Does anyone know if a Galbally parish history book has been published? If so, if someone has one, can they contact me off list. Thanks in advance. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

Irish America magazine covers contemporary Irish-related issues in the US as well as the historical Irish influence on the American culture. Here's a link to the current and back issues. http://www.irishamerica.com/ Eilis O'Hara ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html

Thanks to George of the Irish Heritage Newsletter.... CONEMARRA TART 1 cup self rising flour 1/4 cup sugar 2 large apples 1 beaten Egg 2 ounces butter 1/4 cup milk pinch of salt 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger Topping: 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg. Sift flour, ginger, salt and sugar. Rub in the fat. Add milk and eggs to bake a soft dough. Roll out on a floured board. Cover the base of a greased pie dish with the pastry. Grate the apples onto the pastry. Dot with butter. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over top. Bake in a moderate oven for 1/2 hour. Serve hot with custard. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

Patricia, Here's a link to Ireland of the Welcomes Magazine. It will give you detail on the magazine as well as subscription information. http://www.irelandofthewelcomes.com/ Eilis O'Hara _______________ Jean wrote abt "Ireland of the Welcomes" that sounds VERY interesting. Can you give me the address to subscribe to the magazine ? Thanks. Patricia Carr McDonald pmcdonald@apptechnc.net ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html

Just in case anyone does subscribe, they also offer back issues. I got several issues with specific articles on Longford Co. that way. Just click on archives. It will take you to a page that shows you what they have. Kathy

> > > "Ireland of the Welcomes" that sounds VERY interesting. Can you give me the address to subscribe to the magazine ? > I put a link to order the magazine through Amazon on the Irish American Mailing List Website, under Irish Links. There is a link to the website on every Digest and under each L post. The magazine website is charging $21 versus Amazon's $18 per year. It is a wonderful magazine. Great mix of travel, community and culture with good pictures. I love it. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

Hi Patricia, You can access the website by either typing Ireland of the Welcomes in your browser or www.irelandofthewelcomes.com. A check of your local major book store that carries magazines may turn up individual issues for sale. I don't think you will be disappointed. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia McDonald" <pmcdonald@apptechnc.net> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 10:00 AM Subject: [Irish-American] Re:Magazine > Jean wrote abt "Ireland of the Welcomes" that sounds VERY interesting. Can you give me the address to subscribe to the magazine ? Thanks. > Patricia Carr McDonald pmcdonald@apptechnc.net

Jean, This list is about those researching Irish roots in Ireland and the US. A subscription to the "Best of British - Past and Present" magazine would have little if any benefit to this list which is an Irish American roots research focus. Eilis O'Hara ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html

Jean, The "Best of British - Past and Present" magazine would be of negligible relevance to the topic of Irish emigration to the US. The English North American Mail List would be the most appropriate location for that type of information since those subscribing to that list would have connections to England. Eilis O'Hara ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html

Jean wrote abt "Ireland of the Welcomes" that sounds VERY interesting. Can you give me the address to subscribe to the magazine ? Thanks. Patricia Carr McDonald pmcdonald@apptechnc.net

