Another one from my great friend in the States:- A man suffered a serious heart attack, and had an open heart bypass surgery. He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at a Catholic Hospital. As he was recovering, a nun asked him questions regarding how he was going to pay for his treatment. She asked if he had health insurance. He replied "No, Sister, I have no health insurance". The nun asked if he had money in the bank, to which he replied "No money in the bank". The nun then asked "Do you have any relative who could help you ?" He replied "I only have a spinster sister who is a nun". The nun became agitated, and announced loudly: "Nuns are not spinsters ! Nuns are married to God". "Well, in that case so, sister", the patient replied, "you can send the bill to my brother-in-law !!". ----- Riobard. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1950 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Dear Catherine, There were Driscolls/O'Driscolls all over the Beara Peninsula by the 1820s, but this John you mention would have been born before marriage records began here. I would be inclined to feel that he was originally from around the Baltimore area where people were involved very much in the sea trade, and where the family name was very popular. Regards, Riobard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine T. Fitzgerald" <CTFitzgerald@comcast.net> To: <BEARA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Adrigole Parish marreid couples: "Driscolls orO'Driscolls > On Oct. 25, 2008 a message was posted by Riobard showing they above > mentioned marriages. I was wondering what time period these covered. > > My line of interest is in the O'Driscoll or Driscolls > > This is my husband's maternal line. Driscolls of PEI, Canada. > > The earliest mention we find is John Driscoll dying in 1832 by falling off > a ships mast while the ship was harboured in the Hillsborough River in > Charlottetown. No earlier mention of him or his family prior to that. My > husaband had a cousin who was a Professor of History at UPEI, Fred > Driscoll who was doing research, and he only got as far as saying they > were from the Baltimore area of Cork, never verified. It was like a stork > dropped him onto PEI. Cannot find any reference to him emigrating. Thought > maybe he was part of the Peterborough crowd of 1823, but unable to prove. > > There was an inquest into to his death by the court system, am in the > process of writing to the courts in PEI to try and obtain the full record, > maybe showing his place of origin or immigration and if they mentioned > which children came from Ireland with him and his wife Margaret (maiden > name unknown). > Although according to the 1841 (childrens names not listd only age > brackets) and how many came from Ireland. It state one male child under 16 > and 3 females 16-45, and 2 females under age 16. That would mean the widow > Margaret Driscoll and two of her daughters these three also listed as > paying there own passage from Ireland. Also listed two daughters born on > the Island, again cannot find any record of their birth in the > Charlottetown area. I have one lead that I am following in the Tignish > area. All of the subsequent generations of the son John Driscoll and his > children I have. Have no information on his sisters, only guesses. I do > not know John Sr.'s place of birth guestimating from the death record of > 1832 that he was born around 1797. > Would anyone know of any other ships from Cork to Canada around 1819 > though 1830 that would actually give a list of passengers and maybe their > place of origin. > > Any help apprecited. > > By the way before posted this query I read all of the Beara archives going > back to the beginning in trying to a connection to O'Driscoll's/Driscoll's > to PEI. Only found one but figured that it was to old to try the email > posted, so hoping that person is still online and reading these posts. > > I ordered a DNA test for a direct male descendant on PEI to take, waiting > on the results, hopefully within 3-4 weeks more. > > With best regards > Catherine Byrne Fitzgerald > Weymouth, MA USA > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1950 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Hi Bill, Hope your T-Day was splendid. Here is an 'article' my sister-in-law transcribed from papers my father-in-law provided for a school project. I believe it was a newspaper cutout, but haven't been able to confirm, but the by-line showed Patrick Cahill, Detroit Correspondent. Titled: "Burial of Irish Patriot at Monroe, Michigan, here is the text: "With the passing of the late Captain Sean O'Sullivan, Executive Officer of the Irish Rifle Association, at Monroe, Michigan on sunday April 26, 1936, Ireland has lost one of its truest Patriots. Sean fought in the Irish Republican Army in the 1916 Easter Week Rebellion under Commandant E. Daly in the Four Courts. When taken prisoner, he was interned at Stafford and Frangock [Frongoch, Wales, known as the University