It has a number of purposes but primarily it was a symbol of welcome to Mary and Joseph as they traveled looking for shelter. The candle also indicated a safe place for priests to perform mass since during Penal Times this was not allowed. A further element of the tradition is that the candle should be lit by the youngest member of the household and only be extinguished by a girl bearing the name 'Mary'. THE LADEN TABLE After evening meal on Christmas eve the kitchen table was again set and on it were placed a loaf of bread filled with caraway seeds and raisins, a pitcher of milk and a large lit candle. The door to the house was left unlatched so that Mary and Joseph, or any wandering traveler, could avail of the welcome. THE WREN BOY PROCESSION During Penal Times there was once a plot in a village against the local soldiers. They were surrounded and were about to be ambushed when a group of wrens pecked on their drums and awakened the soldiers. The plot failed and the wren became known as 'The Devil's bird'. On St. Stephen's Day a procession takes place where a pole with a holly bush is carried from house to house and families dress up in old clothes and with blackened faces. In olden times an actual wren would be killed and placed on top of the pole. This custom has to a large degree disappeared but the tradition of visiting from house to house on St. Stephen's Day has survived and is very much part of Christmas. DECORATIONS The placing of a ring of Holly on doors originated in Ireland as Holly was one of the main plants that flourished at Christmas time and which gave the poor ample means with which to decorate their dwellings. All decorations are traditionally taken down on Little Christmas (January 6th.) and it is considered to be bad luck to take them down beforehand. LITTLE CHRISTMAS On January 6th, the women of Ireland gather to celebrate the successful completion of the holiday season and their contributions to making it happen. In homes, restaurants, theatres, pubs, and clubs around the country, it is 'women only' night. TRADITIONAL GAELIC SALUTATION The Gaelic greeting for 'Merry Christmas' is: 'Nollaig Shona Duit', which is pronounced as 'null-ig hunna dwit'. -- Bill

Thanks, Bill, for this Solstice verse...I have shared it with family and friends...much appreciated! All the best for the holidays and 2013! Thanks for all you do for us Beara folks. /Susan Twomey > On Dec 21, 2012, at 11:06 AM, Bill Gawne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear friends of Beara, >> >> On this (northern hemisphere) winter solstice day I offer you this >> sweet verse by Susan Cooper: >> >> And so the Shortest Day came and the year died >> And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world >> Came people singing, dancing, >> To drive the dark away. >> They lighted candles in the winter trees; >> They hung their homes with evergreen; >> They burned beseeching fires all night long >> To keep the year alive. >> And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake >> They shouted, revelling. >> Through all the frosty ages you can hear them >> Echoing behind us - listen! >> All the long echoes, sing the same delight, >> This Shortest Day, >> As promise wakens in the sleeping land: >> They carol, feast, give thanks, >> And dearly love their friends, >> And hope for peace. >> And now so do we, here, now, >> This year and every year. >> >> >> -- Bill >>

