Well, I did get as far as the children, but there is only one listed: John Stafford Male Birth: 13 SEP 1875 , Dublin, Ireland Is this the family you're thinking of? Or am *I* thick??? LOL Adhaniá Olson Join the Clan MacMillan Y-DNA Surname Project at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/MacMillan/ For all variations of the name, plus septs. ----- Original Message ----- From: " WILLIAM STAFFORD" <billyst4fford@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 3:16 Subject: RE: [IRELAND] Research request and introduction > Hi KerryKate > Many thanks for that information that you kindly sent to me. However when I > tried to research the details of the children of John Stafford and Mary > Murphy on www.familysearch.org I could not get access to the information > Regarding their children. [ Am I thick or what ??? ] > I tried all sorts of combinations to no avail. Could I impose on your > generosity to look up the information for me and e-mail me the results? > Once again thank you and I await eagerly for your reply > Regards and best wishes > Bill Stafford > > -----Original Message----- > From: KerryKate [mailto:cbcoburn@telus.net] > Sent: 25 February 2006 03:11 > To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Research request and introduction > > regarding Stafford from Wexford, > > if you go to > www.familysearch.org > > the IGI section. > Do a parent search for > John Stafford and Mary Murphy, > > Choose right hand side of box, > with parents names only > then Ireland, > > and if memory serves me, > you will find eight children born to that couple. John and Mary Murphy > Stafford. > > (Including Patrick and Mary Stafford) > being the two that you have given already. > > You can obtain the actual birth records, that might show the address. > The GRO in Dublin,, > > then check the 1901 census for that area., in Wexford. > (through the LDS) if you have one near you, or GenFindit also does census > searches for a fee on line web site. > > all the best > KerryKate > > > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ > > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ > -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 2886 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!

Hi KerryKate Many thanks for that information that you kindly sent to me. However when I tried to research the details of the children of John Stafford and Mary Murphy on www.familysearch.org I could not get access to the information Regarding their children. [ Am I thick or what ??? ] I tried all sorts of combinations to no avail. Could I impose on your generosity to look up the information for me and e-mail me the results? Once again thank you and I await eagerly for your reply Regards and best wishes Bill Stafford -----Original Message----- From: KerryKate [mailto:cbcoburn@telus.net] Sent: 25 February 2006 03:11 To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Research request and introduction regarding Stafford from Wexford, if you go to www.familysearch.org the IGI section. Do a parent search for John Stafford and Mary Murphy, Choose right hand side of box, with parents names only then Ireland, and if memory serves me, you will find eight children born to that couple. John and Mary Murphy Stafford. (Including Patrick and Mary Stafford) being the two that you have given already. You can obtain the actual birth records, that might show the address. The GRO in Dublin,, then check the 1901 census for that area., in Wexford. (through the LDS) if you have one near you, or GenFindit also does census searches for a fee on line web site. all the best KerryKate ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/

