One of the plants which really struck me on my last trip to Ireland was all the Clematis Montana - they were EVERYWHERE and really beautiful. Maureen N

If you go to Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan {very close to where the World Trade Center was} they have the Irish famine Memorial which consists of plantings of grasses and other flora as well as a rock from each county in Ireland. It was all shipped over along with a small cottage. It was ready to open just before 9-11 but was of course covered in a thick layer of ash and the opening was delayed. As far as I know, all the plantings survived despite the skeptical view of our Irish friends who maintain that no plants from ireland can survive in NewYork City. The Memorial is not much to look at and you could probably pass right by with out knowing what it was--it is also a memorial dedicated to the elimination of World Hunger. People crawl all over it trying to find their "rock". If you go to Ellis Island, you can walk down the Esplanade in Battery Park and it is about 1/2 mile{?}. The walk is very nice along the River. It is a beautiful day today and if I had my wish, that is where i would be right now. Judy

During our trip to Ireland during June I especially remember a beautiful light pink wild (looking)rose along the roadsides. It had a small, fragrant, many-petalled blossom. The leaves were also small and the stems were quite thorny (small thorns). Don't know if it has a name ... wonder if it's the famous rose of Tralee? Rob Stevenson Maryville, TN -----Original Message----- From: wood.pat@comcast.net [mailto:wood.pat@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:37 AM To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Irish-American] Irish plants Hi Need your help. What plants / flowers ... beyond the Shamrock ... do you think of when you think of Ireland? Would really appreciate your thoughts. We need to re-plant a good part of our backyard after a new sewer line had to be installed. Our climate around Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest is similar to that of the Emerald Isle. It is a temperatie climate, and is very very green due to lots of rain. So, we thought that it would be kind of nice to look for plantings that we'd likely see in Ireland. This yard requires both shade-seeking and sun tolerant plants.... trees, bushes and flowers. All ideas most welcome! Thanks. Pat Wood Fircrest, WA -- Pat Wood ==== 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.

Boston States Migrations Family History Weekend, Friday June 11 - Sunday June 13, 2004 Waltham Massachusetts The "Boston States Migrations" includes more than 400 years of circular migrations between eastern Canada, New York and New England for a whole array of ethnic, religious, occupational and family groups. Many folks went west only to return to this circle of families that still go "over home", even if the homefolks say they are "from away"! Politics, war, trade, famine, disease, shipping practices, land, rivers, turnpikes, canals, railroads, timber, mining, the Industrial Revolution, the growth of both urban and farm communities created push/pull factors for group chain migrations. Collateral families, neighbors, co-workers and parish members created "sister communities", where resources in one location solve puzzles in another. Join us for a weekend of events and resources, featuring Sandra Devlin, Atlantic Canada Genealogy Columnist; Paul Bunnell, Loyalist Resources; Maureen Taylor, Photo Identification, Preservation, Heritage Albums and Scrapbooks; Sharon Howland, Washington County Maine Resources; PLUS! Family History tables, migration videos, vendors and regional history resources. Space is limited for the June 11 video replay of the 1999 Boston States Fair migration patterns, ships and railroad resource talks, as well as the June 13 Family and Group table reservations. Visit http://bostonstates.rootsweb.com/ and register on-line at http://www.GenealogyFair.com/2004BSFHF.htm CBC's Maritime Magazine recently devoted a half hour program to Sandra Devlin: "Missing Links" newspaper column has been helping Maritimers solve genealogical mysteries for almost a decade. If you have Real Audio, you can listen to the show at http://novascotia.cbc.ca/radio/maritimemagazine/archives/archive147.html Whether you are just getting started or need help with a particular problem, this is an opportunity to learn about resources or share with others. If you cannot attend, but would like your research interests posted, you may send a "Wanted Poster" (see example http://bostonstates.rootsweb.com/wanted+poster.jpg). Also, if your local society would like to send flyers, please address to GenealogyFair, 233 Lake Street, Waltham MA 02451 Canada Census Campaign information and petitions will be available for attendees to help resolve the overdue 1911 Census release! Search the archives or subscribe to the Boston States mailing list for event updates http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/BOSTON-STATES.html Cheers! Sharon Sergeant GenealogyFair.com