of Revolution] prison. After months of prison torture, he was released from Frangock broken in health. He was refused reappointment to his old position in Dublin, owing to him refusing to sign an order swearing his allegiance to the British Empire. Sean, seeing that there was no chance of him making even an existence in Dublin, he went to Limrick and became connected to the 2nd Battalion, Mid-Limerick Brigade, he was later transferred to the Cork First Brigade with which he remained until after the "cease fire order". Because of the economic conditions brought about by the forcing of the Free State on the Irish people, and becase Sean's republican ideals conflicted with the British imposed Free State laws, he migrated to the United States to make this the country of his adoption. His funeral took place on Thursday, April 30, burial at Monroe, Michigan. The last salute was fired over his grave by a firing party of his former comrades in the IRA, composed of: Thomas Hanlon, Sean O'Brian, Jerry O'Toole, Lee Middleditch, James O'Sullivan, and Joseph O'Sullivan, under the command of Lieutentant Thomas Spillane, formerly of the Cork 2nd Brigade, IRA. The firing party marched with arms reversed behind the casket for a mile and a half, from the church to the burial place. This showed the esteem that his former comrades held for the late Capt. O'Sullivan as this honor is extended to only truly great Irishmen in the United States. It is the intention of his former comrades of the IRA at a later date to ship his body back to his Motherland, the land he suffered so much to try to make it a better place for Irishmen to live in. The example of the late Capt. Sean O'Sullivan will always remain with us a guiding light for the future generations of Irishmen to follow, and harken to the voice of the late Patrick Pearse at the grave of O'Donovan Roasa: "Ireland unfree shall never be at peace." The late Captain O'Sullivan is survived by his wife and five children, and his parents, who reside at Berehaven CO. Cork, Ireland" -----Original Message----- From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gawne Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 1:49 PM To: beara@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. Hello Lisa, > Bill, have we ever chatted about Detroit? I don't think we have. > You know my Johnny O'Sullivan > landed in Monroe, MI, working for Ford back in the '30s. There were a lot like him. My grandfather Jimmy Ryan was there, and my great uncles John Lowney and Pierce Powers. Jimmy and Pierce moved to Detroit from Butte when Henry Ford started paying $5 a day, while John came over directly from Beara to work for Ford. > Any chance your family may have known him/of him? I'd guess it's certain my grandfather knew him, since he was very involved with the Detroit area Irish community. If you can give me some connections he had I can ask my mother if she remembers him. There were a great many Sullivans around when she was growing up. -- Bill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Lisa, > Bill, have we ever chatted about Detroit? I don't think we have. > You know my Johnny O'Sullivan > landed in Monroe, MI, working for Ford back in the '30s. There were a lot like him. My grandfather Jimmy Ryan was there, and my great uncles John Lowney and Pierce Powers. Jimmy and Pierce moved to Detroit from Butte when Henry Ford started paying $5 a day, while John came over directly from Beara to work for Ford. > Any chance your family may have known him/of him? I'd guess it's certain my grandfather knew him, since he was very involved with the Detroit area Irish community. If you can give me some connections he had I can ask my mother if she remembers him. There were a great many Sullivans around when she was growing up. -- Bill

On Oct. 25, 2008 a message was posted by Riobard showing they above mentioned marriages. I was wondering what time period these covered. My line of interest is in the O'Driscoll or Driscolls This is my husband's maternal line. Driscolls of PEI, Canada. The earliest mention we find is John Driscoll dying in 1832 by falling off a ships mast while the ship was harboured in the Hillsborough River in Charlottetown. No earlier mention of him or his family prior to that. My husaband had a cousin who was a Professor of History at UPEI, Fred Driscoll who was doing research, and he only got as far as saying they were from the Baltimore area of Cork, never verified. It was like a stork dropped him onto PEI. Cannot find any reference to him emigrating. Thought maybe he was part of the Peterborough crowd of 1823, but unable to prove. There was an inquest into to his death by the court system, am in the process of writing to the courts in PEI to try and obtain the full record, maybe showing his place of origin or immigration and if they mentioned which children came from Ireland with him and his wife Margaret (maiden name unknown). Although according to the 1841 (childrens names not listd only age brackets) and how many came