SNIPPET: Readers shared their thoughts on Ireland in the July-August 2003 issue of "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine: Theresa WATERMAN, Arcadia, FL, penned: "I have been receiving IOTW for three years now and have learned so much about Ireland. I have always wanted to go to Ireland and so did my mother. Unfortunately she never made it to Ireland ... My two sisters and I have a reunion every year, at one of our homes, as we all live in different parts of the United States. In memory of our mother, we decided to go to Ireland last summer and it was a wonderful experience .... In your Nov-Dec 2002 issue there was a letter from a lady in Australia, whose name was Ellen DOYLE, which was my Grandmother's married name. I would like very much to find my ancestry. My Grandmother was a SULLIVAN, who was adopted by the MELLONs of NY, and my Grandfather DOYLE was born on a ship coming from Ireland. Thank you so much for a beautiful magazine and for giving me the opportunity to learn so much about Ireland." Tony STRABAC, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada shared: "During the summer of 2001, my wife, two sons and I went to your wonderful land. Ten year earlier my wife and I became entranced with Ireland, after a four-week visit, in which we drove over 1,800 miles to see every nook and cranny possible. From the first night at Durty Nelly's pub, in Bunratty, Co. Clare, to the wonders and smells of turf in Connemara, it was a fantastic trip. My wife's ancestral blood was stirred beyond belief, and although I do not have a drop of Celtic blood in me, I, too, was forever changed. Ten years later, our two young sons sojourned back to this magical land where we got engaged (in Cork). Like us, our young lads were also smitten by the beauty of the Emerald Isle and the love of life shared by the Irish people. My eldest son and I climbed Croagh Patrick together, and although itwas raining, it was a bonding experience that will stay with us forever. I want to thank you, IOTW, for always bri! nging these magical memories to mind. Congratulations on a superb magazine and a wondrous land and people." Mike and Shirley SHANAHAN, Ventura, CA, wrote: "I have just finished reading your Jan-Feb 2003 issue and couldn't help but reflect on the many holidays that we have enjoyed since our very first journey to Ireland in the summer of 1975. Shirley and I have made many stops in Ireland; we have had two house exchanges, one for three months and one for four weeks. We have many friends, extended family members whom we visit and who visit us here in CA. Since 1975, we have tried to get to Ireland, our second home, every other year. After or during each visit, I am moved to write some poetry that reflects your great country and all the beauty that we have experienced. During the summer of 1999, we visited the Skelligs, and although it was a bit of a scare on the ferryboat, we made it and it turned out to be one of the most memorable experiences of our many visits to Ireland. ".... The souls of the Monks rest easy/High on the cliff where Puffins roam/The leeward breezes sing w! indless songs/Nurturing the delicate balance of today and forever." (Skellig, Ireland, written in 1999). Mary BURR, Blooming Prairie, MN shared: "Last October I took a trip to Ireland with my best friend. This was a dream come true. However, I think I aged a few years with my first experience of driving in Ireland. You do have such narrow roads, and we found the roundabouts quite a challenge, but we were up to the challenge. Before long, we were driving all over and enjoying the magnificent views. We first stayed in a charming B&B in Doolin, Co. Clare, where our host was delightful. We then drove on to Tuam, Co. Galway, where I have a ggg uncle who was an Archbishop of Tuam; so we were able to visit the Cathedral where he was buried. His name is John MacEVILLY. We were also able to visit the Archbishop's residence, where there are beautiful oil portraits of the previous archbishops. The next three days were spent in Dingle, Co. Kerry, which was my favourite place. We visited castles which were exciting and towns of all sizes. Everywhere we visited, we found the pe! ople absolutely charming and very helpful. I was expecting beauty beyond measure, and this trip far exceeded my expectations. The shopping was wonderful and I was so happy to add to my Belleek collection. I am already looking forward to my next trip. Ireland truly is a bit of heaven. I look forward to each edition of your terrific magazine. I'm already making a list of everywhere I want to visit. I truly thank all the lovely Irishmen and women who were so warm and welcoming." Madeline S. ATKINS, Port Washington, NY, commented: "You revived many lovely memories in me, as I read the article by Leslie GILMORE about the composer Annie HARRISON and her famous song, 'In the Gloaming' in your Jan-Feb 2003 issue. Your readers may be aware also that this song became associated with the Scottish-American diva, Mary GARDEN; she sang it to a misty-eyed audience, as she brought her operatic career to an end. .... I used this song many times in high school general music classes, when I taught in the NYC school system in the late 1950s .... As the comedian Bob HOPE used to say, thanks for the memory!"

Hmm -- Isn't this list about emigration from Ireland? Great numbers of Irish left Ireland and ended up in England - thousands during the Great Famine, and likely millions throughout the years. Since my own Irish grandfather emigrated to England and raised his family there, I found the articles in the magazine very interesting. Most of the family then emigrated on to the USA. The editor of the "Best of British" magazine, Mr. Kelly, doubtless has Irish roots himself. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "ConnorsGenealogy" <nymets11@pacbell.net> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [Irish-American] Re: "Best of British - Past & Present" magazine - ed. Peter KELLY > > > > > >What kinds of articles does it contain about Ireland? > > > > While this magazine has some interesting stories, I believe the focus of > this mailing list is Ireland and/or America....not England, Wales, > Scotland or the Isle of Man unless they have some Celtic information > that can be applied also to Ireland. >