Thank you Bill. Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2012, at 11:06 AM, Bill Gawne <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends of Beara, > > On this (northern hemisphere) winter solstice day I offer you this > sweet verse by Susan Cooper: > > And so the Shortest Day came and the year died > And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world > Came people singing, dancing, > To drive the dark away. > They lighted candles in the winter trees; > They hung their homes with evergreen; > They burned beseeching fires all night long > To keep the year alive. > And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake > They shouted, revelling. > Through all the frosty ages you can hear them > Echoing behind us - listen! > All the long echoes, sing the same delight, > This Shortest Day, > As promise wakens in the sleeping land: > They carol, feast, give thanks, > And dearly love their friends, > And hope for peace. > And now so do we, here, now, > This year and every year. > > > -- 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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Christmas I suspect a number of North American women would also enjoy Women's Christmas where the men clean the house! MERRIEST OF CHRISTMASES to ALL Reg-CANADA Always glad to be another pair of eyes with anyone's Irish challenges, or other genealogy research. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Mulligan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Irish Christmas Traditions > Christmas as we celebrate it is inextricably tied in with Roman holidays > and > other first and second century pagan observances. So, "little Christmas" > could well be another example. I suspect the Irish observance as a women's > festival is Irish as I do not recall it from my younger days in the US. > That > might be related to Celtic traditions that pre-date Christianity in > Ireland. > I am not familiar with all the history of this--twelfth night, the arrival > of the Magi, etc. so I am just speculating. > > 'Nollaig Shona Duit' to everyone on the lsit. > > Bill Mulligan > > / > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bill Gawne > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 4:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BEARA] Irish Christmas Traditions > > Dear friends of Beara, > > The great thing about our Beara mailing list is the archive that stretches > back to August 1998. It yields up all sorts of treasure, including this > precious tidbit that Sue Booth-Forbes sent us 12 years ago, in December of > 2000. As I look these over, I note that there's a candle (electric) in > the > window of my home office, just in front of the desk where I am right now, > as > well as similar candles in the other front windows of my house. There's > also an evergreen wreath on my front door. Furthermore, we're in the > custom > of taking the decorations down on Little Christmas, aka 12th Night. > > We're not in the custom of celebrating Little Christmas as a women's > festival in my community. Do any of you do that? (I'm also thinking this > might be an echo of the old Roman festival of the Bona Dea held by Roman > women in mid-winter.) > > Anyhow, enough of speculations and reminiscences. Here you have... > > IRISH CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Ireland, like most countries, has a number of Christmas traditions that > are > all of its own. Many of these customs have their root in the time when the > Gaelic culture and religion of the country were being suppressed and it is > perhaps because of this that they have survived into modern times. > > THE CANDLE IN THE WINDOW > > The placing of a lighted candle in the window of a house on Christmas eve > is > still practised today. It has a number of purposes but primarily it was a > symbol of welcome to Mary and Joseph as they traveled looking for shelter. > The candle also indicated a safe place for priests to perform mass since > during Penal Times this was not allowed. A further element of the > tradition > is that the candle should be lit by the youngest member of the household > and > only be extinguished by a girl bearing the name 'Mary'. > > THE LADEN TABLE > > After evening meal on Christmas eve the kitchen table was again set and on > it were placed a loaf of bread filled with caraway seeds and raisins, a > pitcher of milk and a large lit candle. The door to the house was left > unlatched so that Mary and Joseph, or any wandering traveler, could avail > of > the welcome. > > THE WREN BOY PROCESSION > > During Penal Times there was once a plot in a village against the local > soldiers. They were surrounded and were about to be ambushed when a group > of > wrens pecked on their drums and awakened the soldiers. The plot failed and > the wren became known as 'The Devil's bird'. On St. Stephen's Day a > procession takes place where a pole with a holly bush is carried from > house > to house and families dress up in old clothes and with blackened faces. In > olden times an actual wren would be killed and placed on top of the pole. > This custom has to a large degree disappeared but the tradition of > visiting > from house to house on St. Stephen's Day has survived and is very much > part > of Christmas. > > DECORATIONS > > The placing of a ring of Holly on doors originated in Ireland as Holly was > one of the main plants that flourished at Christmas time and which gave > the > poor ample means with which to decorate their dwellings. All decorations > are > traditionally taken down on Little Christmas (January 6th.) and it is > considered to be bad luck to take them down beforehand. > > LITTLE CHRISTMAS > > On January 6th, the women of Ireland gather to celebrate the successful > completion of the holiday season and their contributions to making it > happen. In homes, restaurants, theatres, pubs, and clubs around the > country, > it is 'women only' night. > > TRADITIONAL GAELIC SALUTATION > > The Gaelic greeting for 'Merry Christmas' is: 'Nollaig Shona Duit', which > is > pronounced as 'null-ig hunna dwit'. > > > -- 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

