I went to Ireland in 1999 and one night as I stood outside the B&B I heard water running. It was so quiet the water seeping through the side of the mountain(Ox Mountain) could be heard...I never wanted to go home, and now that I have dual citizenship I ask myself everyday why don't I go back for good. ed On 1/10/09, Mary Ellen Chambers <maryln61@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I think this poem so truly expresses the feeling one has when they are at > last "home". I remember sitting on the stoop of the cottage we rented, just > down the road from my familiy's homeplace outside Westport. I was joined by > my granddaughter and younger sister. We all sat there that moring with a > cuppa, enjoying the June sun and looking at Croagh Patrick. Then, on the > morning breeze, we heard the sound of pipes. All three of us followed the > melody, up the back boreen beside my Gran''s old cottage to the garden of my > cousin's home. Before us, in all his Scot regalia was the father of the > groom practicing for the wedding at St. Mary's that afternoon. For the > first time in over a hundred years, many of the descendants of the > emigrating siblings had returned for a wedding. We had come from the USA, > Canada, England and Australia. We had come "home". > > Mary Ellen Chambers > > Mary Ellen Chambers > > --- On Sat, 1/10/09, Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: > > From: Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> > Subject: [IRELAND] "Home, " Eileen McGOVERN (contemp.) NY - Roots Cos. Cavan > To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 7:32 PM > > HOME > > I come, > So keen, > To feel it all again, > To climb the hill, > Knowing the old house is there, > And when I reach the top, > So happy, and smiling > I know, > There is nothing there, > Yet it is all there, > And I know, > I am home. > > No sound, > But silence, > The breeze, the birds, my past, > All about me calls to me within, > So loudly > And yet it is quiet, > All life, now gone, > Yet so lively, > And I know, > I am home. > > Laughter, songs, > Long ago laughed and sung, > Small feet, in boots, > All sound about me, > The trees, the bushes, > So old, > There then and now > I hear it all, > And I know, > I am home. > > So sad, > Life past, > All gone, > No more, > But who, > Once I have gone, > Will love this place as I > And know > That they > Are home? > > -- Eileen McGovern, "Leitrim Guardian" (1998) > Her parents, Terry & Breege (nee Dolan) were both from Doobally,Cavan. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-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 > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Ed - I visited Ireland from WA State a couple years ago, and I can see why you miss it! As I recall from some of your earlier notes to this list, your Irish family has a connection to Kilmacteige Civil Parish in Co. Sligo. Have you checked out the transcribed 1901 Sligo Census found at the Leitrim-Roscommon website?. (Just google Leitrim-Roscommon). You can set the 1901 Census search engine to quickly bring up all 959 householders found in that parish in 1901 by typing the word Kilmacteige in the parish field and leaving all other fields blank. I noted some of the surnames you are researching including Loftus, Deaghan, Deahan, Deehan/Deeghan, other. Maybe something will ring a bell. It is noted that there is also a Kilmacteige T. (town) in Co. Sligo in Kilmacteige CP. Hint: To find information on large towns on the (all-Ireland) townland IreAtlas, set the search for "begins with" and type in the name of the town or the first few letters. This will return those that have been entered in the database with a T. (for town) by the administrator. Listers may be interested to know that there are transcribed 1901 censuses for several counties at that website: Complete transcriptions: Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo, Mayo; partial transcriptions: Galway, Westmeath, Wexford. There is a nifty (all-Ireland) townland IreAtlas search engine, other interesting pages. J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Loftus" <loftus.edward286@gmail.com> To: <maryln61@sbcglobal.net>; <ireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] "Home," Eileen McGOVERN (contemp.) NY - Roots Cos. Cavan >I went to Ireland in 1999 and one night as I stood outside the B&B I > heard water running. It was so quiet the water seeping through the > side of the mountain(Ox Mountain) could be heard...I never wanted to > go home, and now that I have dual citizenship I ask myself everyday > why don't I go back for good. > > ed > <snip>

Jean, where in Wa State do you live? I am on the Long Beach Penn. Thanks. Joan Whitney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Query for Ed LOFTUS re: Kilmacteige CP,Co. Sligo -- Resource: L-R website - "Home"- Eileen McGOVERN > Hi Ed - I visited Ireland from WA State a couple years ago, and I can see > why you miss it! As I recall from some of your earlier notes to this > list, > your Irish family has a connection to Kilmacteige Civil Parish in Co. > Sligo. > Have you checked out the transcribed 1901 Sligo Census found at the > Leitrim-Roscommon website?. (Just google Leitrim-Roscommon). You can set > the 1901 Census search engine to quickly bring up all 959 householders > found > in that parish in 1901 by typing the word Kilmacteige in the parish field > and leaving all other fields blank. I noted some of the surnames you are > researching including Loftus, Deaghan, Deahan, Deehan/Deeghan, other. > Maybe > something will ring a bell. It is noted that there is also a Kilmacteige > T. > (town) in Co. Sligo in Kilmacteige CP. > > Hint: To find information on large towns on the (all-Ireland) townland > IreAtlas, set the search for "begins with" and type in the name of the > town > or the first few letters. This will return those that have been entered > in > the database with a T. (for town) by the administrator. > > Listers may be interested to know that there are transcribed 1901 censuses > for several counties at that website: Complete transcriptions: Leitrim, > Roscommon, Sligo, Mayo; partial transcriptions: Galway, Westmeath, > Wexford. > There is a nifty (all-Ireland) townland IreAtlas search engine, other > interesting pages. J. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Loftus" <loftus.edward286@gmail.com> > To: <maryln61@sbcglobal.net>; <ireland@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 5:55 PM > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] "Home," Eileen McGOVERN (contemp.) NY - Roots Cos. > Cavan > > >>I went to Ireland in 1999 and one night as I stood outside the B&B I >> heard water running. It was so quiet the water seeping through the >> side of the mountain(Ox Mountain) could be heard...I never wanted to >> go home, and now that I have dual citizenship I ask myself everyday >> why don't I go back for good. >> >> ed >> <snip> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >