I recently visited Ireland, land of my forebears. In county mayo I was fortunate enough to meet a local historian, Geoffrey Shannon. He was aware of the Petrie family in that county and directed me to my grandmother Margaret Jane Petrie Wilson's gravesite in the old Sligo cemetery. Very spirit filled visit to the old overgrown site. Petrie family moved from Scotland to Mayo ca. 1840 and prospered well in salmon fishery. I am seeking Petrie relatives in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. Thank you for reading this lengthy note. Best regards to all, Seamus J. Wilson --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/02

In this newsletter is the St. Patricks Day Greeting with Galic at the begining of the message. I am new to the Irish language and very intrested in learning to read galic. Would someone please tell me where I can learn this wonderful language God Bless Julie

Can anyone tell me true Irish traditions (ceremonies, food, etc) for this holiday? Or is it a true Irish holiday or did it originate somewhere else? Thanks

COCKLES AND MUSSELS In Dublin's fair city, Where the girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Mollie Malone. She wheeled her wheel-barrow Through streets broad and narrow, Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!" She was a fishmonger, But sure 'twas no wonder, For so were her father and mother before, And they both wheeled their barrow Through streets broad and narrow, Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!" She died of a fever, And none could relieve her, And that was the end of sweet Mollie Malone. But her ghost wheels her barrow Through streets broad and narrow, Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!" -- Anonymous Street Ballad

I'll raise a pint of Guinness to that! PR aka Haney [-----Original Message----- [From: Jean Rice [mailto:jeanrice@cet.com] [Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 11:35 AM [To: IrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com [Subject: [IGW] St Patrick's Greetings from President Mary McAleese [ [ [St Patrick's Greetings from President Mary McAleese [ [Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ar chlann mhór dhomhanda na nGael, sa bhaile [agus ar fud na cruinne, ar an lá náisiúnta ceiliúrtha seo.

St Patrick's Greetings from President Mary McAleese Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ar chlann mhór dhomhanda na nGael, sa bhaile agus ar fud na cruinne, ar an lá náisiúnta ceiliúrtha seo. Warmest St Patrick's Day greetings to every member of our global Irish family and to our many friends around the world. On this famous day of celebration we gather together drawn by the deep affection and pride which the name of Ireland evokes. It is a day of fun, of music, laughter and joy and it is a day to bring to mind memories some of which lift our hearts and others that weigh us down with grief and sadness. The tragic memory of September 11th still haunts our minds and thinking back to that dreadful day we can see clearly how much we needed the strength and comfort of friends, how much we depended on each other for reassurance that we would and could transcend this darkness and find again the light of hope. On that day the thoughts of Irish people everywhere turned to their loved ones far away. We were grateful for those who were safe and our hearts broke for those who suffered loss and injury. Today, as on every St. Patrick's Day we turn our hearts and minds again to each other across seas and continents and we affirm our deep bonds of affection and care for one another, bonds which time and tides cannot weaken. Irish men and women have brought the name of Ireland to countless lands. They brought with them our culture and our unique history and they introduced many strangers to St Patrick and his people. They earned respect and admiration for the way in which they enriched their new homelands, often overcoming huge obstacles and difficulties. Today Ireland, the land that people once routinely left to seek opportunity is itself a land of opportunity and we too are being enriched by the cultural diversity brought by immigrants to our shores. On this day we remind ourselves again of the many gifts brought to Ireland by our most famous immigrant, St Patrick. Although he first arrived among us over fifteen hundred years ago there is still a remarkable timeless integrity about his message of love, patience, forgiveness and tolerance. He believed these virtues could work miracles in transforming human relationships from conflict to harmony. May his generous spirit inspire us today and every day and may you all enjoy a celebration on this day. MARY MCALEESE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND

I am trying to track down my Gr.Gr Grandmother Catherine READY she was born in Ireland but left in the 1840's and settled in Bermondsey London England.I do know that she was R.C. and the baptism's of her daughters are on record at St Georges Church,I have been unable to find her marriage records but her husbands name was Patrick MAHONEY and I beleive he was from Cork.I do not know if they married in Ireland or England and searching so far has not turned up a record in either country??? Carole,Ontario,Canada.

