Hi Mary, I'm researching the McLaughlin's and Fallons from the Roscommon area. Do you have any connections to the McLaughlin-Fallon family? My Mother told me that the Fallon's were living in New Jersey in the 1850's. I think one of the Fallon's was Bridget? Thanks Sandy

Oh, if it were so easy Mary. I tried contacting the remainder of one family and never heard from that family. I have scanned the photos and will be mailing them soon to Marion's grand niece. Nora marymh@optonline.net writes: Can you scan the photos and send the family or families in question the scanned copies? They may have others similar to the one you have, or recognize the baby.

I have just updated the County Clare surname registries on my website with close to 100 new names. If you submitted a name last month, please check your submission for accuracy. If you find mistakes or if your data and/or email address has changed, use the convenient form at the bottom of the registry and put 'change' in the field needing the change. I update the registries on a monthly basis and will pick up your change with the next update. To access the registries, go to the URL below my name. At the top of my homepage, under Ireland, click on County Clare. On the County Clare webpage, you will find links for the registries. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

Hi Folks In January, I told the list about impending arrival of a new Irish novel, '11 Emerald Street' by Hugh O'Donnell. It has now been published and is hilarious. Have as look on www.amazon.co.uk for a synopsis. I enjoyed it so much, I reviewed it for Amazon and include the review below. If you get to read the book, let us know what you think... Pat Mc Kenna Hugh O'Donnell's '11Emerald Street', May 5, 2004 Reviewer: P J Mc Kenna from Blackburn, Lancashire United Kingdom Now listen to me, Mr Hugh O'Donnell. I'm a very busy man. I'm not important, I'm just busy. I only read novels during my summer holidays beside a swimming pool somewhere very warm. Somebody told me I had to read '11 Emerald Street' so I gave in to temptation and reluctantly abandoned marking mounds of exercise books and writing politically correct, positively motivating, reports on two hundred teenagers' academic progress. Eight hours later I was fecken knackered. For the uninitiated, this is an Irish technical term describing a level of exhaustion reached when you're still reading at three in the morning even though you know you have to go tearing down the motorway at 6.55am to beat the worst excesses of the traffic at the M60/M61 Interchange. I couldn't put the book down. I was pulled into the pages of the story and transported back to the Dublin of my childhood forty years ago. You're hooked from the very first page. Our hero, Robbie is sat in class and his teacher, Brother Finch, is a terrifying bully about to pounce on any poor eejet who looks crooked at him. If you haven't sat in a class like that, you haven't lived. Robbie survives to take us on a journey through the streets of Dublin and lets us peep into the world of his family, friends and enemies. The Demon Drink is ever present but somehow manages to avoid brutalising the story or stereotyping half the nation. Hugh O'Donnell's skill in story-telling is that he remembers the little things we've long since forgotten and he brings them back to life in minute detail, almost in a stream of consciousness technique. At times he is weaving little anecdotes together to make sure we see Robbie and his family as real three-dimensional characters, the next minute he's painting detailed word-pictures of the whole neighbourhood. Robbie's most endearing quality is the fact that he accurately recounts events for us so that we fully understand golliwogs and other facts of life, but he hasn't the foggiest idea of the deeper significance of the observations he makes. He is an innocent abroad and consequently causes havoc wherever he goes. Humour leaps out at you. In fact, most of the time it's controlled, steady, but now and again, it catches you unawares and leaves you in hysterics. Wait 'til you read about the live goose in the parcel from Wexford... And that's another startling thing that Hugh O'Donnell has done. He's captured the special relationship between the Dublin city dwellers and their families down the country. Those of us who emigrate to foreign shores leave behind our country and our loved ones. The move to Dublin from a farm in Kerry or Wexford is an equally traumatic and lonely experience. The writer gently touches on this theme and reminds us that the lines of communication between city and farm are still wide open. Robbie's life is turned up side down when he suffers a head injury. His near-death experience has transformed him - he believes with a religious fervour that he has healing hands and he enthusiastically sets out to lay hands on those who need curing. I got a bit of a fright at this point in the story. Was the author indulging in a little 'magic realism', was he asking us to suspend disbelief whilst he took the Irish novel to new areas? Had he created what a fella called Barth referred to as 'a text of bliss', a piece so difficult it almost defies comprehension? Rest easy, Hugh O'Donnell's feet are firmly on the ground. Robbie has total belief in his powers but to some extent, you're allowed to interpret the events in the rest of the story anyway you want. The humour remains but alongside the hilarity comes reality in the shape of suffering, often too close to Robbie for our comfort. If you want to know any more, buy the blooming book... I loved the story because Hugh O'Donnell accurately re-creates the Dublin of the period, with its poverty, humour and its strength. It made me laugh, it made me think, it upset me. It allows fun to live alongside tragedy and permits our hero to grow up despite his best attempts to remain innocent. Buy the book now, especially if you have children at school. In a few short years, it will be on the secondary school Literature Syllabus in Ireland, England and elsewhere and you can tell your hooligans you read it with weeks of it hitting the shops. Well done, Hugh O'Donnell. don't publish anything for a few months. Let me get on with this marking... ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html