Thank you Bill, and a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year to you! Thank you for all you do for us! Linda A. > Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:06:25 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BEARA] The Shortest Day > > Dear friends of Beara, > > On this (northern hemisphere) winter solstice day I offer you this > sweet verse by Susan Cooper: > > And so the Shortest Day came and the year died > And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world > Came people singing, dancing, > To drive the dark away. > They lighted candles in the winter trees; > They hung their homes with evergreen; > They burned beseeching fires all night long > To keep the year alive. > And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake > They shouted, revelling. > Through all the frosty ages you can hear them > Echoing behind us - listen! > All the long echoes, sing the same delight, > This Shortest Day, > As promise wakens in the sleeping land: > They carol, feast, give thanks, > And dearly love their friends, > And hope for peace. > And now so do we, here, now, > This year and every year. > > > -- 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. That is lovely and perhaps we need it more this year than others. Sue On 12/21/2012 11:06 AM, Bill Gawne wrote: > Dear friends of Beara, > > On this (northern hemisphere) winter solstice day I offer you this > sweet verse by Susan Cooper: > > And so the Shortest Day came and the year died > And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world > Came people singing, dancing, > To drive the dark away. > They lighted candles in the winter trees; > They hung their homes with evergreen; > They burned beseeching fires all night long > To keep the year alive. > And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake > They shouted, revelling. > Through all the frosty ages you can hear them > Echoing behind us - listen! > All the long echoes, sing the same delight, > This Shortest Day, > As promise wakens in the sleeping land: > They carol, feast, give thanks, > And dearly love their friends, > And hope for peace. > And now so do we, here, now, > This year and every year. > > > -- 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

Dear friends of Beara, On this (northern hemisphere) winter solstice day I offer you this sweet verse by Susan Cooper: And so the Shortest Day came and the year died And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world Came people singing, dancing, To drive the dark away. They lighted candles in the winter trees; They hung their homes with evergreen; They burned beseeching fires all night long To keep the year alive. And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake They shouted, revelling. Through all the frosty ages you can hear them Echoing behind us - listen! All the long echoes, sing the same delight, This Shortest Day, As promise wakens in the sleeping land: They carol, feast, give thanks, And dearly love their friends, And hope for peace. And now so do we, here, now, This year and every year. -- Bill

Warm and heartfelt holiday wishes to Bill, Riobard and the rest of the "children of Beara." I've just been playing catch-up with posts after a far too busy fall, so here are belated thanks. Riobard, I continue to celebrate the gift you gave me and my Harrington/Sullivan family lines. The poems you've recently shared (and wrote!) I've copied and will re-read and re-read. Bill, thanks for posting those beautiful pictures, too. These words and images from West Ireland's past are so deeply moving to me, yet they profess a far different life than my own. There must be such a thing as DNA memory. Jane Harrington

