Thank you so much for posting the stunningly beautiful photos of mystical Beara! Sent from my iPhone On Feb 21, 2013, at 8:24 PM, Bill Gawne <gawne@cesmail.net> wrote: > Dear friends of Beara, > > I just posted some pictures from our friend, John Crowley. You can > whet your appetite with a few samples at > > http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/pictures-of-beara.html > > Also, there's a link to the entire album of over 100 images that John > has generously shared with us. If any of you care to identify things, > please do! > > -- 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 for posting such beautiful pictures. Nature has blessed the Beara and preserved her with ruggedness. Her children now span the world and long for her beauty. Sent from my iPad On Feb 21, 2013, at 8:24 PM, Bill Gawne <gawne@cesmail.net> wrote: > Dear friends of Beara, > > I just posted some pictures from our friend, John Crowley. You can > whet your appetite with a few samples at > > http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/pictures-of-beara.html > > Also, there's a link to the entire album of over 100 images that John > has generously shared with us. If any of you care to identify things, > please do! > > -- 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

One more thank you to Riobard and Bill, I love reading every story and passing along many to my twenty year old children hoping they learn about their amazing family and the great Irish. Riobard you are a wealth of information and I hope someone in Ireland is doing videos on your oral history. I lost both parents when I was young and I wish I listen to my mom when she would tell me the stories that she remembered. In Montana, they are working hard to record the stories from the people that know the history. I hope they are recording you, Riobard. You are amazing. Thank you, Meg Cech, Bozeman Montana looking for stories on Maggie McCarthy (the store) Murphy and Daniel Murphy who married in Butte, Montana in 1917. On Feb 14, 2013, at 8:14 PM, Phil Brown wrote: > I, too, love reading all the Beara stories. > Believe it or not, I've saved every post on this list since early 2000! > Phil Brown > Alexandria, Virginia > > ---- Teresa Barnes <barnes149@cox.net> wrote: > > ============= > Dearest Riobard and Bill, > Just want to tell you I can not thank you enough for your stories and input > on this list. I usually don’t respond as do not want to fill up your > mailboxes and really don’t have anything to contribute at this time. Be > sure to know how much you are appreciated!!!!!! You are the reason I keep > at my genealogy! You have made it so much more than names and dates. Even > the stories that aren't about my family, through them I can visualize what > life was like for my ancestors at the time. You have made them real people > not just names and dates. I really feel like I know them from your efforts! > Thank you with all my heart, > Terry Barnes > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Gawne > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:26 AM > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BEARA] ??? > > Hello Riobard, and all, > > It's nice to see the outpouring of commentary in response to Riobard's > wondering if anyone was reading his recent posts. I, for one, not > only read them but also saved them away in my "Beara" folder for > future reference. > > The thing I think Riobard was feeling, and I know it's something I > sometimes feel too, is that we're talking to the wind. We do hope the > wind carries our words to the ears (and eyes) of people who appreciate > the information we provide, but a bit of acknowledgement from time to > time helps to keep the conversation going. > > So, that said, I certainly appreciate Riobard's recent posts about the > history of Beara. The posts about Ardgroom were not only informative, > but they also addressed a question I've long wondered about myself -- > the name of Kilcatherine church. The post about the siege of Dursey > Island was just heartbreaking, and it provided a bit of insight into > that hideous time, in 1604, when Donal Cam O'Sullivan Bere led his > surviving followers out of Beara and up the west coast of Ireland in > mid-winter. > > Do please help us to keep the conversations going here. Nobody is > assigning grades. (Because the Dear knows Riobard would win hands > down if it were a contest of scholarship.) We're gathered here as the > far flung children of Beara. Share what you have, and let others who > share know you appreciate the sharing. > > Riobard O' Dwyer <bearariobard@gmail.com> writes: > >> *I wonder if you got all the contributions I sent in for some time past >> ----- the latest about 3 one evening/night very recently. [...] > > -- 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Dear friends of Beara, I just posted some pictures from our friend, John Crowley. You can whet your appetite with a few samples at http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/pictures-of-beara.html Also, there's a link to the entire album of over 100 images that John has generously shared with us. If any of you care to identify things, please do! -- Bill