I'd be very interested, too! Please post to the list. I'm in the Portland, Oregon, area in the NW USA also. Donelly Mahoney Worthington In a message dated 5/11/2004 8:38:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, wood.pat@comcast.net writes: Need your help. What plants / flowers ... beyond the Shamrock ... do you think of when you think of Ireland? Would really appreciate your thoughts. We need to re-plant a good part of our backyard after a new sewer line had to be installed. Our climate around Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest is similar to that of the Emerald Isle. It is a temperatie climate, and is very very green due to lots of rain. So, we thought that it would be kind of nice to look for plantings that we'd likely see in Ireland. This yard requires both shade-seeking and sun tolerant plants.... trees, bushes and flowers. All ideas most welcome! Thanks. Pat Wood Fircrest, WA

The following NYS county surname registries have been updated. New York (Manhattan) http://www.rootsweb.com/~nynewyo2/ Queens http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyqueen2/ Rensselaer http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrenss2/ These websites are all part of the NY History & Genealogy Project. You can find the Surname Registries at the top of the homepage of each site, under Genealogy (drop down menu), click on Surnames. If you submitted a name, please check your entry for accuracy. If you find a mistake or want to change some of your data/email address, just submit another form (under the registry) and put 'change' in the field where you want the change. I update the registries each month. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, grows more species in its 300 acres than any other garden in the world and is an important scientific institution. The magnificent glasshouses, including Decimus BURTON"s famous Palm House, display a wide range of plants from rainforest to desert and provide the visitor with a visual and fragrant treat whatever the time of year. One can buy flower seeds from the RBGK ("The Kew Collection" by Thompson & Morgan); T&M are located in Ipswich, England, as well as Jackson, NJ, USA. The photos on the front of the Kew packets are what caught my eye -absolutely unusual and gorgeous, every single one of them, on the display. More than I usually pay, I only indulged in one ($3.60) and getting ready to plant. Don't know if it will work here in Spokane, WA, which has all four seasons, with much heat in summer and cold in winter, but I just had to have it! The photo on my packet of seeds shows a large, delicate white creped petal fading to cream and there is what appears to be a dash of turquoise blue in the very center. It is called Meconopsis betonicifolia alba Papaveracea -- White Himalayan Poppy, a rare white form of the much coveted Himalayan Blue Poppy, height 60-90 cm (24-36 in). There is a new book out called "Wild Flowers of Britain an Ireland" by Marjorie BLAMEY, Richard FITTER and Alastair FITTER (A&C Black, 37 Soho Square, London WID 3QZ, ISBN 0-7136-5944-0, P/b 16.99 pounds, the cover is white with drawings of colorful wild flowers on it. The review states: "Three lifetimes spent in the enjoyment, study and illustration of wild flowers have gone into this project. Richard FITTER who has written a clear and helpful text for beginners and keen botanists alike, is 91 years old and Marjorie BLAMEY, who has produced 5,000 splendid illustrations in colour for this book is 86. Alastair FITTER, Richard's son, Professor Biology at York University has carefully mapped the plants, for the greater convenience of those many thousands who must surely refer to this fat little book, described by one commentator as "a beautiful bouquet of botanical facts." Almost everything is common to Britain and Ireland, but of particular interest are the thirty or so wild flowers, including the elusive Kerry Lily, which are confined in the main to Ireland." ----- Original Message ----- From: <wood.pat@comcast.net> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:37 AM Subject: [Irish-American] Irish plants > Hi > > Need your help. What plants / flowers ... beyond the Shamrock ... do you think > of when you think of Ireland? Would really appreciate your thoughts. > > We need to re-plant a good part of our backyard after a new sewer line had to be installed. Our climate around Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest is similar to that of the Emerald Isle. It is a temperatie climate, and is very very green due to lots of rain. So, we thought that it would be kind of nice to look for plantings that we'd likely see in Ireland. > > This yard requires both shade-seeking and sun tolerant plants.... trees, bushes > and flowers. > > All ideas most welcome! Thanks. > Pat Wood > Fircrest, WA