TO ALL THE BEARA COLUMN READERS & WRITERS: A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL from RIOBARD. On 24 November 2012 23:40, pat oleary <[email protected]> wrote: > What a great, touching story that is!!....Really something the way Riobard > has affected so many folks in so many different ways!! This was one of the > most heartwarming that I've seen recently. > Thanks for sharing this! > Pat O'Leary > > --- On Sat, 11/24/12, Donald D Jennings <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Donald D Jennings <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [BEARA] BEARA Digest, Vol 7, Issue 234 > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, November 24, 2012, 2:43 PM > > > My deep gratitude to Riobard as well... In 2008, my mother was in the > early stages of dementia. Her brother gave her a substantial gift and > suggested she use it on a big trip. She asked me to take her to Ireland > to see her relatives although she had no idea who they were. > > During my search I came across this list. A very kind person responded > to my question, gave me the exact pages in Riobard's book re: our > Allihies relatives, and topped it off with the phone number of the > Allihies priest with a suggestion to call him. Our cousin still lived > next door to the parsonage and the priest gave me her phone number. Mom > couldn't remember much about the trip afterwards, but knew that she (from > Spokane) got to see her Irish relatives with her daughter and > granddaughter from Virginia and told everyone she met whether they knew > her or not... : ) > > We're heading to Spokane for Christmas to probably say our final goodbyes > to Mom, but until 6 months ago, she would look at her photo album of the > trip and smile... That trip would have never happened with you > Riobard...thank you from the bottom of my heart! > > Linda Jennings > > > > On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:00:27 -0700 [email protected] writes: > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Many things. (Bill Gawne) > > 2. Re: Many things. (Dot Leinhauser) > > 3. Re: Many things. (Dalton O'Sullivan) > > 4. Re: Many things. (Susan Haines) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:47:54 -0500 > > From: Bill Gawne <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Many things. > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: > > text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; > > format="flowed" > > > > Dear friends of Beara, > > > > Our own Riobard writes: > > > > > Re. the writings I've, for many years, > > > sent to the Beara Column, > > > I have to say that age catches up with me too. > > > So I've sent you the poem called "The Exile", > > > and now I must say "Tooraloo". > > > I hope that I've oft' made you happy. > > > The tears nearly come to my eyes. > > > But I can not go on forever, > > > so, to all of my friends, > > > 'tis GOODBYE. > > > > Riobard has assured me, in a private note, that he'll still be here > > > > reading, and sometimes commenting. But as a young lad of 80 > > summers, > > he has a lot to do and wishes to devote more time to doing it. So > > the > > effort of keeping up the discussions here in the Beara list now > > falls > > upon us. > > > > > My thanks to Bill Gawne and to all the other people > > > who have done great work in charge over > > > the Beara Column for many years. > > > To them all I express a profound GRATIAS. > > > > It's a kind and generous thing you say, Riobard, but the plain truth > > > > is none of us would be here reading this mailing list if not for > > your > > life's work of dedicated scholarship. Whatever happens here in time > > > > to come will be -- in some form or fashion -- a derivative of that > > > > amazing body of work. > > > > -- Bill > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:45:34 -0500 > > From: "Dot Leinhauser" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Many things. > > To: <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Many, many thanks to Riobard. I know about my kin from your work > > and thanks > > to you Bill for all that you have done to continue Riobards work. > > God bless > > you both from an 83 year old. Dot > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On > > Behalf Of Bill Gawne > > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 10:48 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Many things. > > > > Dear friends of Beara, > > > > Our own Riobard writes: > > > > > Re. the writings I've, for many years, > > > sent to the Beara Column, > > > I have to say that age catches up with me too. > > > So I've sent you the poem called "The Exile", > > > and now I must say "Tooraloo". > > > I hope that I've oft' made you happy. > > > The tears nearly come to my eyes. > > > But I can not go on forever, > > > so, to all of my friends, > > > 'tis GOODBYE. > > > > Riobard has assured me, in a private note, that he'll still be here > > reading, > > and sometimes commenting. But as a young lad of 80 summers, he has > > a lot to > > do and wishes to devote more time to doing it. So the effort of > > keeping up > > the discussions here in the Beara list now falls upon us. > > > > > My thanks to Bill Gawne and to all the other people who have done > > > > > great work in charge over the Beara Column for many years. > > > To them all I express a profound GRATIAS. > > > > It's a kind and generous thing you say, Riobard, but the plain