Delightful photos of rugged beauty. Enjoyed all of them. Must get back ....very soon! Thanks Bill and John Reg (O'Regan) Volk-Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gawne" <gawne@cesmail.net> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 5:24 PM Subject: [BEARA] New pictures of Beara > Dear friends of Beara, > > I just posted some pictures from our friend, John Crowley. You can > whet your appetite with a few samples at > > http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/pictures-of-beara.html > > Also, there's a link to the entire album of over 100 images that John > has generously shared with us. If any of you care to identify things, > please do! > > -- 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

Growing up on a farm in Nebraska, I knew all the Sullivan's around us were from Ireland and then Michigan. But I guess I always thought that they had a little farm in Michigan before buying railroad land in Neb. My father was born in 1887 and died in 1979 when I was 49 so you would have thought that thru all that time I would have heard about mining in Michigan. But I didn't. When I found this out I asked an old man that lived in our little farming town if he had know that. "Oh sure, Can I tell you about what my dad said?" "Sure" "Well when those Irish boys decided to get limestone rock from the quarry (this is in a nearby town) for their house foundations they went to the quarry and didn't like the size of the pieces that the man there was blasting. And so those guys got the blasting powder and the drills and they just blasted the hell out of that quarry. My dad said that when they were finished they had enough small rock laying around that they could have rocked every road in Lancaster County." Teresa Sullivan

Thank you Teresa! ________________________________ From: "DSull88075@aol.com" <DSull88075@aol.com> To: beara-l@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:51 PM Subject: [BEARA] Sullivan ancestors as miners Growing up on a farm in Nebraska, I knew all the Sullivan's  around us were from Ireland and then Michigan.  But I guess I always  thought that they had a little farm in Michigan before buying railroad land in  Neb. My father was born in 1887 and died in 1979 when I was 49 so  you would have thought that thru all that time I would have heard about mining  in Michigan.  But I didn't. When I found this out I asked an old man that lived in our  little farming town if he had know that.  "Oh sure,  Can I tell you  about what my dad said?"  "Sure"  "Well when those Irish boys decided  to get limestone rock from the quarry (this is in a nearby town) for their house  foundations they went to the quarry and didn't like the size of the pieces that  the man there was blasting.  And so those guys got the blasting powder and  the drills and they just blasted the hell out of that quarry.  My dad said  that when they were finished they had enough small rock laying around that they  could have rocked every road in Lancaster County." Teresa Sullivan ------------------------------- 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

As my wife, sister, and myself had been in Castletownbere a few days, we were in need of the local laundry.  After loading up a duffle bag full, we left the B+B and went into town.  I carried the bag into the laundry where a young lady was sorting clothes.  She asked if she could help me.  She assured me that I had come to the right place.  "Name?" she asked.  "Sullivan." was my reply.  "That alone won't do.  Do you know how many Sullivans there are here?"  I responded, "Mark Sullivan."  And her, " We have a few of them also."  Going a little further I gave her "How about New Hampshire Sullivan?"  "Well, that will do for today.  Go have a few pints  and it will be ready at the end of the day."  "When is the end of the day ?" I asked.  Her reply--"If you come back and the door is locked, your are too late."  She stopped sorting the clothes and looked at me with a big smile and said, "It will be ready at four o'clock."  I thanked her and left.  I enjoyed the little banter back and forth, but left as there were pints with the name Sullivan on them waiting for us. Mark Sullivan NH

Not at all Teresa, we love to get the full picture just in case you mention 'one of ours' and therefore we can fill in a little bit more of our 'jig-saw'. I happen to have a Eugene Sullivan (my Great Grandfather), but unfortunately he never made it across the 'pond', so yours is not mine. But I love the name, so am happy to hear it used no matter what. Good luck with the search !! Ann O'Sullivan Og of Bere Island ----- Original Message ----- From: <DSull88075@aol.com> To: <beara-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:35 AM Subject: [BEARA] The other side of my family > My grandfather Eugene F. Sullivan is included in a Lancaster Co Nebraska > bio book dated 1888 that states that he had come to the US at age 9 (1859) > and that he had married grandmother Bridget Sullivan in Fall River Ma in > 1872. Coming to the US with him were his older brother Mortimer and > younger > sister Hannah. With Mr. O'Dwyers help it was decided that they were the > children of Eugene Sullivan Brohill from Boher and Mary Sullivan. See > page 166 > of Allihies book. > Family story says that they came to the US because their mother Mary had > died and father Eugene remarried and had a child but Eugene died at about > the > same time and the stepmother sent them to the US. In the Allihies book > also page 166 is recorded the marriage of Eugene and Abbey Sullivan > (Shearhig). It is my belief that Abbey (Deborah) then married John > Sullivan > (Suonish) page 138. This couple is on the 1870 census of Huron Tnsp. > Houghton Co > Michigan with her child by my great grandfather Eugene. > Meanwhile Jeremiah Bryne married Mary Sullivan (Brohill) page 162 and > Eugene Sullivan was a witness. This couple are on the 1860 census of New > Bedford Ma and Mortimer and Eugene Sullivan are living with them. I > believe > that Mary Sullivan Bryne was their aunt, the sister of their father. > > I know this is really more than you wanted to know. > > Teresa Sullivan Lincoln Ne > > ------------------------------- > 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