Hi, A plant we saw everywhere in Tipperary was fuschia. The story I was told is that wherever you saw a fuschia bush, it was likely the site of an old house that had fallen down. We saw plenty of fuschia bushes. Other plants that you really don't want that seemed to be prevalent were thistles and sedge - the sheep avoided those. We already have enough of these in the Pacific NW. (I live on SJ Island and would be interested to know what other plants you come up with.) I bought a booklet of Irish flowers and will try to find it to see what else it lists. Sandra San Juan Island, WA -----Original Message----- From: wood.pat@comcast.net [mailto:wood.pat@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:37 AM To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Irish-American] Irish plants Hi Need your help. What plants / flowers ... beyond the Shamrock ... do you think of when you think of Ireland? Would really appreciate your thoughts. We need to re-plant a good part of our backyard after a new sewer line had to be installed. Our climate around Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest is similar to that of the Emerald Isle. It is a temperatie climate, and is very very green due to lots of rain. So, we thought that it would be kind of nice to look for plantings that we'd likely see in Ireland. This yard requires both shade-seeking and sun tolerant plants.... trees, bushes and flowers. All ideas most welcome! Thanks. Pat Wood Fircrest, WA -- Pat Wood ==== 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.

The Kilkeel and Dromore pages of my website have been updated, Raymond http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com

Thanks Pat, it was me MaryPat

Does anyone have either of these NYC born Martins? I`m looking for the guy whose parents are John & Delia Barrett. zip 11220 d.2/1981 or zip 11372 d. 8/1972 Thanx, Barbara : ) German: Bauer/Beare/Beimann/Beekman/Beuscher/Blankenmeyer/Castle/Decker/Englehard/t/He lmken Hohler/Hurrinus/Johnson/Keller/Kittelberger/Low/Miller/Muller/Ringeisann/Rollmann/Schneider/Soffel/Stratton/Wagner Irish: Barrett,/Burke/Byrne/Conway/Corrigan/Gallagher/Pascoe/Quinn Polish: Budarz/Romanski

Someone wrote to me recently asking about what counties, two towns in New York State, were located in. I wish I knew about this website when the person wrote. This is a Rootsweb resource, where you put in the town/city/village name and the state, an it will give you the county. Great resource when you want to do research and don't know where the village/town/city is located. http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi BTW, if you don't know the state, it will also give you all the states and counties where the place is located. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

> > >This seems to be rather political to me, for website that such is not supposed to appear on. > This is history. During the Famine years, the Know-Nothings tried to pass laws to stop the Papists from immigrating. It was very political in the 1840-50s but now it is history. If you put 'Know Nothing Party' in a google search you will find many sites dealing with it. Here is part of a collegiate historical site I found: > > Know-Nothing party > > also called the American party, formed in the 1850s to oppose > immigration and the election of Roman Catholics to political office. > Because its members originally met in secret and were unwilling to > divulge what they stood for, their name came from their response to > questions: "I know nothing." They nominated ex-president Millard > Fillmore in 1856 and won the electoral votes of Maryland. The party > failed because of its unwillingness to take a stand on the issue of > slavery > -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA, list admin http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