truth > > is none > > of us would be here reading this mailing list if not for your life's > > work of > > dedicated scholarship. Whatever happens here in time to come will > > be -- in > > some form or fashion -- a derivative of that amazing body of work. > > > > -- 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 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:49:50 -0800 (GMT-08:00) > > From: "Dalton O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Many things. > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]link.net > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Bill said it all. A thousand thanks Riobard!!! > > >From a 84 yr old lister and, I hope, a friend > > Slante, > > Dalton O'Sullivan > > San Francisco,CA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > >From: Bill Gawne <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Nov 23, 2012 7:47 AM > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: [BEARA] Many things. > > > > > >Dear friends of Beara, > > > > > >Our own Riobard writes: > > > > > >> Re. the writings I've, for many years, > > >> sent to the Beara Column, > > >> I have to say that age catches up with me too. > > >> So I've sent you the poem called "The Exile", > > >> and now I must say "Tooraloo". > > >> I hope that I've oft' made you happy. > > >> The tears nearly come to my eyes. > > >> But I can not go on forever, > > >> so, to all of my friends, > > >> 'tis GOODBYE. > > > > > >Riobard has assured me, in a private note, that he'll still be here > > > > >reading, and sometimes commenting. But as a young lad of 80 > > summers, > > >he has a lot to do and wishes to devote more time to doing it. So > > the > > >effort of keeping up the discussions here in the Beara list now > > falls > > >upon us. > > > > > >> My thanks to Bill Gawne and to all the other people > > >> who have done great work in charge over > > >> the Beara Column for many years. > > >> To them all I express a profound GRATIAS. > > > > > >It's a kind and generous thing you say, Riobard, but the plain > > truth > > >is none of us would be here reading this mailing list if not for > > your > > >life's work of dedicated scholarship. Whatever happens here in > > time > > >to come will be -- in some form or fashion -- a derivative of that > > > > >amazing body of work. > > > > > >-- 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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:44:59 -0500 > > From: Susan Haines <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Many things. > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: Dot Leinhauser <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > many, many thanks, Riobard! I have enjoyed your comments and your > > poetry. May you find enjoyment as you move to other things. > > > > Bill, again, I appreciate your faithful efforts toward the list. In > > > > fact I am on this list largely because of the excellent people; I do > > > > wish I could find some Beara ancestor and come close some times, but > > it > > doesn't quite pan out. > > > > Thank you, all. > > > > Sue > > > > > > On 11/23/2012 12:45 PM, Dot Leinhauser wrote: > > > Many, many thanks to Riobard. I know about my kin from your work > > and thanks > > > to you Bill for all that you have done to continue Riobards work. > > God bless > > > you both from an 83 year old. Dot > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > Behalf Of Bill Gawne > > > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 10:48 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Many things. > > > > > > Dear friends of Beara, > > > > > > Our own Riobard writes: > > > > > >> Re. the writings I've, for many years, > > >> sent to the Beara Column, > > >> I have to say that age catches up with me too. > > >> So I've sent you the poem called "The Exile", > > >> and now I must say "Tooraloo". > > >> I hope that I've oft' made you happy. > > >> The tears nearly come to my eyes. > > >> But I can not go on forever, > > >> so, to all of my friends, > > >> 'tis GOODBYE. > > > Riobard has assured me, in a private note, that he'll still be > > here reading, > > > and sometimes commenting. But as a young lad of 80 summers, he > > has a lot to > > > do and wishes to devote more time to doing it. So the effort of > > keeping up > > > the discussions here in the Beara list now falls upon us. > > > > > >> My thanks to Bill Gawne and to all the other people who have > > done > > >> great work in charge over the Beara Column for many years. > > >> To them all I express a profound GRATIAS. > > > It's a kind and generous thing you say, Riobard, but the plain > > truth is none > > > of us would be here reading this mailing list if not for your > > life's work of > > > dedicated scholarship. Whatever happens here in time to come will > > be -- in > > > some form or fashion -- a derivative of that amazing body of > > work. > > > > > > -- 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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > 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 7, Issue 234 > > ************************************* > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Woman is 57 But Looks 27 > Mom publishes simple facelift trick that angered doctors... > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/50b131855bab31845e2ast02duc > > ------------------------------- > 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)*