from Ireland. It state one male child under 16 and 3 females 16-45, and 2 females under age 16. That would mean the widow Margaret Driscoll and two of her daughters these three also listed as paying there own passage from Ireland. Also listed two daughters born on the Island, again cannot find any record of their birth in the Charlottetown area. I have one lead that I am following in the Tignish area. All of the subsequent generations of the son John Driscoll and his children I have. Have no information on his sisters, only guesses. I do not know John Sr.'s place of birth guestimating from the death record of 1832 that he was born around 1797. Would anyone know of any other ships from Cork to Canada around 1819 though 1830 that would actually give a list of passengers and maybe their place of origin. Any help apprecited. By the way before posted this query I read all of the Beara archives going back to the beginning in trying to a connection to O'Driscoll's/Driscoll's to PEI. Only found one but figured that it was to old to try the email posted, so hoping that person is still online and reading these posts. I ordered a DNA test for a direct male descendant on PEI to take, waiting on the results, hopefully within 3-4 weeks more. With best regards Catherine Byrne Fitzgerald Weymouth, MA USA

Many happy returns Bill, and all! Bill, have we ever chatted about Detroit? You know my Johnny O'Sullivan landed in Monroe, MI, working for Ford back in the '30s. While he died young, I understand he was well known. Any chance your family may have known him/of him? Lisa O' -----Original Message----- From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gawne Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 6:18 PM To: beara@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> writes: > A Happy Thanksgiving Day to all. And a fine happy Thanksgiving Day to you too Riobard, and to all here in the Beara mailing list, wherever you are, whether you celebrate the holiday today or not. I was just sitting in the living room reminiscing with my mother about the old Irish men and women we both knew in other years. My great aunt Johanna Ware, a name I'm sure Riobard recognizes, and the many Thanksgiving dinners we had at her home along with her husband Charlie Ware and all my mother's cousins. The older generation, Johanna and her sisters (including my mother's mother Catherine Ryan nee Lowney) had all come over from Beara and made new lives for themselves in the Detroit area. Good times. Good memories. May you all be blessed with good memories today and for many years to come. -- Bill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Riobard. That's the way to go -- if you can! Maggie Duffy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Riobard O'Dwyer" <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 5:03 AM Subject: [BEARA] Forgive yor enemies. > Talking the other day about the lady in Glengarriff who lived > to be 105 reminds me of a priceless story I got from a great friend of > mine in the States about a year and a half ago. It went like this:- > Towards the end of church service, the minister asked the > congregation "How many of you have forgiven your enemies ?" All held up > their hands except one small elderly lady. "Mrs. Jones. Are you not > willing to forgive your enemies ?" "I don't have any", she replied, > smiling sweetly. "Mrs. Jones, that is very unusual. How old are you ?" > "Ninety-eight", she replied. "Oh, Mrs. Jones, would you please come down > in front and tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years and not > have an enemy in the world", said the minister. The little sweetheart of a > lady tottered down the aisle, faced the congregation, and said "'Cause I > outlived the b_____s" !! > ---- Riobard. > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1947 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Talking the other day about the lady in Glengarriff who lived to be 105 reminds me of a priceless story I got from a great friend of mine in the States about a year and a half ago. It went like this:- Towards the end of church service, the minister asked the congregation "How many of you have forgiven your enemies ?" All held up their hands except one small elderly lady. "Mrs. Jones. Are you not willing to forgive your enemies ?" "I don't have any", she replied, smiling sweetly. "Mrs. Jones, that is very unusual. How old are you ?" "Ninety-eight", she replied. "Oh, Mrs. Jones, would you please come down in front and tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years and not have an enemy in the world", said the minister. The little sweetheart of a lady tottered down the aisle, faced the congregation, and said "'Cause I outlived the b_____s" !! ---- Riobard. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1947 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Yes, Catharine Fleming, that's the one. Happy holiday, Beara cousin. kk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Sullivan" <fishsull2@yahoo.