Charming story and shows why we all needed those branch names! Maggie Duffy Sent from my iPad On Feb 19, 2013, at 1:34 PM, osullivan50@comcast.net wrote: > > > As my wife, sister, and myself had been in Castletownbere a few days, we were in need of the local laundry. After loading up a duffle bag full, we left the B+B and went into town. I carried the bag into the laundry where a young lady was sorting clothes. She asked if she could help me. She assured me that I had come to the right place. "Name?" she asked. "Sullivan." was my reply. "That alone won't do. Do you know how many Sullivans there are here?" I responded, "Mark Sullivan." And her, " We have a few of them also." Going a little further I gave her "How about New Hampshire Sullivan?" "Well, that will do for today. Go have a few pints and it will be ready at the end of the day." "When is the end of the day ?" I asked. Her reply--"If you come back and the door is locked, your are too late." She stopped sorting the clothes and looked at me with a big smile and said, "It will be ready at four o'clock." I thanked her and left. I enjoyed the little banter ba! ck and forth, but left as there were pints with the name Sullivan on them waiting for us. > > Mark Sullivan > > NH > > ------------------------------- > 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 for a delightful story! Sent from my iPad On Feb 19, 2013, at 1:34 PM, osullivan50@comcast.net wrote: > > > As my wife, sister, and myself had been in Castletownbere a few days, we were in need of the local laundry. After loading up a duffle bag full, we left the B+B and went into town. I carried the bag into the laundry where a young lady was sorting clothes. She asked if she could help me. She assured me that I had come to the right place. "Name?" she asked. "Sullivan." was my reply. "That alone won't do. Do you know how many Sullivans there are here?" I responded, "Mark Sullivan." And her, " We have a few of them also." Going a little further I gave her "How about New Hampshire Sullivan?" "Well, that will do for today. Go have a few pints and it will be ready at the end of the day." "When is the end of the day ?" I asked. Her reply--"If you come back and the door is locked, your are too late." She stopped sorting the clothes and looked at me with a big smile and said, "It will be ready at four o'clock." I thanked her and left. I enjoyed the little banter ba! ck and forth, but left as there were pints with the name Sullivan on them waiting for us. > > Mark Sullivan > > NH > > ------------------------------- > 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

That's a wonderfil story Maggie.  Perhaps Beara's alias could be Sullivan's Peninsula..   ________________________________ From: Margaret Duffy <mmduffy82@gmail.com> To: "beara@rootsweb.com" <beara@rootsweb.com> Cc: "beara-l@rootsweb.com" <beara-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, February 19, 2013 10:06:45 AM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Sullivan's on Beara Only to true!  This reminds me of an experience I had once in the 1970s.  After Mass in Eyeries one Sunday my mother and aunt (with me in tow) stopped to chat to a group of 4 or 5 other women on the little hill just below the church.  After a few minutes a child approached and said "Mrs. Sullivan?"  With the exception of my mother and aunt (whose family name is O'Leary, although their mother and grandmother were Sullivan's) all the other women turned to the child and said "Yes!"  Everyone then laughed. Maggie Sent from my iPad On Feb 18, 2013, at 2:28 PM, DSull88075@aol.com wrote: > I think it was Mr. O' Dwyer that told me that you could throw a stone out  > of any window on Beara and hit a Sullivan. > In 2002 I was waiting in line at the Bank in Castletown to change dollars  > for Euros.  On the spur of the moment---I turned around to the man behind  > me and said, "Hello Mr. Sullivan."  He looked surprised and said "Do I know  > you"  "No I said, I am Mrs. Sullivan from Nebraska and just testing out the  > idea of definitely hitting a Sullivan with a stone if I threw it out the  > window." > Yes, He was Mr. Sullivan from England back home to visit his son. > > Teresa Sullivan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >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