Merry Christmas and a blessed and healthy 2013 to all on the list. Peggy H Riobard O' Dwyer <[email protected]> writes: > TO ALL THE BEARA COLUMN READERS & WRITERS: > A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL > from > RIOBARD. Thank you Riobard. I wish all reading these words the joy of Christmas, the brightness of the Yuletide hearth, and the warmth of Brigid's fire. May Jesus and his mother Mary be with you all. -- 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

Riobard O' Dwyer <[email protected]> writes: > TO ALL THE BEARA COLUMN READERS & WRITERS: > A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL > from > RIOBARD. Thank you Riobard. I wish all reading these words the joy of Christmas, the brightness of the Yuletide hearth, and the warmth of Brigid's fire. May Jesus and his mother Mary be with you all. -- Bill Gawne

Hi Bill, I got the email below; but when I go to the article I can't see the photos.  After the paragragh there is the word   photo (it's grey in color) and I click that word and nothing happens.  What am I doing wrong? Thank you for your time. Joan Fitch >________________________________ >From: Bill Gawne <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 12:56 PM >Subject: [BEARA] Beautiful color images of Ireland from 1913 > >Dear friends of Beara, > >I just saw this and had to share it with you. > >--- Begin quoted text --- > >In May 1913, Marguerite Mespoulet and Madeleine Mignon, two French  >women in their early 30s, arrived in Co. Galway, armed with heavy  >cameras and, more importantly the Autochrome Lumière plates, which  >enabled them to produce the first colour images of Ireland. > >Their assignment to photograph the people of Galway was part of a  >massive project entitled ?The Archives of the Planet? sponsored by a  >wealthy French banker and philanthropist called Albert Kahn. > >These photographs show that old Ireland was by no means as austere as  >traditional black and white photographs imply. As well as the brown  >bogs, yellowing gorse and grey skies, the two French ladies captured  >the people of Claddagh and Spiddal wearing costumes so colourful they  >would not be out of place in the Himalayas. > >In her journal, Mespoulet wrote: ?The young men leave for North  >America, the young women too and when the old die the house is  >abandoned and falls into ruin. There is hardly a village where one  >doesn't find forlorn skeletons of small grey houses invaded by nettles.? > >Kahn went on to lose his fortune with the Wall Street Crash of 1929,  >but his immense Archive amassed some 72,000 color photographs between  >1909-1931, including 73 of Ireland by Mespoulet and Mignon. > >You can see a slide show of these early Irish photographs here at  >http://albert-kahn.hauts-de-seine.net/archives-de-la-planete/mappemonde/europe/irlande/ > >The photographs, recognized as one of the finest collections in the  >world, now reside at the site of Kahn?s garden in the Musee Albert  >Kahn at 14, Rue du Port, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris. > >Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library holds a collection of  >Mespoulet's papers. As far as I can tell, there's still masses to  >learn from Kahn's exceptional project, so if anyone out there is  >seeking a new line of hobby ... > >--- End quoted text --- > >I'm going to put a link to this on the Children of Beara blog too, and  >perhaps I'll be able to figure out how to embed the images there.  But  >do take a moment and look at them.  The website is in French, so it's  >a bit hard to read if you don't read Francais, but even so, the images  >are beautiful. > >-- 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 > > >

Hi Lorri, (and all here), Lorri, are you at the French language site? Or my "Beara's Children" blog? In any case, to see the images, go to http://albert-kahn.hauts-de-seine.net/archives-de-la-planete/mappemonde/europe/irlande/ and scroll down to the bottom of the page, just where it says, "Dublin (en 2007 et 2008) et à Buchelay (Yvelines) en octobre 2009." Right after that is the slideshow of multiple images taken by the two French women when they visited Ireland. I think the slideshow is done using Flash. If you can't see it, you can look at the autochrome images here: http://www.luminous-lint.com/s01/vexhibit/_THEME_Autochromes_Women_01/6/13/06753977806100967959550208/ Bill Lorri <[email protected]> writes: > Bill, I am on the site, but can no find the color images of Ireland. Thanks > for your help. > Lorri

Bill, I am on the site, but can no find the color images of Ireland. Thanks for your help. Lorri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gawne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 1:49 Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beautiful color images of Ireland from 1913 > Hi Ann, all, > > I did notice the bare feet. Couldn't help but think my grandmother > may have looked just like that when she was a young girl in > Castletownbere, before she left for America in 1912. > > Bill > > Ann Chilton <[email protected]> writes: > >> Fantastic photos Bill, but did you notice that even though the women were >> all dressed up in their finery not a one of them had any shoes on !! >> Such >> was the world then. I've just noticed it's only 6 months off of 100 >> years >> ago !! >> >> Ann > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

