Dear Reg, You could get "Guerilla days in Ireland" by Tom Barry, or "Michael Collins" by Tim Pat Coogan, or "The Irish Civil War" (an illustrated history) by George Morrison, etc., etc. Check Google and I have no doubt but that you should find several more. Regards, Riobard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reg Volk" <regvolk1@uniserve.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] Spelling. > My wife's mother, once told us that her husband had a RADIATOR treatment > for > his cancer!! OOOOPPPSSS!! Is that a malapropism?? (Mrs. Malaprop from > Shakespeare liked to say participation as a BIG word instead of > PRECIPITATION!! > > While you are online Riobard, > > I am looking for a good/best book on the Irish Civil War > With details of who was involved/positions/battles/changing loyalties. > > Any recommendations or others? > > Reg (O'Regan) Volk-Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Riobard O'Dwyer > Sent: September 18, 2008 8:55 AM > To: beara@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BEARA] Spelling. > > No takers, so I'll tell you. What was written down as Blookbea was > actually > BALLAUGHBUE in the Allihies Parish.. See how easy it is !! > ---- Riobard. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Riobard O'Dwyer" <beararesearchodwyer@eircom.net> > To: <beara@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:59 PM > Subject: [BEARA] Spelling. > > >> At times one can get the strangest of spellings of townlands when >> researching ---- especially in the olden days. Recently I came across one >> of many, which, with all the experience, had me thinking for a while >> before it dawned on me. It is here in the Beara Peninsula,and it was >> called BLOOKBEA. Anyone chance what the place is/and has been called for >> many, many years ? >> ----- Riobard. >> >> -- >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. >> SPAMfighter has removed 1648 spam emails to date. >> Paying users do not have this message in their emails. >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 for home users. > SPAMfighter has removed 1676 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1686 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len