----- Original Message ----- From: "ConnorsGenealogy" <nymets11@pacbell.net> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [Irish-American] Re: "Best of British - Past & Present" magazine - ed. Peter KELLY > > > > > >What kinds of articles does it contain about Ireland? > > > > While this magazine has some interesting stories, I believe the focus of > this mailing list is Ireland and/or America....not England, Wales, > Scotland or the Isle of Man unless they have some Celtic information > that can be applied also to Ireland. > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton > > > > > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. >

> > >What kinds of articles does it contain about Ireland? > While this magazine has some interesting stories, I believe the focus of this mailing list is Ireland and/or America....not England, Wales, Scotland or the Isle of Man unless they have some Celtic information that can be applied also to Ireland. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

Hi Eilis, While the focus of "Best of British" magazine is on England, particularly the 1930s-40s, but also Britain's rich history, it should be of interest to those with Irish roots who have a connection to England whether through Irish emigration, travel, or militarily. Lots of stories on WWI and WWII - Bomb shelters, rationing, Stirling bombers, etc. Interesting articles about old trains and ships, the Albert Docks, women in the service, family life, visits with grandma, advertisements, clubs and organizations, the cinema, "camping" holidays on trains, the Romany "gypsies," wildlife, flowers (many they share with Ireland), artists, musicians and old recordings, etc. On article was about BURGON & BALL Ltd., the last remaining hand-held sheep shear market in Britain in business since 1730. They have sold their high-quality sheep and garden shears to Eire, North and South America, Australia, NZ and Africa. In that same issues was an article about the "World Cup" tournament in 1958, the one only to have featured all four British 'home' nations, and they have photo of Northern Ireland's Danny BLANCHFLOWER and Peter McPARTLAND, and mention is made of Irish goalkeeper Harry GREGG, etc. I notice that the magazine receives mail and "memory lane" type snippets from diaspora in other countries. Many articles about England are written by authors with Irish surnames. There are occasional articles on Wales and Scotland, Isle of Wight - not as much about Ireland. One issue had a picture story about Simon PENDRELL. Simon had worked for Her Majesty's Secret Service for 17 years and then moved to beautiful Snowdonia, in North Wales, where he carves walking sticks with bird's heads in his workshop, some with whistling handles. I recall past articles on everything from the "Titanic," which was built in Belfast, to "Buffalo Bill" William Frederick CODY and Annie OAKLEY's tour of England, history of motorcycling, GILBERT & SULLIVAN operas, Billy SMART's circus, Raleigh, New Hudson and Sunbeam bicycles, collectibles, the making of scarecrows called "mawkins," centuries-old lock-ups and stocks for England's "malefactors, micreants, vagrants and drunks," mudflats of the Bristol Channel. Magazine is full of photographs and drawings. For articles on Ireland, exclusively, you would enjoy "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine, "Irish Roots" magazine, and for serious students of history, "History Ireland" magazine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eilis O'Hara" <naeireann4@yahoo.ie> To: <IrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 5:03 AM Subject: [IGW] [Irish-American] "Best of British - Past & Present" magazine - ed. Peter KELLY > Jean, > > What kinds of articles does it contain about Ireland? > > Eilis O'Hara >

Thought someone might be interested in this or could give me some help.My parents were EVA MAY SMITH ( 1890 - 1974 ) and GEORGE SHEARMAN CARR ( 1874 - 1955 ). GEORGE's PARENTS were GEORGE WHITMORE CARR ( 1851 -Dublin --1921 - first buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.) GWC's wife was EMILY SMITHERS ( 1854 - 1930 ). GWC's father was WILLAIM PATRICK CARR ( 1821 in Kilkenny, IR - 1861 ) He had several children . ( If needed I can name them) WPC's wife was ELIZABETH ARTHUR FRENCH (b 1827 - ANTRIM-- 1898)WPC's father was REV.GEORGE WHITMORE CARR ( 1779 IR. - 1849 New Ross, IR ) CHARLOTTE SHAW was his wife - born 1785 in Kilkenny ) I have some more information for several more generations, but not complete. Thank you for reading. Patricia CARR McDonald pmcdonald@apptechnc.net