thanks to George, of the Irish Heritage Newletter... The Philadelphia Nativists Riots On Friday, May 3, 1844, the American Nativist Party, (aka American Republican Party), set up a platform in the almost one hundred percent Irish Third Ward of Kensington, a Philadelphia suburb. Speakers delivered tirades against the Irish, the Pope,. the Catholic Church, and the immigrants. The theme was that "a set of citizens, German and Irish, wanted to get the Constitution of the U. S. into their own hands and sell it to a foreign power. " The crowd jeered and began to tear down the platform. The Nativists retreated temporarily. Philadelphia was a hotbed of nativism for years. The American Nativist Party allied itself with the American Protestant Association in propagating a conspiracy theory: the Pope was planning to take over America. The Irish were considered the most dangerous immigrants since they had demonstrated loyalty to the Pope through centuries of persecution and might rise on a signal from Rome for either a bloody conquest or a political takeover at the ballot box. Leaving the most virulent anti-Catholic rhetoric to some evangelical Protestant clergy in the American Protestant Association/ the American Nativist Party claimed that its overriding concern was good government. It opposed immigrants only because they corrupted the republican principles of the founding fathers. The Nativists drafted a three-plank party platform: (1 ) to extend the period of naturalization to twenty-one years; (2) to elect only native born to all offices; (3) to reject foreign interference in all institutions, social, religious, and political. The Nativists who retreated from Kensington on May 3 returned on May 6, now three thousand strong. Speakers raised the flag and ranted about foreign religious influence in politics. Few Irish were in attendance since they had been told at Sunday Mass to go about their business and avoid confrontation. When a speaker called the Irish "scum unloaded on American wharfs," the only disruption was humorous: an Irish carter, with an innocent air, dumped a load of dirt a dozen feet from the platform. Heavy rain sent the crowd scurrying around the corner to take shelter in Nanny Goat Market. When a speaker jumped onto a stall and continued with inflammatory remarks, fighting broke out. The odds of only 30 Irish against 3000 Nativist were improved when other Irish started sniping from buildings. Many were injured on both sides and two Nativists were fatally wounded. The sheriff and his deputies, who carried only clubs, not guns, were ineffective. The Nativists broke into houses, tore apart furniture, destroyed buildings, beat residents, and drove Irish families into the woods at night. Two more Nativists were killed during attacks on a seminary and a church. The next day the Nativist press called on all good Americans to defend themselves against the "the bloody hand of the Pope." Handbills asked every Nativist to come prepared to defend himself. The Nativists again marched on Kensington and gunfire was met with gunfire. The invaders spent the night burning down houses block by block. On Wednesday they brought their arson tactics to the weavers' streets. Some Irish Protestant weavers, who had first sided with their brothers of the loom rather than their brothers of the Orange Lodge, had second thoughts. To protect their homes and shops, and to show that they were "patriots," they displayed American flags and Native American insignia in their windows. Flushed with victory, the Nativists again attacked and burned to the ground St. Michael's Church and rectory, as well as St. Charles Seminary. They cheered a falling steeple, while a fife and drum group played "Boyne Water. " With little left to burn in Kensington, they marched back to Philadelphia and burned down St. Augustine's Church. On the way they passed a German Catholic Church and never touched it. Rioting in Irish Kensington was one thing, but rioting in elite Philadelphia was another, especially when the Mayor was stoned as he tried to calm the mobs. Martial law was enforced for a week. Troops guarded churches. Dublin-born Bishop Francis Kenrick tried to defuse the situation by closing all churches on the Sunday after the attacks. Declaring that it was better to let all churches burn than shed one drop of blood, he counseled Catholics to take no action and offer no resistance. He also asked his flock to trust the better instincts of the government leaders who were making arrests and having jury trials. The bishop had illusions. The all non-Irish and non-Catholic juries acquitted every Nativist and convicted Irish Catholics. The grand jury blamed the Irish for the riots; the alien and ignorant customs of the lowborn Irish were a provocation to good clean-living Americans. Following several threats from hostile crowds, the parishoners of St. Philip Neri Church in Southwark, another Philadelphia suburb, got permission from the governor to form a militia and draw twenty muskets from the arsenal. Thousands of enraged nativists marched on Southwark a day after they had shown their strength with a gigantic July 4 parade; a parade that was very pro-American, very anti-Irish, and very anti-Catholic. St. Philip's was doomed. The sheriff confiscated the arms of its Irish defenders. He didn't dare confiscate the arms of the Nativists, or the cannons they brought from the docks. The sheriff accepted the offer of the Nativist leaders to guard the church if the defenders left. This was like letting the fox guard the chickens. The Irish were badly beaten as they were evacuated. The crowds thronged in, set fires, slashed holy pictures, destroyed valuable paintings, and desecrated holy objects. The militia general who belatedly tried to stop the destruction had his troops fired on and killed. A later commission of inquiry blamed the general for favoring immigrants and trampling on the rights of native Americans. As the attacks continued in Philadelphia, Nativists threatened New York City. Tyrone-born Bishop John Hughes told the Nativist Mayor that he was sending Irish volunteers to defend the churches and that, if one Catholic church was burned, "New York would be another Moscow." "Dagger-John" was known to be a man of his word and no churches were burned. Yet, the Nativists were not defeated. Winning control in eastern cities, they reformed in the 1850’s as the Know-Nothings. The Party itself died out, but Nativist sentiments did not. The heirs of the Nativists can be found today in groups that are anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Irish. (written by Margaret E. Fitzgerald, PhD & originally printed in 1992) http://www.irish-society.org/archives.htm © Irish Cultural Society of the Garden City Area -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