> > >In January, I told the list about impending arrival of >a new Irish novel, '11 Emerald Street' by Hugh >O'Donnell. It has now been published and is hilarious. > I have the book's cover and link to Amazon on the Irish American Mailing List website, near the bottom of the page at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ If you click on either the book cover or link, it will take you right to the book on Amazon. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

Can you scan the photos and send the family or families in question the scanned copies? They may have others similar to the one you have, or recognize the baby.

Hi listers, I hope someone can help me on deciding to which family some baby photos belong. My father's paternal first cousin, John, was born in Chicago in 1900. His parents were Irish born. John married Marion who was of German/Welsh descent. Marion died about a year ago (97 years old) and I recently received from her executor some old photos from the early 20th century. One photo looks like a naked baby boy about 7 months old (has a boyish face). My question: would Irish born parents in 1900 have photos taken of a naked baby? I have another photo that clearly looks like John (my father's cousin) around the age of 3 (there were later photos of John). I want to contact Marion's distant family with these photos and I want to make sure I send the correct ones. Some belong to Marion's family and some belong to Jon's family. Thanks. Nora Hopkins FitzGerald Searching for Fahey/Hogan/Keane/Hopkins in Chicago

SNIPPET: In Dublin's May-June 2004 "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine readers shared their thoughts: Harry and Ruth SICKLER, Williamstown, NJ, wrote: .... "My grandmother's family had many ancestors connected to Ireland. My wife has stronger Irish roots, as her father claimed to be full Irish. His mother was born in Kenmare in the 1870s, but we can't document her father's family, although a bay in Co. Clare and places in Co. Kerry have the BALLARD name. Last May, we spent ten days in Cos. Kerry, Kilkenny, and Dublin. The B&B owners and taxi drivers were extra friendly and informative ... We echo the many readers, who voice superlatives about the people and the countryside. The sight-seeing trips we took gave us memories of a lifetime. Of course, my wife was squirming in her seat as I drove on the left-hand side of the road but, fortunately, nothing bad happened to us. Now as we read IOTW, we can put sights, sounds and tastes to much of the writing." Charles J. BARAN, Greenlawn, NY, shared: "Neither my wife nor I have any Irish ancestry. By accident, I came across the PBS programme 'Out of Ireland' about eight years ago and I have been absorbed by Ireland and the Irish ever since ..." Referring to their magazine subscription - "The articles and photography are wonderful. They will always serve as reminders of the two times my wife and I have experienced your beautiful country, as well as provide inducements to return. The 2004 calendar, Breathtaking Ireland, is quite accurately titled. it is even more meaningful in that eight of the photographs depict places we have been to or near, in Counties Antrim, Mayo, Wicklow, Kerry and Galway." Kathleen E. FLANAGAN, Freehold, NJ, penned: "I am writing to tell you have much I enjoyed Jo KERRIGAN's stories about West Cork and in particular, Inchigeelagh. My great-grandparents, Johanna O'LEARY and Jeremiah McCARTHY, were both born there. They emigrated to Bayonne, NJ, in the 1890s. After researching my family's history and finding their birthplace, I visited Inchigeelagh for the first time in 2000. I can't describe the feeling I got when I was there. Every time I return to Inchigeelagh, I feel I am making the trip for my ancestors, because Johanna and Jeremiah left there in their twenties and never returned. The circle is now complete, as I was fortunate enough to reconnect with both families and so far I have met over sixty cousins. In fact, one of my cousins, Julia McCarthy KELLY, was in one of the pictures featured in Ms. KERRIGAN's story about Timmy Johnny O'SULLIVAN's unique store. Thank you for bringing Inchigeelagh, which is "on the banks of my own lov! ely Lee" to the attention of your readers. I have made many friends there. They treat me like one of their own. I am always told "welcome home" when I visit. It is truly a special place and I'd encourage visitors to stop at CREEDON's Hotel on a Sunday night for the music and the craic. You won't be disappointed." Sandy SNYDER/Pat GILCHRIST, Kingston, NY, shared: "We want to thank all of you at IOTW for helping to make this, our third trip to Ireland in three years, the very best yet ... We deliberately planned our itinerary around your recent articles - starting with Skerries to see the windmills at dawn (well, what else do you do when your plane lands in Dublin at five-thirty in the morning?). After the Hill of Tara and Kells, we went on our way following a route suggested in a Sligo Byways column, from a back issue which I had ordered. After visiting Boyle Abbey, we tried to find the Drumanone Dolmen on our own, but finally had to stop into a petrol station to ask directions. 