Both the New York County (Manhattan) (AGHP) and the Queens County (AGHP, NYGW) websites have been updated. A new section devoted to Cemeteries has been added to each site and this is an ongoing project with new information to be added in the future. Along with that is a wonderful piece on Calvary Cemetery. Thanks to Rosemary Mulcahy who took almost 300 pictures of tombstones where Irish surnames were mentioned and then she indexed the almost 600 names. She sent the pictures and index to me on a CD and I put the pictures on pages in thumbnail fashion, where you can click on the picture to make it bigger. All can be saved and are perfectly readable. Thank you again Rosemary for all the work you did on this project. Also the surname registries have been updated with new names for both websites. Manhattan: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nynewyo2/ Queens County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyqueen2/ -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

Jean, What kinds of articles does it contain about Ireland and Irish Americans? Eilis O'Hara ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html

SNIPPET: If you haven't already discovered the excellent magazine with colorful photographs published in England - "Best of British - Past and Present," editor Peter KELLY - be sure and check out the website for subscription info., back issues available for purchase and/or look for individual issues at bookstores. As an example -- The October 1998 issue included the following articles/features: "The Magic of Toy Cars," "Sweet Memories/Fry's Chocolate," "Biscuit Tins w/Style," "Village Pumps," "Clydesdales in Clover/Haven for Mistreated/Ageing Horses/Fairways Heavy Horse Center, near Perth," "Devon's Art Deco Island,1929 Period Hotel/Burgh Island," A Love Affair w/Ships/Robt. G. LLOYD, Britain's Fine Maritime Artist," "Hidden Cornwall, " "Deer of the New Forest," "Elizabeth GARRETT, Suffolk Girl/Britain's First Woman Doctor," "Gwydir Castle's Return to Glory," "Escape FromThe Deep/John Hawtrey CAPES Escape, Sunken British Submarine off Greek Island of Cephalonia," "The G! rand Old 'Duke of York'/Derbyshire Inn,"' "This & That, Praise for the Hulton GETTY Picture Library," Conservation of Plant Species," "Britain Now," "Music/Sounds Then, Records of Yesteryear," Readers letters in the "Post Bag," "Poet's Corner," "Helping Hands," "Yesterday Remembered" columns and a "Bookshelf" column w/crossword puzzle. From the "Poet's Corner" -- "Away From Home," by Ann RAYNER, Van Nuys, USA: "How did I ever leave England/the land that was there from my start/from the rain-scented days of my childhood/to the summers that captured my heart/I was so young and unknowing/when I saw her recede, from the air/.My life stretched before me, unending/and my England would always be there/I couldn't have dreamed how I'd miss her/how I'd yearn for her temperature clime/for the family and friends that I left there/for a simpler and more tranquil time/How the call of the islands is magic!/It haunts every daytime and night/from the mountains and mist-laden valleys/to the villages tucked out of sight/So give me, oh, give me my England/when my feet are too tired to go on/and I'll wear all her daisies in my bonny hair/long after the greyness is gone/Give me, oh, give me my England/I will sing her forever in song/For it's there I was born, and it's there I'll return/to the land where I truly belong."

The following items have been recently added to "The Irish in Iowa" BIOS http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/bioindex.htm Surnames include: Mulvaney, Joyce, Meek, Starr, Lynch, Carlton, McElroy, McDonald, Daley, McGorrisk, Fleming, Lidwich, Higgins, Murphy, Dugan, O'Connor, Mulroney, Wolfe, Hennessy, Carlton, Moran, Costello, Condon, Beaty, Chapman, Clark, Cosgrove, Hennessy, O'Sullivan, Kennedy (x2), Thornton OBITS http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/obitindex.htm Surnames include: Brady, Jackman, Graham, McEvoy, McNally, Kelly HISTORY Sisters of Mercy - From Ireland to Iowa http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/sistersofmercy.htm Excerpts from "In the Early Days of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/bvm.htm Joyce's Concise History of Ireland 1916 "Penal Laws" http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/joycepenallaws.htm IRISH IN IOWA RESEARCHERS Researcher Pages Updated http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/irishsurnamesatog.htm http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/irishsurnamesitom.htm http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/irishsurnames.htm Also recently added to "Little Bit of Ireland" that may be of iterest to anyone researching in Limerick, Ireland Freemen of Limerick 1746-1836 (Surnames A-E) http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/freemenoflimerick.htm http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/freemenoflimerick.htm Cathy Joynt Labath Irish in Iowa http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm A Little Bit of Ireland http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/index.htm