More on St. Patrick's Breastplate - The "Lorica" is a Latin word meaning breastplate, which was a protective screen soldiers wore to protect their hearts in battle. Here is the literal version: Lorica of St. Patrick I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through a belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness Of the Creator of creation. I arise today Through the strength of Christ's birth and His baptism, Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial, Through the strength of His resurrection and His ascension, Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom. I arise today Through the strength of the love of cherubim, In obedience of angels, In service of archangels, In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward, In the prayers of patriarchs, In preachings of the apostles, In faiths of confessors, In innocence of virgins, In deeds of righteous men. I arise today Through the strength of heaven; Light of the sun, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, Swiftness of the wind, Depth of the sea, Stability of the earth, Firmness of the rock. I arise today Through God's strength to pilot me; God's might to uphold me, God's wisdom to guide me, God's eye to look before me, God's ear to hear me, God's word to speak for me, God's hand to guard me, God's way to lie before me, God's shield to protect me, God's hosts to save me >From snares of the devil, >From temptations of vices, >From every one who desires me ill, Afar and anear, Alone or in a multitude. I summon today all these powers between me and evil, Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul, Against incantations of false prophets, Against black laws of pagandom, Against false laws of heretics, Against craft of idolatry, Against spells of women and smiths and wizards, Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul. Christ shield me today Against poison, against burning, Against drowning, against wounding, So that reward may come to me in abundance. Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me, Christ in the eye that sees me, Christ in the ear that hears me. I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through a belief in the Threeness, Through a confession of the Oneness Of the Creator of creation. St. Patrick (ca. 377)

Subject: [IRELAND] St. Patrick's Breastplate In the American Episcopal Church hymnal is found the translation of this prayer attributed to St. Patrick (372-466). The music is an adaptation of an Irish melody by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) The translation of the text is by Cecil Francis Alexander (1818-1895) The hymn is of the Holy Trinity thematically and is traditionally sung on Trinity Sunday (the Sunday after Pentecost. "I bind unto myself today the strong Name of the Trinity, by invocation of the same, the Three in One and One in Three" is the first of seven verses. It is a beautiful and spiritually moving hymn but I do not know how true the translation is to the actual Irish prayer of St. Patrick

Hi all, Thanks to all the help received in county Meath search. Now, I have that nearly over-a-brick-wall bug today and have tracked some family names to County Roscommon-Leitrim area and hope someone can pull up some names for me on the griffiths cd. I would be forever grateful. The names are: CAROLAN CAROLIN CARLON CARLAN PLUNKET PLUNKETT CURLEY CURLY SMITH Michael Carolan

I hope this info is useful. I contacted the National Archives of Ireland and this is what they said. With reference to your enquiry, household returns of the 1901 and 1911 Census can be ordered from the National Archives at a cost of EUR2.50 per copy, inclusive of postage. Cheques, bank drafts or money orders should be made payable to the "National Archives". A Euro draft may be the most economical for those outside the Republic of Ireland. Request should be addressed to: The reading room, National Archives, Bishop St., Dublin 8. You will need to provide the name of the family, the townland or street and, if possible, the District Electoral Division number, or, the name of the civil parish. This may not be the same as the RC parish. The IreAtlas townland database Can be searched for place-names at: http://www.seanruad.com/ Yours sincerely Philip Doyle

Michael, Re: Meath Names. Just put the names and locations, if known, in an e-mail and somebody may pick up the ball and run with it. Regards, Tom.

Hello Would some nice kind person with access to the Irish Birth Indexes for 1891 please see if there is an entry for an Elizabeth Sherwood. She should be born in Offaly according to the 1901 Census. Who her parents are I'm not sure but she is the neice of my Great Great Grandparents Henry and Margaret Halpin (nee Sherwood). This may solve a few problems so any help would be most appreciated. Allyson Jardine Dumfries, Scotland

i'am looking for the parents of james mulligan born 1854 in ireland, they came to the u.s. in 1855, but i dont know where either. can someone please help me. this is all the info i have, sorry thanks sue

Hi, Is anyone available to do a crossname search in Co. Meath for one uncommon name and one more common name? I think there must be a way to do that sort of thing with the Griffiths index CD? Any help appreciated. Michael

"It was market day at Castlebar when I arrived there, and I strolled for a couple of hours among the market people. Great numbers of women, holding a hank or two of yarn of their own spinning, stood in the streets and offered their trifling commodities for sale. Very few of those whom I addressed could speak English; but some of the men about, seeing the disadvantages under which I laboured, very obligingly stepped forward, and offered assistance as interpreters. This sort of politeness is common to the Irish. I ascertained that the women could not earn by spinning more than a penny or twopence a day, and hundreds of them attended the market whose earnings for the whole week did not exceed sixpence or ninepence; yet notwithstanding this inadequate reward of long and hard labour, their honest countenances wore the habitual impress of cheerfulness and perfect good humour. Scarcely any of the women had shoes, and I felt considerable alarm while threading my way through a d! ense crowd, lest I should step on their feet." -- Excerpt, Jonathan Binns, "Misieries and Beauties of Ireland" (1837)