SNIPPET: In the March-April 2006 issue of Dublin's "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine, readers shared their impressions: Harry McENTEE, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales wrote: "I have been a subscriber to IOTW for many years now and I just want to tell you that your Sept/Oct 2005 issue was one of your finest yet. From your ten-page spread on the 'Inspiring Crafts' in Clare to 'Oystering in the West,' exploring our wonderful coastline, calling in at beautiful Bandon on the way and ending up on the 'Precious Waters' of Loughs Ennell, Owel and Derravaragh, where I spent my summer school holidays many years ago, trying to fish and wandering along the winding lanes and stopping for a rest in Fore. You gave a name to the places you depicted, which made your writings more interesting -- I would never have recognised the lakes pictured, had you not named them. Thank you for helping me recall happy memories of boyhood." Ann Healy SCOTT, Stamford, CT penned: "I so enjoyed your article on 'The Butter Road' which you featured in your July/Aug 2005 issue. My father, John HEALY, was born and raised in Carriganima (The Rock of the Butter), a village between Millstreet and Macroom - obviously on the butter route. I've been there many times in the past 40 years and have always felt very much at home in that lovely part of West Cork. My cousin Ned WALSH and family are still dairy farmers in Carriganima as they have been for over a hundred years. Thanks for bringing back lots of fond memories." Don and Eileen RICHMOND, Franklin, CT wrote: "My wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in a special way last summer. We returned to Ireland for the second time, only on this occasion we travelled there without our kids! Could our high expectations be met a second time? Absolutely. While our small CT town was melting during a scoring heat wave, we felt ocean breezes and enjoyed the pleasant weather. It is an over-simplification to say that the people are friendly and speak in such musical tones, that you can't help but smile. And it is all too obvious to say that Ireland is a photographer's paradise. Driving on the 'wrong' side of the road, while shifting gears with the wrong hand sitting in the wrong seat on roads that are only meant for one car, is actually more fun than terrifying. Ireland is a time-traveled adventure. Always travelling back in time and driving into the unexpected. Never expecting to find a sign that read 'Quiet Man Bridge.' Drivin! g down narrow roads and finding a holy well, round tower, megalithic tomb or castle ruins in places that I could never have imagined is all part of the thrill. The fact is that there is so much to see and do, so we feel that we have only scratched the surface in our two visits. Finally, your magazine allows us to read and enjoy parts of Ireland that we may never see and what a delight to see a donkey behind a stone-wall on the cover of your Nov/Dec 2005 issue." Patrick O'TOOLE, Peekshill, NY penned: ,,, "I'll start by singing the praise of IOTW!. I've been a subscriber for a few years and enjoyed it so much that I took out a gift subscription for my daughter and son-in-law, and likewise they are taken with the breathtaking informative publication. As a second generation Irishman on my father's side, although my mom described her heritage as 'melting pot' so I delight in all my background especially my Irish line. I've been known to start training for St. Patrick's Day two months in advance. It takes that long at my age - 76. I'm still confused about shillelaghs. I have two walking sticks, Blackthorn and a third shorter handheld one which I'm told that it's a cudgel." Doraine Wall RILEY, Old Saybrook, CT wrote: "I am an avid Fan of IOTW, but reluctantly I take issue with your response to Roger PETERSON, Ossing, NY, when he asked you about the shillelagh. I owned an Irish import store in the USA for 15 years and purchased many shillelaghs and walking sticks from Irish vendors. While I learned that many things Irish are over romanticised by some people, here is my take on the shillelagh and walking stick as represented to me over the years: The shillelagh is an Irish cudgel used by faction fighters in years past. These sticks were sometimes tempered in slack lime and very often they were rubbed in butter and put up the chimney, where they were left seasoning for months. The world-famous Irish walking stick is cut from the Blackthorn tree which grows all over Ireland. The stick is seasoned for two to three years, steamed, straightened, sanded and polished before grading for weight, balance, taper, size and shapeliness. The spacing an! d regularity of the characteristic thorns (which are up to six inches long before cutting) enhances the appearance and value of the Blackthorn. Only one or two sticks in every thousand are nearly perfect and many fine Blackthorns become presentation pieces after travelling thousands of miles from Ireland to their final resting place. Alas, Mr. PETERSON has been walking with a walking stick and not a shillelagh all this time." (The editor responded that depending on which source he consults, he seems to find a different explanation.)

regarding Stafford from Wexford, if you go to www.familysearch.org the IGI section. Do a parent search for John Stafford and Mary Murphy, Choose right hand side of box, with parents names only then Ireland, and if memory serves me, you will find eight children born to that couple. John and Mary Murphy Stafford. (Including Patrick and Mary Stafford) being the two that you have given already. You can obtain the actual birth records, that might show the address. The GRO in Dublin,, then check the 1901 census for that area., in Wexford. (through the LDS) if you have one near you, or GenFindit also does census searches for a fee on line web site. all the best KerryKate

SNIPPET: Per the March-April 2006 issue of Dublin's "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine, the 'Jeanie Johnston' quilt which commemorates the emigrant barque by the same name will be on display in the Blennerville Windmill Visitor Centre, Blennerville, Co. Kerry, from April to October 2006. The quilt took over a thousand hours to complete in 2000 by the 'Jeanie Johnston' Quilting Circle, a group of local women who have been involved in quilting in the Tralee area of Co. Kerry for some years. The "Jeanie Johnston" made 16 trans-Atlantic trips in the 19th century and she never lost a crew member or passenger. The design of the quilt incorporates the ship at anchor in Blennerville, with a group of emigrants on the quayside waiting to board it; close by are the Blennerville Windmill and Workhouse and dotted on the hills in the background are the abandoned homes of famine victims. The quilt's lower border has famine scenes of women digging in search of potatoes and a mother ho! lding her dying child. There are also crests of some of the seaports associated with the ship -- Quebec, New York, Boston, Belfast, Dublin and Tralee. The Visitor Centre, which is just outside Tralee, is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Further information, contact Nora TEAHON, Manager or see www.kerrygems.com/blennervillewindmill.

