Starting today, I have permission from John to copy and paste the Celtic Calendar he sends to the O'Connor list everyday. If anyone has a problem with this, write to me, not to John. cuig An Meitheamh, De' Sathairn,( 5 June,Saturday), or in Manx, queig Mean Souree, Jesarn In 1723 Adam Smith , Scottish author of The Wealth of Nations was born. In 1819 John Conch Adams, Cornish astronomer and discoverer of the planet Neptune, was born.(Speaking of which, I have spent so many evenings in my basement office lately that I have lost track of the planets. Is that Mars or Saturn that is now sitting next to Spica in the constellation Virgo? It looks reddish so it may be Mars.) In 1868 James Connolly, Irish revolutionary hero was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a founder of the Socialist Republican Party (1898)and was one of seven signers of the Poblecht n hEirean ( Proclamation of the Irish Republic) in 1916. "Irishmen and Irishwomen! In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives the old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag, and strikes for her freedom... (it goes on for several more paragraphs and is signed by by Thomas J. Clarke, Seam MacDiermada, Thomas MacDonough, P.H. Pearse, Eamonn Ceannt, Joseph Plunkett and Connolly) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pat (Patraigin) Connors, California Siochain Leat (peace be with you) Researching: Connors/O'Connor, McEntee, Campbell, Flynn/O'Flynn, Smith, Phillips, Carter, Boyle, O'Rourke, Healey, Cullinan, Hoare, Todd, Owen, Booth, Gallagher, Fahey, Ryan http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/n/Pat-Connors/ mailto:[email protected] Volunteer of Random Genealogical Kindness at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~