Good post, Teresa. Dan Harrington Butte On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 8:35 PM, <DSull88075@aol.com> wrote: > My grandfather Eugene F. Sullivan is included in a Lancaster Co Nebraska > bio book dated 1888 that states that he had come to the US at age 9 (1859) > and that he had married grandmother Bridget Sullivan in Fall River Ma in > 1872. Coming to the US with him were his older brother Mortimer and > younger > sister Hannah. With Mr. O'Dwyers help it was decided that they were the > children of Eugene Sullivan Brohill from Boher and Mary Sullivan. See > page 166 > of Allihies book. > Family story says that they came to the US because their mother Mary had > died and father Eugene remarried and had a child but Eugene died at about > the > same time and the stepmother sent them to the US. In the Allihies book > also page 166 is recorded the marriage of Eugene and Abbey Sullivan > (Shearhig). It is my belief that Abbey (Deborah) then married John > Sullivan > (Suonish) page 138. This couple is on the 1870 census of Huron Tnsp. > Houghton Co > Michigan with her child by my great grandfather Eugene. > Meanwhile Jeremiah Bryne married Mary Sullivan (Brohill) page 162 and > Eugene Sullivan was a witness. This couple are on the 1860 census of New > Bedford Ma and Mortimer and Eugene Sullivan are living with them. I > believe > that Mary Sullivan Bryne was their aunt, the sister of their father. > > I know this is really more than you wanted to know. > > Teresa Sullivan Lincoln Ne > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

My grandfather Eugene F. Sullivan is included in a Lancaster Co Nebraska bio book dated 1888 that states that he had come to the US at age 9 (1859) and that he had married grandmother Bridget Sullivan in Fall River Ma in 1872. Coming to the US with him were his older brother Mortimer and younger sister Hannah. With Mr. O'Dwyers help it was decided that they were the children of Eugene Sullivan Brohill from Boher and Mary Sullivan. See page 166 of Allihies book. Family story says that they came to the US because their mother Mary had died and father Eugene remarried and had a child but Eugene died at about the same time and the stepmother sent them to the US. In the Allihies book also page 166 is recorded the marriage of Eugene and Abbey Sullivan (Shearhig). It is my belief that Abbey (Deborah) then married John Sullivan (Suonish) page 138. This couple is on the 1870 census of Huron Tnsp. Houghton Co Michigan with her child by my great grandfather Eugene. Meanwhile Jeremiah Bryne married Mary Sullivan (Brohill) page 162 and Eugene Sullivan was a witness. This couple are on the 1860 census of New Bedford Ma and Mortimer and Eugene Sullivan are living with them. I believe that Mary Sullivan Bryne was their aunt, the sister of their father. I know this is really more than you wanted to know. Teresa Sullivan Lincoln Ne