SNIPPET: It is nice to know that the ancient tradition of hospitality continues to thrive within an Irish society that is constantly assailed by the pressures of commercialism. Per the March-April 2006 issue of Dublin's fine "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine, over 3,000 visitors to Ireland nominated somebody who went the extra mile for them during their stay in Ireland in 2005. Nominations were received from 49 countries, with almost one-third from the United States. Almost 20% came from the UK and interestingly 11% were from Irish people praising the Irish welcome they experienced around the country. Half the nominations received were for people running B&Bs. Nominations were not limited to professionals working in hospitality but included those individuals whose single act of hospitality or kindness made a significant difference. Mother and daughter Bernadette and Michelle RYAN of Charleville, Co. Cork, were the national winners. They were nominated by Mike STAISINUAS from IL after his car broke down outside their home on the way to a family wedding in Kinsale. Eighteen-year-old Michelle, who was due to sit her last exam that day, invited them to her home, gave them a key so they could come and go during the day and helped them make contact with the right people so they could get back on the road. Michael said,a "Michelle and Bernadette turned a stressful situation into a pleasant memory." Nine regional finalists, also receiving 2005 awards were Paul & Marie GALLAGHER and staff, Nesbitt Arms Hotel, Ardara, Co. Donegal; Bertie and Mary HERNON, Hernon's B&B, Rossaveal, Co. Galway; Peadar and Mary HEVEY, Boyne Valley B&B, Slane, Co. Meath; Margaret MAGUIRE, Drumcondra, Dublin 9; Paul McGRATH, Killaloe, Co. Clare; Dominic MURPHY, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo; Aidan RYAN, The Berkeley Court Hotel, Dublin 4; Trevor TONER, Lacken House, Kilkenny; Thomas Roche WILLIAMS, Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary. Regionally, the South-West received 30% of nominations, with Dublin next at 18%. The West and North-West received 16% and 12% respectively. The lowest level of nominations was for the South-East and Shannon. This national spread reflects the dispersal of visitors throughout Ireland. For further information please see www.irishwelcomeawards.com.

Hi. My name is Bill Stafford I am now residing in Shropshire England. I was born in Liverpool 1941 and my parents were Thomas Patrick Stafford Liverpool [1/4/1912 -12/11/1965 married Emma MUSKER from Walton -on - the -hill on 15/10/1930 .DOB 24/11/1912 - 30/8/1984. I believe my fathers parents originated from Wexford Ireland and I have the following information regarding my Stafford ancestors. Grandfather : Patrick Francis Stafford born 956 Crossabeg Wexford 2/10/1866. died in Liverpool 1/6/1931. His sister Mary Jane DOB 7/2/1871 . PLACE OF BIRTH 1160 CROSSABEG , Wexford. No further info regarding Mary Jane GFather's profession ; cotton porter Twice married 1st wife Mary Jane Hornby 1868 - 1902. date of marriage 31/1/1894. 2nd wife Elizabeth Florance Cain 1869 - 1944 GGFather John Stafford born Wexford about 1835 Profession Seaman last known ship was the lightship " SS Sirius " info from 1881 census. date of death unknown .Marriage details are as follows: Mary Murphy Born abt 1835 no other marriage info aval apart from their two children Patrick Francis and Mary Jane. If anyone could be assistance in providing research info regarding my GFather and GGFather's parents etc I would be extremely grateful as I have come to a dead end ( and I didn't mean that to be a pun ] thank you sincerely and best wishes to you all Bill Stafford.