Looking for information on Michael Coyle Irish American service man during WW2 known to my Grandmother only info I have is that he was from Boston would have been born around 1922 maybe 5 years before or after this time would have been based in England maybe Watford Hertfordshire, Wiltshire areas. Believed that family were from Mayo area and immigrated to US not sure when. Any info or suggestions I would be grateful for. Many Thanks Venita

I have updated the NY-Irish surname registries on my website. They are for ancestors who lived at one part of their life in New York State, including New York City. Many emigrants passed through NY before going North, South and/or West. They may have filed their first naturalization papers in NY. They may have left friends and relatives there before moving on or they may have stayed there. If you made a submission during April, please check it for accuracy. If you would like to add your surname, or make changes to one already posted, use the forms at the bottom of the registries webpages. You can access the registries, by going to the URL below my name. At the top of my homepage, under Mailing Lists, click on NY-Irish. This will take you to the NY-Irish Mailing List website. Near the bottom, under 'Contributions from Subbers', you will find links to the registries. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

SNIPPET: Con MORIARTY was the eldest of six children, he was born and raised in the Gap of Dunloe, a region of breathtaking beauty, yet with a rocky terrain and thin turfy soil that creates a harsh and difficult landscape in which to scratch a living from farming. Here his ancestors have lived ever since the dark days of CROMWELL. Con is named after his grandfather, a man who had a tiny holding amidst some of the most rugged land in Ireland. Grandfather Con supplemented his meagre livelihood by working as guide to the very earliest 'active travellers' to this remote region, guiding them to the summit of Carrauntoohil, Ireland's highest mountain. Thus, two generations back, the seeds of the present Con's future business and life's passion, were sown. The MORIARTYs have always been people who knew every inch of the mountains surrounding them, whether searching for lost sheep or showing hardy travellers the way to the peaks through swirling clouds and gusting winds. "My mother's people were farmers from further west along the foothills of the mighty Macgillycuddy's Reeks and summer holidays spent with my relatives here allowed me to experience life that would largely cease a few years later. On my grand-uncle's sheep farm, things were done in a very traditional way. Sowing crops, cutting the turf, milking, etc. were all done by hand.... The wild nature of my place was undoubtedly a huge inspiration to me as a child. I was fascinated by the rugged sky lines of my valley, by the great shapes of the rocks and peaks of the Macgillcuddy's Reeks, of the Gap, the Black Valley, the Hag's Glen, Tomies Woods and the majestic Killarney Valley. It was a land trodden by my race from the Stone Ages and I felt the power of this strongly. The oldest copper mines in northern Europe lay nearby and the Fianna hunted where I played. Ancients raised megaliths in my valleys and scholars studied and prayed on islands I knew well. Pagans and Christians! held rituals at holy wells and lofty peaks I saw every day. Chieftans fought in this place and invaders came here. My people had suffered intensely here too, but caves I played in as a boy were hideouts during my nation's struggle for independence ... I absorbed great stories of history and folklore from my father and other elder people in my community that later led to a lifelong love of archaeology, human history in all its facets, traditional culture and the incredible story of Ireland as well as our natural history. This core interest along with my insatiable love of mountains and climbing were the dominant forces in my life...." Con MORIARTY, associates Ms. Marion "Binky" OSWALT of Mobile, AL (who has Irish roots), and Ann CURRAN, are featured in the May-June 2004 issue of Dublin's "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine. Various tours offered take in the wild beauty of the Killarney National Park, the rugged Beara Peninsula, boat trips to the Blaskets and famed Skellig Michael with its 6th century monastery perched precipitously above the sea, Cork, the Cliffs of Moher, the Burren, the Aran Islands, Galway, Clare Island (once home to the pirate queen Granuaile), Croagh Patrick, Donegal, The Rosses, the highest sea cliffs in Europe at Slieve League, the pilgrim route of Colm Cille, prehistoric dolmens, stone circles, wild flowers. Tours are not limited to walking tours - there are packages featuring cooking schools, painting, antique-hunting, fishing and stately homes. Non-hikers can discover the Country Living Tour, a supremely indulgent trio based at three of Ireland's finest country house hotels ! while touring the counties of Cork and Kerry, where visitors can explore in comfort, walk, golf, fish, shop, discover castles, gardens and antiquities, with a helpful guide. The Painting Workshop, based in Dingle, offers opportunities to paint and sketch. Offered also are spiritual pilgrimages, literary tours, wildlife, cycling and climbing, visits to restaurants and pubs - even special Genealogy tours - and there are many opportunities to chat with locals, as well. One photograph in the article is of an arresting sculpture by John BEHAN (b. 1938) commemorating the Irish Famine. At Murrisk, Co. Mayo, it recalls the famine ships in which many left Ireland's shores.