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. Hi Kevin, I enjoyed your post.Without looking through my family history files, I think Catherine Fleming is the widow of whom you speak.As I remember, she is the sister of William Fleming,my grgr grandfather.He married Johanna Kelly . You have sent me lots of good information but we have company this w/e and I have not taken the time to look at it.So neat you all got together!! Happy holidays.Jane Sullivan --- On Thu, 11/27/08, Kevin Kelly <mobones@bessi.net> wrote: From: Kevin Kelly <mobones@bessi.net> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. To: beara@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 8:55 PM ... and a Happy Thanksgiving to you all from Phoenix, AZ, USA. Just got back from a family gathering here. All the cousins I saw today are descended from Patrick D. Kelly, baptized in Allihies parish 6 Nov 1836 and moved with his widowed mother to Wisconsin, USA about 1848. My aunt is one of the last of P D Kelly's grandchildren, and was raised on the farm he established in Iowa. Kevin P. Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: <dbjoleary@aol.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. > Hi Riobard, Many thanks for the turkey greetings. We're letting the turky > settle before we dig into the cherry pie alamode. Hope your day was a good > one and your weekend be a great one. We're heading for our Florida home on > Sunday and get out of this chilly weather. > > Peace, > > Don & Jane > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 5:11 pm > Subject: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. > > > > A Happy Thanksgiving Day to all. > As they say in Ireland: "Here I am again like the bad weather > !" The > reason why you didn't hear from me all along was that I was working hard > at the > Glengarriff part of the Glengarriff/Bonane Deaths Records ---- the dates, > names, > ages, addresses/or places of deaths, causes, and even the people who were > present with those who died at the time of death. > I started at the beginning of the Civil Records on January 1st > 1864 > and have at present about 44 years of them done. It is very slow work when > you > are on your own. What mystified me was the number of children and adults > who > died in the early years with no medical attention. Tuberculosis, > scarletina, > typhoid fever, bronchitis, whooping cough, pneumonia and diptheria were > rampant. > But though people in general died younger than they do now, a > lady > in Firkale lived to be 99; a lady in Dirreenbue and a man in Coorannil > lived to > be 100; a man in Currakeal hit the 104 mark. But, not to be outdone, a > lady in > Mounteen Sudder made it to 105. > 'Tis time for bed. I was in Cork City ---- about 100 miles > away > ---- all day. > Anyhow, I hope you all have a lovely Thanksgiving Day. When we > thinkof it, we have alot to be thankful for. > God bless you all, > Regards, > Riobard. > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1946 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1815 - Release Date: 27.11.2008 09:02 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.11/1816 - Release Date: 27.11.2008 19:53

Hi Kevin, I enjoyed your post.Without looking through my family history files, I think Catherine Fleming is the widow of whom you speak.As I remember, she is the sister of William Fleming,my grgr grandfather.He married Johanna Kelly . You have sent me lots of good information but we have company  this w/e and I have not taken the time to look at it.So neat you all got together!! Happy holidays.Jane Sullivan --- On Thu, 11/27/08, Kevin Kelly <mobones@bessi.net> wrote: From: Kevin Kelly <mobones@bessi.net> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. To: beara@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 8:55 PM ... and a Happy Thanksgiving to you all from Phoenix, AZ, USA. Just got back from a family gathering here. All the cousins I saw today are descended from Patrick D. Kelly, baptized in Allihies parish 6 Nov 1836 and moved with his widowed mother to Wisconsin, USA about 1848. My aunt is one of the last of P D Kelly's grandchildren, and was raised on the farm he established in Iowa. Kevin P. Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: <dbjoleary@aol.