Voices From Ellis Island (NY): "The day I left home, my mother came with me to the railroad station. When we said goodbye, she said it was just like seeing me go into my casket. I never saw her again." -- Julia GONIPROW, a Lithuanian immigrant in 1899. "I had a small steamer trunk for a start. One of those small ones you can push underneath a bunk. I didn't bring very much clothes, just a work suit and my best suit. And I had this pound of butter wrapped up. I guess somebody told me to take it to somebody who'd like Irish butter. It was good butter my sisters made." -- Joseph Patrick FITZPATRICK, an Irish immigrant in 1910. "They found my grandmother had a black nail. She raised us, all the years, with that hand and with that nail. There was nothing wrong with it. And they held her back. They sent her back. They were stupid, to let an old woman, when she has her whole family here, to let her go home by herself. So we never saw her again. That was heart-breaking. I'm still crying over it." -- Evelyn GOLBE, a Russian Jewish immigrant in 1914. "The second day I was there I noticed this old man. He must have been about 70. He took two tongue depressors. And he made a cross out of them. And he got at the end of the bed. And he would kneel and pray. The poor man was so scared and lost. No one to talk to." -- Oreste TEGLIA, an Italian immigrant in 1916. "The first time I saw the Statue of Liberty all the people were rushing to the side of the boat. 'Look at her, look at her,' and in all kind of tongues. 'There she is, there she is,' like it was somebody who was greeting them." -- Elizabeth PHILLIPS, an Irish immigrant in 1920. "We were put on a barge, jammed in so tight that I couldn't turn 'round, there were so many of us, you see, and the stench was terrible." -- Eleanor Kenderdine LENHART, an English immigrant in 1921. "My mother was a twister in the Lawrence mills. It was unusual; in Italy, there were no jobs for women. In fact, people that heard about it back in the village didn't like the idea of the women working. But my mother felt she was doing no different from all the other women, so she decided she was going to work. Make some money." -- Josephine COSTANZO, an Italian immigrant in 1923. "It was kind of bad for awhile till we got to know people and speak the language and quit being called greenhorns. People say, you ought to preserve your own heritage or something, but all we could think of was, we didn't want to be different, we wanted to be like the rest of the Americans." -- Walter WALLACE, a Lithuanian immigrant in 1923. "There was a man that came around every morning and every afternoon, with a stainless steel cart, sort of like a Good Humor cart. And the man was dressed in white and he had warm milk for the kids. And they would blow a whistle or ring a bell, and all the kids would line up, and he had small little paper cups and every kid got a little warm milk." -- Donald ROBERTS, a Welsh immigrant in 1925. --Excerpts, "Ellis Island, An Illustrated History of the Immigrant Experience," Chermayeff, Wasserman, Shapiro (Macmillan Pub. Co. NY 1991).

Michael J. Moughan (Maughan) born 5 Sep 1880 in Bangor Erris Checking the BIVRI the births for this name (and variations) stops at 1875 .. You don't give the parents names - but perhaps these finding could be siblings or cousins .. MOUGHAN, Margaret Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 1 Apr 1872 Birthplace: Bangor, Mayo, Ire Recorded in: Mayo, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Peter MOUGHAN Mother: Catherine CONWAY Source: FHL Film 255854 Dates: 1872 - 1873 MAUGHAN, Catherine Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 17 Nov 1870 Birthplace: 75, Bangor, Mayo, Ire Recorded in: Mayo, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: Peter MAUGHAN Mother: Catherine CONWAY Source: FHL Film 101218 Dates: 1870 - 1872 MOUGHAN, Charles Birth Gender: Male Birth Date: 5 Aug 1871 Birthplace: 67, Bangor, Mayo, Ire Recorded in: Mayo, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: James MOUGHAN Mother: Catherine HEALLY Source: FHL Film 255836 Dates: 1871 - 1871 MOUGHAN, Bridget Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 25 May 1867 Birthplace: 65, Bangor, Mayo, Ire Recorded in: Mayo, Ireland Collection: Civil Registration Father: James MOUGHAN Mother: Catherine HEALLY Source: FHL Film 101153 Dates: 1866 - 1868 MaryPat

Teresa, When in Castlebar go to the Bord of Health in the town, bustling town I may say, and they will be able to help - if the records are available.. Got my parents and others when there and they were very helpful .. ..Ask anyone to direct you, believe it is down behind Dunn's Dept store . I can see the building but not sure of the street, could be New Antrim St .. MaryPat Gibbons, O Hora/ O Hara, Howley, Gavin, Jordan/Mayo Murphy, Flanagan, Coghlan/Mayo Carey/Kerry (?) Lichacz, Pifko/Ukraine-Jersey City, NJ/Astoria NY/Connecticut/Broad Albin