I have updated the Irish American surname registries on my website. Please check your submissions for accuracy. You can submit your surname by using the forms at the bottom of each surname page. You can find the surname pages by going to the URL below my name. At the top of my homepage, under Mailing Lists, click on Irish American. On the Irish American Mailing List webpage, near the bottom under, Irish American Links, you will find the links to the surname registries. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

SNIPPET: Barbara COYLE, writer, organic gardener, traveler and novice singer lives with her family in rural PA. She traveled to Ireland in January with her husband, Jim, and his mother, Eileen, in her 80s. They had rented a house for three months in the bustling town of Ennis, Co. Clare, sight unseen, from an Internet posting. The house was pleasant, large and warm. The local wheelchair association had provided them with a chair to take "Gram" with them when they journeyed through the town. During their stay they were to meet many of the local artists, historians, storytellers, musicians and singers. One of Barbara's favorite finds in Ennis was the regular monthly meetings of the Ennis Singers Club. Drawn in initially by a small poster in a pub window, she would visit Brandon's Pub at 9 o'clock on the third Wednesday of the month. Little did she know she was to fall in love with what the Club calls the most original and ancient instrument of all - the human voice. Upstairs a person collected a small fee and inquired of people if they wished to sing or listen. The room would be quiet with people gently talking as visitors, regulars such as storyteller Paddy MURPHY and singer Mary Ann O'REILLY, and guest artists arrived. Peadar McNAMARA, an art teacher at Ennis Community College, founder of the Ennis Singers Club, provided background on the tunes. Robbie McMAHON, a retired farmer with thick white hair, a well-known ballad singer and president of the Ennis Singers Club always started the sessions. (In his time he won 17 All-Ireland singing titles!). As his thick rich voice filled the room, his songs would tell stories of the country, the land, the troubles, the loves and the lost. Geraldine KELLY who sings at medieval banquets in nearby Bunratty Castle gave a beautiful rendition at a session of "The Water Is Wide," Gerry CLARKE, a gifted blues guitarist from Galway played for the crowd and Kilmaley's Paddy COMMANE's recitations entertained the audience. The Ennis singers are serious about their singing, the sessions often last until well after midnight even on the weeknight. They are there to support each other and to be heard. They are there to keep the songs alive. -- Excerpts article May-June 2004 issue (w/photos) "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine published in Dublin.

Sandy: I have studied the Fallons in New Jersey, but can find no connection to mine, nor do I know of a connection with the McLaughlins. Sorry. Mary