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. > Hi Riobard, Many thanks for the turkey greetings. We're letting the turky > settle before we dig into the cherry pie alamode. Hope your day was a good > one and your weekend be a great one. We're heading for our Florida home on > Sunday and get out of this chilly weather. > > Peace, > > Don & Jane > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 5:11 pm > Subject: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. > > > > A Happy Thanksgiving Day to all. > As they say in Ireland: "Here I am again like the bad weather > !" The > reason why you didn't hear from me all along was that I was working hard > at the > Glengarriff part of the Glengarriff/Bonane Deaths Records ---- the dates, > names, > ages, addresses/or places of deaths, causes, and even the people who were > present with those who died at the time of death. > I started at the beginning of the Civil Records on January 1st > 1864 > and have at present about 44 years of them done. It is very slow work when > you > are on your own. What mystified me was the number of children and adults > who > died in the early years with no medical attention. Tuberculosis, > scarletina, > typhoid fever, bronchitis, whooping cough, pneumonia and diptheria were > rampant. > But though people in general died younger than they do now, a > lady > in Firkale lived to be 99; a lady in Dirreenbue and a man in Coorannil > lived to > be 100; a man in Currakeal hit the 104 mark. But, not to be outdone, a > lady in > Mounteen Sudder made it to 105. > 'Tis time for bed. I was in Cork City ---- about 100 miles > away > ---- all day. > Anyhow, I hope you all have a lovely Thanksgiving Day. When we > thinkof it, we have alot to be thankful for. > God bless you all, > Regards, > Riobard. > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1946 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1815 - Release Date: 27.11.2008 09:02 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A Happy Thanksgiving Day to all. As they say in Ireland: "Here I am again like the bad weather !" The reason why you didn't hear from me all along was that I was working hard at the Glengarriff part of the Glengarriff/Bonane Deaths Records ---- the dates, names, ages, addresses/or places of deaths, causes, and even the people who were present with those who died at the time of death. I started at the beginning of the Civil Records on January 1st 1864 and have at present about 44 years of them done. It is very slow work when you are on your own. What mystified me was the number of children and adults who died in the early years with no medical attention. Tuberculosis, scarletina, typhoid fever, bronchitis, whooping cough, pneumonia and diptheria were rampant. But though people in general died younger than they do now, a lady in Firkale lived to be 99; a lady in Dirreenbue and a man in Coorannil lived to be 100; a man in Currakeal hit the 104 mark. But, not to be outdone, a lady in Mounteen Sudder made it to 105. 'Tis time for bed. I was in Cork City ---- about 100 miles away ---- all day. Anyhow, I hope you all have a lovely Thanksgiving Day. When we thinkof it, we have alot to be thankful for. God bless you all, Regards, Riobard. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1946 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Hi Riobard, Many thanks for the turkey greetings. We're letting the turky settle before we dig into the cherry pie alamode. Hope your day was a good one and your weekend be a great one. We're heading for our Florida home on Sunday and get out of this chilly weather. Peace, Don & Jane -----Original Message----- From: Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> To: beara@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 5:11 pm Subject: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. A Happy Thanksgiving Day to all. As they say in Ireland: "Here I am again like the bad weather !" The reason why you didn't hear from me all along was that I was working hard at the Glengarriff part of the Glengarriff/Bonane Deaths Records ---- the dates, names, ages, addresses/or places of deaths, causes, and even the people who were present with those who died at the time of death. I started at the beginning of the Civil Records on January 1st 1864 and have at present about 44 years of them done. It is very slow work when you are on your own. What mystified me was the number of children and adults who died in the early years with no medical attention. Tuberculosis, scarletina, typhoid fever, bronchitis, whooping cough, pneumonia and diptheria were rampant. But though people in general died younger than they do now, a lady in Firkale lived to be 99; a lady in Dirreenbue and a man in Coorannil lived to be 100; a man in Currakeal hit the 104 mark. But, not to be outdone, a lady in Mounteen Sudder made it to 105. 'Tis time for bed. I was in Cork City ---- about 100 miles away ---- all day. Anyhow, I hope you all have a lovely Thanksgiving Day. When we thinkof it, we have alot to be thankful for. God bless you all, Regards, Riobard. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1946 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