Hello Jennifer: I used to be part of a rootsweb list that was strictly for passenger list requests and info. Sorry I don't have the exact info (no doubt someone will), but I highly recommend the list as the listers were very knowledgeable and helpful. good luck susan spencer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Bean" <thatgirl@appleisp.net> To: <IrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [IGW] My love/hate relationship with the Ellis Island website > Hi Everyone, > The Ellis Island website allows you to search for immigrants from about 1890 > onward- my ancestors came over during the potato famine, which was in the > years just before that, so I can't search for them in the Ellis Island > database. Does anyone know where they might have come through (would it > still be Ellis Island?), and anyone know where I might search for the > passenger lists? Thanks! > Jennifer > > on 3/7/02 8:41 PM, susan patt spencer at teacup@ipns.com wrote: > > > Hello Jean and all, > > > > I also found my grandmother, Annie Meighan, immediately on the Ellis Island > > site, and I have looked at many different rolls of NARA film trying to > > accomplish this over the years, but inevitably ALL the details never seemed > > to match. I typed in her name and POOF, there she was! and ALL the details > > matched this time. Anyway, I too found the site incredibly cumbersome, but > > my computer is not the fastest either:-) > > > > Sorry I don't have any answers for you, I just wanted to commiserate! > > > > susan > > > > > > ==== IrelandGenWeb Mailing List ==== > > This list is sponsored by the IrelandGenWeb Project - > > http://www.irelandgenweb.com > > > > > ==== IrelandGenWeb Mailing List ==== > This list is sponsored by the IrelandGenWeb Project - http://www.irelandgenweb.com >

LINES ADDRESSED TO A SEAGULL White bird of the tempest! oh, beautiful thing, With the bosom of snow, and the motionless wing; Now sweeping the billow, now floating on high, Now bathing thy plumes in the light of the sky; Now posing o'er ocean thy delicate form, Now breasting the surge with thy bosom so warm; Now darting aloft, with a heavenly scorn, Now shooting along, like a ray of the morn; Now lost in the folds of the cloud-curtained dome, Now floating abroad like a flake of the foam; Now silently poised o'er the war of the main, Like the spirit of charity brooding o'er pain; Now gliding with pinion, all silently furled, Like an angel descending to comfort the world! Thou seem'st to my spirit -- as upward I gaze, And see thee, now clothed in mellowest rays, Now lost in the storm-driven vapors that fly Like hosts that are routed across the broad sky -- Like a pure spirit, true to its virtue and faith 'Mid the tempests of nature, of passion, and death! Rise! beautiful emblem of purity! rise On the sweet winds of heaven, to thine own brillant skies, Still higher! still higher! till lost to our sight, Thou hidest thy wings in a mantle of light; And I think how a pure spirit gazing on thee Must long for the moment - the joyous and free -- When the soul, disembodied from nature, shall spring, Unfettered, at once to her Maker and King; When the bright day of service and suffering past, Shapes fairer than thine shall shine round her at last, While the standard of battle triumphantly furled, She smiles like a victor, serene on the world! -- Gerald Griffin (1803-1840)

Correction - "I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it." Jonathan Winters.

Some words of wisdom -- "I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead with it." -- Jonathan Winters "Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it the more it will elude you; if you turn your attention to other things, it will come softly, sit on your shoulder." "He who seeks for applause only from without has all happiness in another's keeping." -- Oliver Goldsmith "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." -- Jonathan Winters "We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." -- Carlos Castaneda "If there is no wind, row." - Latin proverb "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -- Eleanor Roosevelt. "I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one." -- Mark Twain "We have met the enemy and he is us." -- Walt Kelly "To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves." -- Will Durant "The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your arm." -- Swedish proverb "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson "Every man stamps his value on himself...man is made great or small by his own will." - J. C. F. von Schiller "There'll be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read 'em but all that's gonna matter is that little dash between 'em." -- Kevin Welch "Faced with a crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. " -- Charles De Gaulle "The only thing in the world you change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world." -- Cher