'Go under the railway bridge, then park at the old stone house, then go up the path, open and close the gate - be careful because you're going to cross the rail track there - open and close the next gate, and you'll see it,' the fellow said. While there was not one signpost, everything was as he said i! t would be although he neglected to mention the ankle deep, very wet manure all the way up the path. As we shut the second gate, we saw the dolmen with cows lying in and around it. Then, as we started to take ... photos, one of the 'cows' stood up and faced us. It became obvious fairly quickly that this bull was guarding his harem, if not the dolmen. Quickly and quietly retracing our steps, we were almost oblivious to the muck sucking our boots into the ground with our every step back down the path. Only when we were back to the stone house, trying to figure out how to clean our boots before we got into the car, did we allow ourselves to laugh out loud! (Wet grass worked fine, by the way). For one of the six nights of our trip, we made sure that we stayed with Bernadette WALSH at Rocksberry B&B, the national winner of the 2002 'Lyons Tea Welcome of the Year' award. While all our hosts were super and gracious and offered excellent hospitality, Bernadette does go that step beyond: while I was struggling with my telephone credit card on her hallway phone, she asked when I had spoken to my children last. When I confessed that I hadn't yet been able to reach them since we'd arrived in Ireland three days earlier, she immediately dialed up my son's number on her own telephone and handed it to me. Later, that same evening, when Ireland was having its first November gale of the season, she knocked on our door and offered battery-powered lights for our night stands because the wind was creating power cuts. As with our two previous trips, everyone was more than gracious and welcoming - but I must say your magazine made this trip an extraordinary delight. A differen! t issue was on my lap along with our map, as I was the navigator each day...."

I just updated the County Tipperary Surname registry on my website with 80+ new names. Please check your submission for accuracy. You can access the registries (four) by going to the URL below my name. At the top of my homepage, under Ireland, click on County Tipperary. If you find a mistake or want to get your surname on the website, there are convenient forms on each of the registries' pages that you can use. If you change your email address, don't forget to change it by using the form. For changes, put 'change' in the field you want changed. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

I have updated the Ireland books section of my website. There are now two parts, parish history books and all other books pertaining to Ireland. This month books were added to all sections along with many new lookup volunteers. Since many books, especially the Parish History books are out of print so the lookup volunteers are being very unselfish with their time to help others and many thanks go to them for helping to make this website such an wonderful resource for Ireland family researchers. Those who submitted books this month, please check your entries for accuracy, since I do make mistakes. You can access the pages by going to the URL below my name. On my homepage, at the top, under Ireland, click on Ireland Books. This will take you to the Ireland Books Discussion Mailing List website. At the bottom of that webpage, under "Ireland Book Websites", you will find the links. If you have books that you would like to submit or if you would like to volunteer to do lookups, please use the convenient forms at the bottom of all the book webpages. I update the sites each month and will add your books with the next update. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