... and a Happy Thanksgiving to you all from Phoenix, AZ, USA. Just got back from a family gathering here. All the cousins I saw today are descended from Patrick D. Kelly, baptized in Allihies parish 6 Nov 1836 and moved with his widowed mother to Wisconsin, USA about 1848. My aunt is one of the last of P D Kelly's grandchildren, and was raised on the farm he established in Iowa. Kevin P. Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: <dbjoleary@aol.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. > Hi Riobard, Many thanks for the turkey greetings. We're letting the turky > settle before we dig into the cherry pie alamode. Hope your day was a good > one and your weekend be a great one. We're heading for our Florida home on > Sunday and get out of this chilly weather. > > Peace, > > Don & Jane > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 5:11 pm > Subject: [BEARA] Happy Thanksgiving Day. > > > > A Happy Thanksgiving Day to all. > As they say in Ireland: "Here I am again like the bad weather > !" The > reason why you didn't hear from me all along was that I was working hard > at the > Glengarriff part of the Glengarriff/Bonane Deaths Records ---- the dates, > names, > ages, addresses/or places of deaths, causes, and even the people who were > present with those who died at the time of death. > I started at the beginning of the Civil Records on January 1st > 1864 > and have at present about 44 years of them done. It is very slow work when > you > are on your own. What mystified me was the number of children and adults > who > died in the early years with no medical attention. Tuberculosis, > scarletina, > typhoid fever, bronchitis, whooping cough, pneumonia and diptheria were > rampant. > But though people in general died younger than they do now, a > lady > in Firkale lived to be 99; a lady in Dirreenbue and a man in Coorannil > lived to > be 100; a man in Currakeal hit the 104 mark. But, not to be outdone, a > lady in > Mounteen Sudder made it to 105. > 'Tis time for bed. I was in Cork City ---- about 100 miles > away > ---- all day. > Anyhow, I hope you all have a lovely Thanksgiving Day. When we > thinkof it, we have alot to be thankful for. > God bless you all, > Regards, > Riobard. > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1946 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1815 - Release Date: 27.11.2008 09:02

Riobard O'Dwyer <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> writes: > A Happy Thanksgiving Day to all. And a fine happy Thanksgiving Day to you too Riobard, and to all here in the Beara mailing list, wherever you are, whether you celebrate the holiday today or not. I was just sitting in the living room reminiscing with my mother about the old Irish men and women we both knew in other years. My great aunt Johanna Ware, a name I'm sure Riobard recognizes, and the many Thanksgiving dinners we had at her home along with her husband Charlie Ware and all my mother's cousins. The older generation, Johanna and her sisters (including my mother's mother Catherine Ryan nee Lowney) had all come over from Beara and made new lives for themselves in the Detroit area. Good times. Good memories. May you all be blessed with good memories today and for many years to come. -- Bill

Hi Marge I Have O' Sullivan Ukirre in my family tree from Bere Island & Castletownbere, I also have Harrington Caupey & Causkey & O'Leary Reen Sheila> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:25:50 -0500> From: hjmcs@optonline.net> To: beara@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Buckley> > Hi John: Like to echo Mary Ellen's reply. There are definitely Harringtons > in Bantry area.> > You might try to see if you can access some of the tithe listings online. > There was some material put up on the web a few years ago about Bantry. I > downloaded the pages, and bookmarked them---but for some strange reason they > were subsequently removed.> > I'm looking for Sullivan, Connor , Hurley/Healy. The Sullivans might be > Sullivan Hurrig or Sullivan Ukerrie, I'm not sure which.> > The townlands I'm specifically interested in are called Reendisert, > Ballylickey, Dromkeal, and Barnagearagh, all north of Bantry on the road to > Glengarriff.> If you find yourself interested in that neck of the woods, email me directly > at hjmcs@optonline.net. I'd be happy to share what I've learned.> > Marge> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Steitz" <john.steitz@gmail.com>> To: "BEARA" <BEARA@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:21 PM> Subject: [BEARA] Buckley> > > >I have followed this list for a year now simply because so many in Wales> > were from this area and I wanted to learn what was going on beyond the> > obvious that would send folk to the mines and ironworks of that area. This> > is not a Buckley concentration area but I enjoyed the writings of Riobard> > and the active list. Recently, I have learned some facts that have changed> > my thinking.> > My BUCKLEY search has pointed me toward Bantry. I am specifically looking> > for a John Buckley born +/- 1829. John was the son of Michael Buckley.> > John's mother's name may have been Mary Harrington maiden or other.> > John Buckley married a Mary Scannell in Merthyr Tydfil Wales in 1852. It> > appears that John Buckley traveled to Wales with another older John > > Buckley> > b1811+/-. He first shows up in Merthyr Tydfil Wales on 1851 Census as a> > visitor in the home of William Shea family.> > The more pieces I put together the more it looks as if my John Buckley > > may> > have originated from the Bantry/ Caheragh area or else he simply liked the> > people from there alot. I tried to search the archives but I did not get> > far.> >> > I realize that Bantry is not Beara but I am confident that someone on list> > can point me in the right direction to find baptismal records and possibly> > more.> >> > Thank you> > John> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ See the most popular videos on the web http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/115454061/direct/01/

