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: [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

- I need to add my thanks for Riobard's stories I read them with a great deal of interest. Every two years, my wife and I journey to Ireland to visit friends and family. I continue to chase my Sullivan ancestors but without much success. My grandmother, Hogan, always talked about the "Corkonians" so I assume that my grandfather's family came from Cork. He was born in Wales, but his father, my greatgrandfather was born in Ireland So, we go to Cork and the Beara peninsula each time, and enjoy the scenery there. Our favorite place is Allihies. - Frank Sullivan, Denver On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Meg Cech <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Frank, There was a Cornelius Hogan living in Allihies in 1823. It was a rare name there at that time, unless of course that he may have been working in the copper mines, or perhaps a lighthouse keeper. And what do you think was the name of his wife but Mary O'Sullivan. Now could you get a Beara wife more aptly named. They had a son Cornelius born there ---- but of him there was no further trace in the Allihies Parish. In or around 60 years ago there was a Mary Hogan living in the west end of Castletownbere. She had settled in her parents home and was married to a man by the name of Cornelius (or Nealie or Connie) O'Brien. It was thought that she was a slightly-built woman, and that she used do home help for people. She had a brother Hugh who was older than she was, but who settled somewhere in England. Their father Patrick Hogan came to Castletownbere from Chatham in England, but Patrick's father Hugh was a native of Scarriff in County Clare. After coming from Chatham, Patrick married Mariah (or Mary) Hanley of Toormore, which is towards the hillside to the west of the town of Castletownbere. Mariah's father was Robert Hanley and her mother was Mary O'Dwyer. There was also a Hogan family living in Adrigole. As far as I can remember, their father was a Vet. But my records have emigrated to NEHGS in Boston, and my memory isn't as good as it was years ago. Well, I suppose you could say that it has lasted a fair length of time. The one thing that I am a little uneasy about is that I may be surrounded in the next life by about a hundred battalions of women looking for revenge for giving away their ages !! ---- Riobard. On 22 February 2013 20:33, Frank Sullivan <[email protected]>wrote: > - I need to add my thanks for Riobard's stories I read them with a > great deal of interest. Every two years, my wife and I journey to > Ireland > to visit friends and family. I continue to chase my Sullivan ancestors > but > without much success. My grandmother, Hogan, always talked about the > "Corkonians" so I assume that my grandfather's family came from Cork. > He > was born in Wales, but his father, my greatgrandfather was born in > Ireland > So, we go to Cork and the Beara peninsula each time, and enjoy the > scenery > there. Our favorite place is Allihies. > - Frank Sullivan, Denver > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Meg Cech <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] > > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > [email protected] 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 > > [email protected] 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 > > [email protected] 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 > > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Riobard (O'Dwyer)*