Robard, I remember those coins well. We brought a set home from the visit we made when I was 3 years old and I often played with them. I probably still have them somewhere. If I remember correctly the fish was a salmon, ancient Irish symbol of wisdom. The new Euro money is certainly convenient when traveling from country to country within Europe, but by adopting it each country gave up something of their own past and Identity when they lost the distinctive symbols that once adorned their currencies in favor of pan-European ones. Maggie Duffy Sent from my iPad On Feb 18, 2013, at 10:51 AM, "Riobard O' Dwyer" <bearariobard@gmail.com> wrote: > One thing that the people who wrote this fascinating book: "Things I have > seen" missed was a character known as The strong man" who performed in > Ardgroom Village, Eyeries Village, and Fair Day in Castletownbere. As a > young lad, I remember him in Ardgroom Village. He had a square piece of > flat timber with spikes sticking up out of it for a "bed". He then used > strip off with a bare back and lie on the spikes, with a heavy block on top > of him. After that he used go on to Eyeries Village. There he used a whip, > and he had a special way of lashing the whip, so much so that with the > thundering sound of the "lash" he used frighten the daylights out of the > youngsters gathered around. On then to the Fair in Castletownbere in the > Square. There he used lift a full barrel of porter up on one shoulder and > parade around the Square with it. He had a bag for gathering money. As far > as I can remember, the ha'pennies had the character of a pig on them; a > penny the character of a hen; a 3 penny bit the character of a rabbit; a 6 > penny bit the character of a hound; a shilling the character of a bull; two > shillings the character of a fish; and a half-crown the character of a > horse. Very, very few half-crowns were thrown into his bag, because money > was scarce by the people. Another "name" for the Strong Man was "Skibb", > because he was a native of Skibbereen. > *Riobard*. > > > On 18 February 2013 01:41, Phil Brown <ppbrown@cox.net> wrote: > >> Well put, Riobard. >> >> >> Riobard O' Dwyer wrote: >> >>> People of Beara all over the world.The book "Things I have seen" is a >> must >>> for anyone connected with Beara, and people whose ancestors were >> originally >>> from Beara. It contains practically everything connected with the lives >> of >>> the people here in the days long past. The most of the people from whom >>> those stories of the past were collected for the Beara Millenium are now >>> dead. The book is not very big, but it is absolutely fascinating. It ends >>> with the famous poem "Beara my Home", which was submitted by Fr. Sean >>> O'Shea, now almost 90. In the words of Bernie O'Sullivan (ex- Principal >>> Teacher) of Cahermore: "The mystery of Life must go on". It was a life >> not >>> known by the youth of today ---- a crying shame if all about that life in >>> Beara in the olden days was lost forever. >>> *---- Riobard.* >>> >>> On 17 February 2013 15:55, Margaret O'Neill <mtmm@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Bill and Teresa, many many thanks for posting the book. It is a joy to >>>> read. >>>> >>>> Margaret ONeill >>>> East Taunton, Mass. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:12 PM, Bill Gawne <gawne@cesmail.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear friends of Beara, >>>>> >>>>> Teresa Sullivan has provided me with the text of the book she >>>>> generously offered to us all. To obtain a copy for yourself, follow >>>>> the directions below. >>>>> >>>>> You can obtain the book _Things I Have Seen_ at >> http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~gawne/stash/THINGS%20I%20HAVE%20SEEN%20StandardPDF.pdf >>>>> >>>>> Just click on that link and you'll get the book displayed in your web >>>>> browser. Then use the Adobe "save a copy" option to save yourself a >>>>> copy on your hard drive. >>>>> >>>>> -- Bill >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> 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 >>> >>> -- >>> *Riobard (O'Dwyer)* >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > *Riobard (O'Dwyer)* > > ------------------------------- > 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

One thing that the people who wrote this fascinating book: "Things I have seen" missed was a character known as The strong man" who performed in Ardgroom Village, Eyeries Village, and Fair Day in Castletownbere. As a young lad, I remember him in Ardgroom Village. He had a square piece of flat timber with spikes sticking up out of it for a "bed". He then used strip off with a bare back and lie on the spikes, with a heavy block on top of him. After that he used go on to Eyeries Village. There he used a whip, and he had a special way of lashing the whip, so much so that with the thundering sound of the "lash" he used frighten the daylights out of the youngsters gathered around. On then to the Fair in Castletownbere in the Square. There he used lift a full barrel of porter up on one shoulder and parade around the Square with it. He had a bag for gathering money. As far as I can remember, the ha'pennies had the character of a pig on them; a penny the character of a hen; a 3 penny bit the character of a rabbit; a 6 penny bit the character of a hound; a shilling the character of a bull; two shillings the character of a fish; and a half-crown the character of a horse. Very, very few half-crowns were thrown into his bag, because money was scarce by the people. Another "name" for the Strong Man was "Skibb", because he was a native of Skibbereen. *Riobard*. On 18 February 2013 01:41, Phil Brown <ppbrown@cox.net> wrote: > Well put, Riobard. > > > Riobard O' Dwyer wrote: > > > People of Beara all over the world.The book "Things I have seen" is a > must > > for anyone connected with Beara, and people whose ancestors were > originally > > from Beara. It contains practically everything connected with the lives > of > > the people here in the days long past. The most of the people from whom > > those stories of the past were collected for the Beara Millenium are now > > dead. The book is not very big, but it is absolutely fascinating. It ends > > with the famous poem "Beara my Home", which was submitted by Fr. Sean > > O'Shea, now almost 90. In the words of Bernie O'Sullivan (ex- Principal > > Teacher) of Cahermore: "The mystery of Life must go on". It was a life > not > > known by the youth of today ---- a crying shame if all about that life in > > Beara in the olden days was lost forever. > > *---- Riobard.* > > > > On 17 February 2013 15:55, Margaret O'Neill <mtmm@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > Bill and Teresa, many many thanks for posting the book. It is a joy to > > > read. > > > > > > Margaret ONeill > > > East Taunton, Mass. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:12 PM, Bill Gawne <gawne@cesmail.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Dear friends of Beara, > > > > > > > > Teresa Sullivan has provided me with the text of the book she > > > > generously offered to us all. To obtain a copy for yourself, follow > > > > the directions below. > > > > > > > > You can obtain the book _Things I Have Seen_ at > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~gawne/stash/THINGS%20I%20HAVE%20SEEN%20StandardPDF.pdf > > > > > > > > Just click on that link and you'll get the book displayed in your web > > > > browser. Then use the Adobe "save a copy" option to save yourself a > > > > copy on your hard drive. > > > > > > > > -- Bill > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > > *Riobard (O'Dwyer)* > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Riobard (O'Dwyer)*