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Thank you Marge- I have been looking for the tithe but so far unsuccessful. I will dig a little deeper and if all else fails order them from LDS Thank you and happy Thanksgiving On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Marge Sullivan <hjmcs@optonline.net> wrote: > Hi John: Like to echo Mary Ellen's reply. There are definitely > Harringtons > in Bantry area. > > You might try to see if you can access some of the tithe listings online. > There was some material put up on the web a few years ago about Bantry. I > downloaded the pages, and bookmarked them---but for some strange reason > they > were subsequently removed. > > I'm looking for Sullivan, Connor , Hurley/Healy. The Sullivans might be > Sullivan Hurrig or Sullivan Ukerrie, I'm not sure which. > > The townlands I'm specifically interested in are called Reendisert, > Ballylickey, Dromkeal, and Barnagearagh, all north of Bantry on the road to > Glengarriff. > If you find yourself interested in that neck of the woods, email me > directly > at hjmcs@optonline.net. I'd be happy to share what I've learned. > > Marge > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Steitz" <john.steitz@gmail.com> > To: "BEARA" <BEARA@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:21 PM > Subject: [BEARA] Buckley > > > >I have followed this list for a year now simply because so many in Wales > > were from this area and I wanted to learn what was going on beyond the > > obvious that would send folk to the mines and ironworks of that area. > This > > is not a Buckley concentration area but I enjoyed the writings of Riobard > > and the active list. Recently, I have learned some facts that have > changed > > my thinking. > > My BUCKLEY search has pointed me toward Bantry. I am specifically looking > > for a John Buckley born +/- 1829. John was the son of Michael Buckley. > > John's mother's name may have been Mary Harrington maiden or other. > > John Buckley married a Mary Scannell in Merthyr Tydfil Wales in 1852. It > > appears that John Buckley traveled to Wales with another older John > > Buckley > > b1811+/-. He first shows up in Merthyr Tydfil Wales on 1851 Census as a > > visitor in the home of William Shea family. > > The more pieces I put together the more it looks as if my John Buckley > > may > > have originated from the Bantry/ Caheragh area or else he simply liked > the > > people from there alot. I tried to search the archives but I did not get > > far. > > > > I realize that Bantry is not Beara but I am confident that someone on > list > > can point me in the right direction to find baptismal records and > possibly > > more. > > > > Thank you > > John > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi John: Like to echo Mary Ellen's reply. There are definitely Harringtons in Bantry area. You might try to see if you can access some of the tithe listings online. There was some material put up on the web a few years ago about Bantry. I downloaded the pages, and bookmarked them---but for some strange reason they were subsequently removed. I'm looking for Sullivan, Connor , Hurley/Healy. The Sullivans might be Sullivan Hurrig or Sullivan Ukerrie, I'm not sure which. The townlands I'm specifically interested in are called Reendisert, Ballylickey, Dromkeal, and Barnagearagh, all north of Bantry on the road to Glengarriff. If you find yourself interested in that neck of the woods, email me directly at hjmcs@optonline.net. I'd be happy to share what I've learned. Marge ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Steitz" <john.steitz@gmail.com> To: "BEARA" <BEARA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 3:21 PM Subject: [BEARA] Buckley >I have followed this list for a year now simply because so many in Wales > were from this area and I wanted to learn what was going on beyond the > obvious that would send folk to the mines and ironworks of that area. This > is not a Buckley concentration area but I enjoyed the writings of Riobard > and the active list. Recently, I have learned some facts that have changed > my thinking. > My BUCKLEY search has pointed me toward Bantry. I am specifically looking > for a John Buckley born +/- 1829. John was the son of Michael Buckley. > John's mother's name may have been Mary Harrington maiden or other. > John Buckley married a Mary Scannell in Merthyr Tydfil Wales in 1852. It > appears that John Buckley traveled to Wales with another older John > Buckley > b1811+/-. He first shows up