Jean -- I think you have misinterpreted Joan's location. It appears to me she lives on the Long Beach Peninsula, on Washington's southern coast. Regards, Mike On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Jean R. <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: > Hi Joan in PA - I have lived in the Pacific NW (Spokane, WA, in the Inland > Empire) since 1960. We had a record snowfall this winter - yuk! I grew up > in Eugene, OR. Have never been to the East Coast or other sections of the > USA. I'm a great-grandmother with a great curiosity about other places, > other times - a direct offshoot from my genealogy hobby. Would love to see > the Smithsonian museum, the American Civil War sites, etc. The month my > sister and I spent in Ireland in the summer of 2006 meant so much to me. > (My sister treated me!) We were struck by the genuine kindness of the > Irish > people and the amazing sites and culture. We took a wonderful two-week > Globus guided coach tour that included Northern Ireland, followed by two > weeks of independent travel getting around by taxi, bus, buses, train - on > foot, in Dublin city - and a couple of my e-mail friends in Ireland > volunteered to pick us up at our hotel and take us around to see the > sights. > It was a dream come true. My father, who was born in Liverpool in 1903, > had > English-Irish roots. Surname in Ireland was FORD/E. Mom's maiden name was > SWEANY, believed to also have Irish roots. Hope to visit England at some > point. For those who can't travel for one reason or another, there is a > marvelous (reasonably-priced) oversized book with close to 500 colorful > photographs of the whole of Ireland and interesting accompanying text: "A > Celebration of Ireland," text by Janice Anderson, photos by David Lyons > (2008) - pub. in England and in the USA both. I found it to be > exceptionally nice - purchased one for myself and another for my sister. > Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Whitney" <jwhitney@pacifier.com> > To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 12:23 AM > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Query for Ed LOFTUS re: Kilmacteige CP,Co. Sligo -- > Resource: L-R website - "Home"- Eileen McGOVERN > > > > 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! <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 >