Theresa~ You can go directly to the Records Office on North Antrim Street in Castlebar. Give the clerk the data you have. They will search for the Civil birth registration for your ancestor. Also, the Castlebar County Library, 2nd floor, has a wonderful genealogy department you might want to use. When you ordered your certificate, did you use the form, send a check for the correct amount? That might be the delay. If you had ordered from the GRO which was in Dublin, now (I think) in Roscommon, you could have used a credit card; ordering from a particular county you muse use check or money order. There is a website with the form required and other particulars. Have a wonderful trip. We plan to go "home" from late May to mid June. Hope the weather is with us this year. Mary Ellen Chambers Lakewood, OH Red5781@aol.com wrote: Hello, I am trying to find a birth certificate or baptism records for Michael J. Moughan (Maughan) born 5 Sep 1880 in Bangor Erris. This information is gathered from marriage and naturalization forms here in the US. I have sent a letter to the Office of Supt. Registrar in Castlebar, County Mayo, but have heard nothing in 4 months. Is there something/someone I should do or contact? I will be in Mayo for a week in June. Is it possible to get this in person? Please advise. As always thanks for help, Teresa Moughan ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/

Hello, I am trying to find a birth certificate or baptism records for Michael J. Moughan (Maughan) born 5 Sep 1880 in Bangor Erris. This information is gathered from marriage and naturalization forms here in the US. I have sent a letter to the Office of Supt. Registrar in Castlebar, County Mayo, but have heard nothing in 4 months. Is there something/someone I should do or contact? I will be in Mayo for a week in June. Is it possible to get this in person? Please advise. As always thanks for help, Teresa Moughan

The Ireland Genealogy Projects, County Armagh website has been updated. New civil parish webpages have been added for Magheralin and Drumcree with webpages for all townlands located in the civil parishes. The following townland pages have either been added or updated: Clankilvoragh, Derrylisnahavil, Donagreegh, Baltylum, Clownagh, Corcullentragh Beg & More, Drumnasoo, Garveghy, Kilmoriarty, Maghon, Annagh, Artabrackagh, Ballyoran, Portadown Town, Ballysheil More, Ballyworkan, Drumnakelly, Drummenagh, Seagoe Lower, Eglish, Corlust, Tullykevan, Clonmakate, Creggan Bane Glebe, Tanderagee Town, Ballynarry, Loughgall Town, Mullantine, Selshion, Aghanergill, Corglass, Annagora, Annakeera, Ballyfodrin, Ballymakeown, Breagh, Cannagola Beg & More, Canoneill, Clonmartin, Coharra, Cornamucklagh, Cushenny, Derrylettiff, Tullyvallan, Newtown Hamilton Town, Allistragh, Diviny, Drumalis, Drumharriff, Druminallyduff, Drumlellum, Drumnevan, Farra, Kingarve, Leganny, Richmount, Aghavellan, Roughan, Timakeel, Timulkenny, Unshinagh, Ballynagowan, Clonamola, Corbracky, Cornalack, Derryall, Derryanvil, Derrybrughas, Derrycaw, Derrycory, Derrykerran, Derrymacfall, Derrymattry, Derryneskan, Derryvane, Drumcree, Drumgoose, Foy Beg & More, Kilmagamish, Muckery, Tavanagh, Corcrain. Other pages have also been either added or updated on the website, especially surnames, links, land divisions and records. If you have any corrections, additions, questions, and/or pictures, please write me off list. You can find the website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nirarm2/ I have access to the Griffith's Valuations for the county and would like to get more civil parishes transcribed and on line. If you have the time and the inclination or questions, contact me off list. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

CHILD Imagine the miracle and series of events: Creation happening in Mother's womb; Being sustained, nourished, cared for and cherished, Perfection shaping every limb. Unknown persons welcomed me onto the stage of life, High and low voices, sounds being registered. I warmed in the love of a husband and wife. Between two and five was important to me, Growing in giving and receiving. Smiling faces, kisses, embraces Meant so much to me. Do mothers, fathers, everyone out there, See treasure when they hold a child? The responsibility, potential and love they're imparting Shapes the future of the world. -- Sean Garvey (contemporary)