in Merthyr Tydfil Wales on 1851 Census as a > visitor in the home of William Shea family. > The more pieces I put together the more it looks as if my John Buckley > may > have originated from the Bantry/ Caheragh area or else he simply liked the > people from there alot. I tried to search the archives but I did not get > far. > > I realize that Bantry is not Beara but I am confident that someone on list > can point me in the right direction to find baptismal records and possibly > more. > > Thank you > John > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Mary Thank you very much. I will give this a try. Do you know, is this the records for all of the Bantry Parish or just this particular Church? Again thank you for the information. John On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Mary Ellen Moran <jacmare@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Hi John, > I'm also looking for ancestors in the Bantry area but have stayed with the > Beara list because I enjoy reading Riobard's items and the material others > contribute. I found baptismal and marriage records at St. Finbarr's Roman > Catholic Church. The sacristan there is Mary Burke. The record book is > kept in the sacristry amid the cleaning supplies! Mary has indicated that > she has little time to look up records but a small contribution may provide > more of an incentive. Good luck with your search...Mary Ellen> Date: Mon, > 24 Nov 2008 15:21:45 -0500> From: john.steitz@gmail.com> To: > BEARA@rootsweb.com> Subject: [BEARA] Buckley> > I have followed this list > for a year now simply because so many in Wales> were from this area and I > wanted to learn what was going on beyond the> obvious that would send folk > to the mines and ironworks of that area. This> is not a Buckley > concentration area but I enjoyed the writings of Riobard> and the active > list. Recently, I have learned some facts th! > at have changed> my thinking.> My BUCKLEY search has pointed me toward > Bantry. I am specifically looking> for a John Buckley born +/- 1829. John > was the son of Michael Buckley.> John's mother's name may have been Mary > Harrington maiden or other.> John Buckley married a Mary Scannell in Merthyr > Tydfil Wales in 1852. It> appears that John Buckley traveled to Wales with > another older John Buckley> b1811+/-. He first shows up in Merthyr Tydfil > Wales on 1851 Census as a> visitor in the home of William Shea family.> The > more pieces I put together the more it looks as if my John Buckley may> have > originated from the Bantry/ Caheragh area or else he simply liked the> > people from there alot. I tried to search the archives but I did not get> > far.> > I realize that Bantry is not Beara but I am confident that someone > on list> can point me in the right direction to find baptismal records and > possibly> more.> > Thank you> John> > -------------------------------> To > unsubscribe from the l! > ist, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. > > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi John, I'm also looking for ancestors in the Bantry area but have stayed with the Beara list because I enjoy reading Riobard's items and the material others contribute. I found baptismal and marriage records at St. Finbarr's Roman Catholic Church. The sacristan there is Mary Burke. The record book is kept in the sacristry amid the cleaning supplies! Mary has indicated that she has little time to look up records but a small contribution may provide more of an incentive. Good luck with your search...Mary Ellen> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:21:45 -0500> From: john.steitz@gmail.com> To: BEARA@rootsweb.com> Subject: [BEARA] Buckley> > I have followed this list for a year now simply because so many in Wales> were from this area and I wanted to learn what was going on beyond the> obvious that would send folk to the mines and ironworks of that area. This> is not a Buckley concentration area but I enjoyed the writings of Riobard> and the active list. Recently, I have learned some facts that have changed> my thinking.> My BUCKLEY search has pointed me toward Bantry. I am specifically looking> for a John Buckley born +/- 1829. John was the son of Michael Buckley.> John's mother's name may have been Mary Harrington maiden or other.> John Buckley married a Mary Scannell in Merthyr Tydfil Wales in 1852. It> appears that John Buckley traveled to Wales with another older John Buckley> b1811+/-. He first shows up in Merthyr Tydfil Wales on 1851 Census as a> visitor in the home of William Shea family.> The more pieces I put together the more it looks as if my John Buckley may> have originated from the Bantry/ Caheragh area or else he simply liked the> people from there alot. I tried to search the archives but I did not get> far.> > I realize that Bantry is not Beara but I am confident that someone on list> can point me in the right direction to find baptismal records and possibly> more.> > Thank you> John> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008