I missed out on the Missing Friends CD. Is it for Limerick? And are there specific dates? Beth

I want to express my thanks to Pat Wood who did a look up in the Missing Friends ads CD and found a link for my John CUSHING and his wife Elizabeth KELLY to Rockhill parish!! Yeah !!! The adrenaline is still rushing. I am planning a visit this weekend to the other member of my family that is working on this line and I cannot wait to see the expression on his face to the news that we now have a specific area in Ireland from which to work. Thank you all for so generously helping others in the search. Pat Seger ---- Pat Seger seger001@gold.tc.umn.edu

In a message dated 4/30/2004 2:44:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, Caffecupz writes: Bklyn, b-cert Barrett, Delia 2/4/1898 cert # 1415 Diane Jacobs was kind enough to ck this out for me. The parents were Mary and Thomas Barrett, which might help someone else, possibly related to me. The puzzle about this is that Delia Barrett--same name as my gggmother--is buried in same plot as my Delias son, James Barrett. Tis another Barrett conumdrum[sp?] LOL, Barbara : )

> > >I want to express my thanks to Pat Wood who did a look up in the Missing >Friends ads CD and found a link for my John CUSHING and his wife Elizabeth >KELLY to Rockhill parish!! > Wonderful news! Again, it shows how wonderful the genealogy community is, always helping one another out with lookups and research tips. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

Jean ... I read all your posts, they are always interesting and informative. In fact I have saved most of them. Great material to use for resource! So keep on posting. :) Phyllis PS if you have anything else on the Scots-Irish, please post!!! > >Hi Nora, Thank you so much for your very useful information. Whenever I >post a brief informational-type "snippet," I am hoping that a lister or two >will come forward with added comments, new details or corrections. In >addition, it is especially nice when I learn that a post has stirred up old >memories. Jean >----- Original Message ----- >

On 5/4/04 12:23 PM, "Jean Rice" <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: > A few years ago, I brought my bicycle with me on a trip to Ireland. It should also be pointed out that bicycles can be rented at many places, so if one doesn't care to spend the entire trip that way, it is still possible to take some excursions on a bike. This has the secondary effect of being a fantastic antidote to jet lag. -- We will not forget! www.remember-9-11.com www.ciarancummings.com