¡Very beautiful pictures! María Teresa 2012/12/8 AL Holland <[email protected]> > Beautiful photos. Thanks for the link Bill. > > Regards, > > AL Holland > > > > On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Bill Gawne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear friends of Beara, > > > > I just saw this and had to share it with you. > > > > --- Begin quoted text --- > > > > In May 1913, Marguerite Mespoulet and Madeleine Mignon, two French > > women in their early 30s, arrived in Co. Galway, armed with heavy > > cameras and, more importantly the Autochrome Lumière plates, which > > enabled them to produce the first colour images of Ireland. > > > > Their assignment to photograph the people of Galway was part of a > > massive project entitled ?The Archives of the Planet? sponsored by a > > wealthy French banker and philanthropist called Albert Kahn. > > > > These photographs show that old Ireland was by no means as austere as > > traditional black and white photographs imply. As well as the brown > > bogs, yellowing gorse and grey skies, the two French ladies captured > > the people of Claddagh and Spiddal wearing costumes so colourful they > > would not be out of place in the Himalayas. > > > > In her journal, Mespoulet wrote: ?The young men leave for North > > America, the young women too and when the old die the house is > > abandoned and falls into ruin. There is hardly a village where one > > doesn't find forlorn skeletons of small grey houses invaded by nettles.? > > > > Kahn went on to lose his fortune with the Wall Street Crash of 1929, > > but his immense Archive amassed some 72,000 color photographs between > > 1909-1931, including 73 of Ireland by Mespoulet and Mignon. > > > > You can see a slide show of these early Irish photographs here at > > > > > http://albert-kahn.hauts-de-seine.net/archives-de-la-planete/mappemonde/europe/irlande/ > > > > The photographs, recognized as one of the finest collections in the > > world, now reside at the site of Kahn?s garden in the Musee Albert > > Kahn at 14, Rue du Port, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris. > > > > Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library holds a collection of > > Mespoulet's papers. As far as I can tell, there's still masses to > > learn from Kahn's exceptional project, so if anyone out there is > > seeking a new line of hobby ... > > > > --- End quoted text --- > > > > I'm going to put a link to this on the Children of Beara blog too, and > > perhaps I'll be able to figure out how to embed the images there. But > > do take a moment and look at them. The website is in French, so it's > > a bit hard to read if you don't read Francais, but even so, the images > > are beautiful. > > > > -- 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 >

Fantastic photos Bill, but did you notice that even though the women were all dressed up in their finery not a one of them had any shoes on !! Such was the world then. I've just noticed it's only 6 months off of 100 years ago !! Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gawne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 5:56 PM Subject: [BEARA] Beautiful color images of Ireland from 1913 Dear friends of Beara, I just saw this and had to share it with you. --- Begin quoted text --- In May 1913, Marguerite Mespoulet and Madeleine Mignon, two French women in their early 30s, arrived in Co. Galway, armed with heavy cameras and, more importantly the Autochrome Lumière plates, which enabled them to produce the first colour images of Ireland. Their assignment to photograph the people of Galway was part of a massive project entitled ?The Archives of the Planet? sponsored by a wealthy French banker and philanthropist called Albert Kahn. These photographs show that old Ireland was by no means as austere as traditional black and white photographs imply. As well as the brown bogs, yellowing gorse and grey skies, the two French ladies captured the people of Claddagh and Spiddal wearing costumes so colourful they would not be out of place in the Himalayas. In her journal, Mespoulet wrote: ?The young men leave for North America, the young women too and when the old die the house is abandoned and falls into ruin. There is hardly a village where one doesn't find forlorn skeletons of small grey houses invaded by nettles.? Kahn went on to lose his fortune with the Wall Street Crash of 1929, but his immense Archive amassed some 72,000 color photographs between 1909-1931, including 73 of Ireland by Mespoulet and Mignon. You can see a slide show of these early Irish photographs here at http://albert-kahn.hauts-de-seine.net/archives-de-la-planete/mappemonde/europe/irlande/ The photographs, recognized as one of the finest collections in the world, now reside at the site of Kahn?s garden in the Musee Albert Kahn at 14, Rue du Port, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris. Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library holds a collection of Mespoulet's papers. As far as I can tell, there's still masses to learn from Kahn's exceptional project, so if anyone out there is seeking a new line of hobby ... --- End quoted text --- I'm going to put a link to this on the Children of Beara blog too, and perhaps I'll be able to figure out how to embed the images there. But do take a moment and look at them. The website is in French, so it's a bit hard to read if you don't read Francais, but even so, the images are beautiful. -- 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