Thanks for posting that Riobard. It looks great! ginny h On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Riobard O' Dwyer via <beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Yesterday I purchased a new book in Eyeries Village called Klondike > House written by John Dwyer (a nephew of Michael Dwyer, Chairman of > the Beara Association in Boston and Michael's brother, Paddy). It was > an absolutely terrific and most interesting book which tells of the > Author's time in Kilmacowen Primary School, Eyeries Parish, and later > in Eyeries Primary School. It tells of the sheep rearing, cutting the > turf , trout fishing in the river, saving the hay, growing the > potatoes, milking the cows ------ all the olden ways of doing these > (in fact in any part of Beara). It goes on to the Ogham Stone in > Ballycrovane which is the highest in Western Europe, & the type of > ancient writing on it; Christmas times at home; a number of Poems by > Irish authors (including his uncle Michael), life in the Copper Mines > of Calumet and Butte in the USA. It is an absolute credit to John, who > has also brought out a book titled High Road to Tibet (including > China, Nepal, and India as well). Reading John would make you proud to > be a Beara man and woman. John has websites in www.JohnDwyerBooks.com; > www.Facebook.com/JohnDwyerAuthor; and www.Twitter.com/JohnDwyerBooks > John's works. Most impressive reviews have been given by Dervla > Murphy, international best- selling travel author, by Bibi Baskin, TV > and Radio presenter, by the Cork Evening Echo newspaper, etc. By the > way, to get High Road to Tibet: "Travels in China, Tibet, Nepal, and > India" use http://www.amazon.co/dp/BOO45YIPSI/ Riobard. > -- > 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 >