SNIPPET: Per excerpt in the 2001 issue of the yearly "Leitrim Guardian" magazine: "In 1998 the widely renown and talented McNAMARA family of Carrickavoher, Aughavas's recording "Leitrim's Hidden Treasure" went on to win awards, and now Brian, the eldest member of the family has been recognized widely for his unique musical style and repertoire. A winner of multiple All-Ireland titles at Junior and Senior level during the 1980s, Brian has became a regular member of concert tour groups and has traveled extensively as a musician. He is a regular performer and tutor at national and international workshops and summer schools; When not involved in music, Brian can be found lecturing at Dublin City University where he is an academic staff member. His new solo album, "A Piper's Dream" was described as featuring "exquisite piping." As with the family recording, much of the material recorded on Brian's album is taken from old manuscript collections of former South Leitrim musicians ! such as Stephen GRIER and Alex SUTHERLAND. GRIER (1824-1894) compiled a collection of approximately 1,000 tunes in 1883 at his home in Gortletteragh while Alex SUTHERLAND (1873-1967) who lived in the parish of Carrigallen also collected many local and rare melodies which are featured on Brian's recording. Most enlightening is the immensely strong tradition of Uilleann piping which existed in the South Leitrim area particularly during the 19th century. The importance of the contribution of contemporary pipers of the time to the survival and transmission of the tradition has been distinctly brought to prominence in this recording."

AN OLD WOMAN OF THE ROADS O, to have a little house! To own the hearth and stool and all! The heaped up sods against the fire, The pile of turf against the wall! To have a clock with weights and chains And pendulum swinging up and down! A dresser filled with shining delph, Speckled and white and blue and brown! I could be busy all the day Clearing and sweeping hearth and floor, And fixing on their shelf again My white and blue and speckled store! I could be quiet there at night Beside the fire and by myself, Sure of a bed and loth to leave The ticking clock and the shining delph! Och! but I am weary of mist and dark, And roads where there's never a house nor bush, And tired I am of bog and road, And the crying wind and the lonesome hush! And I am praying to God on high, And I am praying Him night and day, For a little house -- a house of my own -- Out of the wind's and the rain's way. -- Padraic Colum was born in Longford. He wrote a number of plays for the Irish Theatre and later taught in the United States. He wrote and edited many books, including collections of folklore.

Hello my fellow Irishmen (and Irishwomen)! Well, as you know, I have had an interest in sharing my family information with you and have learned from some of you as well as the decendants of my great-uncle Bud (Francis)Charles Riley. I don't know if it's true about all of you, but on my side of the our family...we live up to the reputation for the love of story telling, my dad being Edward J. Riley, Jr., and he was known to his friends as 'short story Riley.' He was an incredible man, the friendliest and most well-read guy I ever knew. In a way, I guess this book is a tribute to him...and I mention him and my mom and my grandparents in the begining of 'Daydreams & Nightmares.' If anyone would be interested, 'Daydreams & Nightmares' is available at: http://www.lulu.com/content/210331 My family (four kids and a lovely wife) and I would certainly appreciate any purchases or even if you could just help me spread the word. We could (like anyone else) always use the help. My poems are (mostly) a little romantic, my stories are a little dark, slightly erotic and might remind you of the style they've used in Twilight Zone and Tales From the Crypt television shows. I hope I haven't upset anyone by telling you about my book, but I am pretty excited about 'Daydreams & Nightmares' and hope you'll all enjoy my poetry and short stories. God bless you all, and please remember us in your prayers? Jim Riley Author: 'Daydreams & Nightmares' ___________________________________________________________ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/