Only to true! This reminds me of an experience I had once in the 1970s. After Mass in Eyeries one Sunday my mother and aunt (with me in tow) stopped to chat to a group of 4 or 5 other women on the little hill just below the church. After a few minutes a child approached and said "Mrs. Sullivan?" With the exception of my mother and aunt (whose family name is O'Leary, although their mother and grandmother were Sullivan's) all the other women turned to the child and said "Yes!" Everyone then laughed. Maggie Sent from my iPad On Feb 18, 2013, at 2:28 PM, DSull88075@aol.com wrote: > I think it was Mr. O' Dwyer that told me that you could throw a stone out > of any window on Beara and hit a Sullivan. > In 2002 I was waiting in line at the Bank in Castletown to change dollars > for Euros. On the spur of the moment---I turned around to the man behind > me and said, "Hello Mr. Sullivan." He looked surprised and said "Do I know > you" "No I said, I am Mrs. Sullivan from Nebraska and just testing out the > idea of definitely hitting a Sullivan with a stone if I threw it out the > window." > Yes, He was Mr. Sullivan from England back home to visit his son. > > Teresa Sullivan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for sharing. Lynn Sent from my iPad On Feb 17, 2013, at 10:27 PM, Joan Fitch <jfitch1939@yahoo.com> wrote: > I want to thank Bill and Teresa for their efforts on getting the book on line for us. > JFitch > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- >> From: Roger-Maureen Maloney <moemaloney@verizon.net> >> To: beara@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:42 AM >> Subject: Re: [BEARA] Beara Memorial Reminiscence Book now linked at the blog >> >> Thanks Bill....it will be great reading and I might even find an interesting name from the past!! >> >> Maureen Maloney >> Boston, Ma....also called the Irish Annex!! >> >> >> >> On 02/16/13, Bill Gawne wrote: >> >> Dear friends of Beara, >> >> I've created a short blog post with the link to the Millennium >> Reminiscence book at >> >> http://bearaschildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/beara-millennium-reminiscence-book.html >> >> Philip Murphy's book,Things I Have Seen, also known as the Beara >> Millennium Reminiscence Book has been converted to e-text format and >> generously made available. You can get your own copy here. Just click >> the link. >> >> Bill Gawne >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.comwith 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 think it was Mr. O' Dwyer that told me that you could throw a stone out of any window on Beara and hit a Sullivan. In 2002 I was waiting in line at the Bank in Castletown to change dollars for Euros. On the spur of the moment---I turned around to the man behind me and said, "Hello Mr. Sullivan." He looked surprised and said "Do I know you" "No I said, I am Mrs. Sullivan from Nebraska and just testing out the idea of definitely hitting a Sullivan with a stone if I threw it out the window." Yes, He was Mr. Sullivan from England back home to visit his son. Teresa Sullivan

hello everyone I am looking for Sean Thadg O'Sullebain Killurly Caherciveen name which goes after O'Suuebain he died 8-3-1923 while defending the Irish Republic. Got this off his marker which marks the sight where he fell.  I am doing this for a Sullivan I know.SlanSeamus