SNIPPET: In the May-June 2004 issue of Dublin's "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine readers shared some comments about Ireland: Ken TIPPETTE, Davidson, NC, wrote: "Patrick POWER's article 'Cycling Days,' which you featured in the Sept-October 2003 issue of IOTW, about the once widespread use of the bicycle in Ireland, shed light on a marvellous, but all too often overlooked, means of transportation. A few years ago, I brought my bicycle with me on a trip to Ireland. When I arrived at Shannon airport, I had no plan of where I wanted to go, but I set off with a guidebook, a map and the few essential items which I needed packed on my bike. For ten days I pedalled around the Irish countryside, allowing my whim to determine my daily destination. A partial list of the wonderful places I visited includes Ennis, Galway, Cong, Knock, Sligo, Westport, Clifden and Doolin. I saw the majesty of the Cliffs of Moher, the Burren, Croagh Patrick, Connemara and the Aran Islands. The open nature of bicycle travel exposed me to the country in a way that most visitors do not experience. I felt the Irish mist, sme! lled the scents along the rural lanes and heard the soft roadside sounds of nature. But, perhaps, best of all, the bicycle gave me access to the people of Ireland. Travelling by bike extends an open invitation to anyone who wants to share a conversation and this proved its worth in Ireland. Some of my most treasured Irish memories are the times I spent with the people who showered me with hospitality. When I returned home, I felt I had indeed visited the real Ireland." Angie PURCELL, Pottsville, PA, shared: "I am a new subscriber and I was delighted that my first issue contained an article on the Gaeltacht in Muskerry, in Co. Cork. I am an Irish-American who is "rediscovering my roots," so to speak. This quest for information about my ancestry has lead me down a path of learning to speak Gaelige. It is no easy task to teach yourself a foreign language, but your article inspired me to seek out instruction here in the States and I am currently attending weekend classes held by Daltai na Gaeilge. I am glad that your magazine considers that it is important to promote the Irish language and an important piece of Irish culture and history. Although Gaeilge may be declining in use, it is wonderful to see that areas such as Muskerry are holding onto their heritage and keeping the language alive for future generations. Gaeilge and other areas of Irish culture are rapidly becoming of interest in the States. Several schools and teachers such ! as Daltai na Gaeilge are offering courses in Gaeilge, Irish step dancing and lessons on the bodhran. Not only did your article inspire me to keep learning Irish, but it also pointed out areas of the Gaeltacht that I will be visiting in my upcoming trip to Ireland in 2005. Go raibh maith agat for the inspiring article and promoting your wonderful language." The editor pointed out that the maps of the Gaeltacht areas published by Gael Saoire, featured in the Bits and Pieces section of the Jan-Feb 2004 issue should be useful to her trip. James M. McDOWELL, Quincy, IL, wrote: "For nearly two weeks during the summer of 2001, my wife, I and our adult children and their spouses, nine of us in total, toured Ireland. Ireland was everything we had hoped for and even more. The Irish people were especially delightful. While visiting friends, Gerard and Mary McGREAL, on their farm in Co. Mayo, we got our first glimpse of Croagh Patrick. The Holy Mountain loomed majestically on the horizon, to the west of their farm near Westport. The peak beckoned us, and so, (apart from my wife, due to health reasons), we decided to scale the mountain. Gerard McGREAL and his daughter Ann accompanied us as we began our trek to the summit. The top half of Croagh Patrick was shrouded with fog. The moist, cool weather was such a contrast to the searing heat which we encounter back home during summer in IL. The climb to the top certainly taxed our strength and energy, but, with determination, we prevailed and eventually reached ! the summit. As residents of the flat IL prairie, the size and elevation of Croagh Patrick was overwhelming. The emotional high which we experienced was especially intense. The panoramic view of Co. Mayo and the Atlantic Ocean was, for want of a better word, awesome! We experienced a sense of achievement, wonder and fulfilment as we absorbed the splendour of this Holy Mountain." Katharine SLYFIELD, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, wrote: "Firstly, thank you for the very interesting and informative article on the Skerries Mills project. It provided readers with an excellent insight into the importance of water and windmills in Irish history. Five minutes from my home, in southern Ontario, Canada, in the village of Tyrone, is the Tyrone Mill. This mill was built in 1846 by John GRAY and his son-in-law James McFEETERS. In the 1840s, the little village was bursting with Irish and English immigrants and the flour mill was the hub of the community. It was a very important and necessary part of life in Tyrone, in its heyday it produced about fifty barrels of flour on a daily basis. The original millstones were removed in 1890 and the mill was converted to a livestock feed storage building. The feed was phased out in the 1950s and a sawmill was added. However, the flour making operation was rebuilt in 1996 to coincide with the mill's 150th anniversar! y. These days the mill is still being used as a sawmill, specialising in sawing and apple cider. Locally produced goods, such as cheese, honey and maple syrup are also sold here. It has even been part of the set of locally filmed TV series. A very important part of southern Ontario's history indeed, in a village with Irish connections."

Do you mean the Calvary Cemetery in Evanston or the one near Steger? Assuming you mean the old Chicago area Calvary Cemetery in Evanston - you can reach the cemetery office at 847-864-3050. They will take phone calls. This is just in case no one on the list lives near Evanston and can visit the cemetery office for you. Maureen N

I`m looking for the family of Mary BARRETT/KIMMET of Balma???, Sligo. She was alive in 1884. Her brother was John Barrett, who died in NYC, in 1884. 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

I`m looking for the burial plots of John Barrett, d. 1884. He gave plots to his daughter, Mary Jane, son Martin Joseph and Patrick McArthur. There is also one for his nephew, Rev. Thomas J. Quinn. Any help appreciated. 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