Jean~ Kilmainham Jail should be on the list of every Irish American tourist to Dublin. Whenever we have friends with us who have never been to Ireland it is one of our MUST places to take them. The experience is profound. I remember fighting back tears in the yard where the children were taken for a brief airing. What a terrible terrible life for these small ones. The cells, the dampness, the black cross where those who were murdered for the Easter Monday Rebellion, words cannot describe. The poem is a special favorite. Mary Ellen Chambers Lakewood, OH "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: KILMAINHAM JAIL: EASTER SUNDAY, 1966 Sunbursts over this execution yard Mitigate high, harsh walls. A lowly Black cross marks the deaths we are here to honour, Relieved by an Easter lily. Wearing the nineteen-sixteen medal, a few Veterans and white-haired women recall The Post Office, Clanwilliam House, the College of Surgeons, Jacob's factory -- all Those desperate strongholds caught in a crossfire Between the English guns And Dublin's withering incredulity. Against the wall where once Connolly, strapped to a chair, was shot, a platform Holds movie cameras. They sight On the guard of honour beneath the tricolor, An officer with a horseman's light And quiet hands, and now the old President Who, soldierly still in bearing, Steps out to lay a wreath under the plaque. As then, no grandiose words, no cheering -- Only a pause in the splatter of Dublin talk, A whisper of phantom volleys. How could they know, those men in the sunless cells, What would flower from their blood and England's follies? Their dreams, coming full circle, had punctured upon The violence that gave them breath and cut them loose. They bargained on death: death came to keep the bargain. Pious postcards of men dying in spruce Green uniforms, angels beckoning them aloft, Only cheapen their cause. Today they are hailed As Martyrs; but then they bore the ridiculed shame of Mountebanks in a tragedy which has failed. And they were neither the one nor the other -- simply Devoted men who, though the odds were stacked Against them, believed their country's age-old plight And the moment gave no option but to act. Now the leaders, each in his sweating cell, The future a blind wall and the unwinking Eyes of firing-squad rifles, pass their time In letters home, in prayer. Maybe they are thinking Of Mount Street, the blazing rooftops, the Post Office, Wrapping that glory round them against the cold Shadow of death. Who knows the pull and recoil of A doomed heart? They are gone as a tale that is told, The fourteen men. Let them be more than a legend: Ghost-voices of Kilmainham, claim your due -- This is not yet the Ireland we fought for. You living, make our Easter dreams come true. -- C. Day-Lewis, late Poet Laureate of England, born Ballintubbert, Co. Laois ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/

CONNOLLY The man was all shot through that came to-day Into the barrack square; A soldier I -- I am not proud to say We killed him there; They brought him from the prison hospital. To see him in that chair I thought his smile would far more quickly call A man to prayer. Maybe we cannot understand this thing that make these rebels die; And yet all things love freedom and the Spring Clear in the sky! I think I would not do this deed again For all that I hold by; Gaze down my rifle at his breast - but then A soldier I. They say that he was kindly -- different, too Apart from all the rest; A lover of the poor; and all shot through His wounds ill drest, He came before us, faced us like a man, Who knew a deeper pain Than blows or bullets -- ere the world began; Died he in vain? Ready present! And he just smiling -- God! I felt my rifle shake. His wounds were opened out and round that chair Was one red lake; I swear his lips said "Fire!" when all was still Before my rifle spat That cursed lead -- And I was picked to kill A man like that. -- Liam MacGowan (contemporary) (James Connolly, executed May 1916)

KILMAINHAM JAIL: EASTER SUNDAY, 1966 Sunbursts over this execution yard Mitigate high, harsh walls. A lowly Black cross marks the deaths we are here to honour, Relieved by an Easter lily. Wearing the nineteen-sixteen medal, a few Veterans and white-haired women recall The Post Office, Clanwilliam House, the College of Surgeons, Jacob's factory -- all Those desperate strongholds caught in a crossfire Between the English guns And Dublin's withering incredulity. Against the wall where once Connolly, strapped to a chair, was shot, a platform Holds movie cameras. They sight On the guard of honour beneath the tricolor, An officer with a horseman's light And quiet hands, and now the old President Who, soldierly still in bearing, Steps out to lay a wreath under the plaque. As then, no grandiose words, no cheering -- Only a pause in the splatter of Dublin talk, A whisper of phantom volleys. How could they know, those men in the sunless cells, What would flower from their blood and England's follies? Their dreams, coming full circle, had punctured upon The violence that gave them breath and cut them loose. They bargained on death: death came to keep the bargain. Pious postcards of men dying in spruce Green uniforms, angels beckoning them aloft, Only cheapen their cause. Today they are hailed As Martyrs; but then they bore the ridiculed shame of Mountebanks in a tragedy which has failed. And they were neither the one nor the other -- simply Devoted men who, though the odds were stacked Against them, believed their country's age-old plight And the moment gave no option but to act. Now the leaders, each in his sweating cell, The future a blind wall and the unwinking Eyes of firing-squad rifles, pass their time In letters home, in prayer. Maybe they are thinking Of Mount Street, the blazing rooftops, the Post Office, Wrapping that glory round them against the cold Shadow of death. Who knows the pull and recoil of A doomed heart? They are gone as a tale that is told, The fourteen men. Let them be more than a legend: Ghost-voices of Kilmainham, claim your due -- This is not yet the Ireland we fought for. You living, make our Easter dreams come true. -- C. Day-Lewis, late Poet Laureate of England, born Ballintubbert, Co. Laois