> > Thinking of Beara and the fine folk in this listserv on this > beautiful Christmas morning in New York City. I am on a visit from > Virginia, in part to see the new stone that has been placed on the grave of > ancestors John Harrington and Julia Ukirre Sullivan of Ballydonegan. I > discovered earlier this year that their grave in Brooklyn had been > neglected for some decades and had no marker, so I organized my cousins and > siblings (our generation of descendants is fortunately robust in number) > and we had a gravestone placed. The inscription makes note of their Beara > origins. Thank you, as always, Riobard, for leading me to them. And even > though I have been a bit late in reading posts these past few months, know > I am always appreciative that you "take up the hand and write." Best wishes > to you and Joan, and all the other Beara people who stumble upon this post. Jane Harrington