Jean, I really enjoyed reading that letter about the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Gold Rush in California. I live close to the Sierra Nevada's on the Nevada side and I have always loved those majestic mountains. Indeed they are beautiful. There were many, many Irish among those who traveled west to make their fortune. Aside from the California Gold Rush, The Comstock Lode in Virginia City should not be forgotten. If you are looking for your Irish ancestor her or she may well be in that place. The old cemetery is full of Irish names. Also not to be forgotten are the Donner Party who became stranded in the Serra's and many of them survived by resorting to cannibalism. As I recall, the only family that survived was that of Peter Breen, an Irishman. Somewhere I have "Ordeal by Hunger" which recounts their journey but now I can't locate it (darn). Anyway, thanks Jean, Margaret Bence Davis Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

I have just updated the Ireland Genealogical Projects' County Limerick website with either updated or new webpages for the following town(land)s: Newtown, Ballyhahill, Cloncagh, Carrowmore, Ballynoe, Ardagh, Rathkeale, Kilmeedy, Adare, Kilfinnane, Shanagolden, Glen, Bruff, Bruree, Limerick City, Croom, Ballyguy, Knocknadiha, Knocklong, Knockadea, Houndscourt, Goravalla North, Kilglass, Lisnalanniv, Barna and Glansharrold. All were added/updated as the result of requests from Limerick researchers. Some pictures, maps, records, surname and/or links have been added to the townland webpages that were already on line. If you have data, church records, pictures, townland descriptions, maps, links, etc that you would like to add to any of the townland webpages, email me off list. If you would like to see a townland webpage that is not there, as yet, also email me off list. I try to update this site on a montly basis. At the very minimum, they have the following data on each: civil parish, barony, poor law union, Catholic diocese, Catholic parish, available Catholic records. You can access the website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllim/ -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton

THE CINDER PATH We loved to walk on the cinder path and push the burnt- out coals into the earth, my father shovelling the cinders from the heap at the creamery after he had spilled the fresh milk into big vats, filling the can again with skim milk used for baking soda bread and the remainder poured into the trough for the two pigs and buckets for the young calves. The cinders were heaved off the cart in the back of the Garden Field that led to the Square Meadow and on to Kilmadderoe Lake where the cattle plunged in to keep cool in the summer time. The cinders created a dry walk in the winter time, when the fields got wet and mucky, helping to shape the path, as we pounded on the soft stones, crunching them back into the clay, recycling the remains from the boiler house at Kiltoghert Co-op. -- Mary Guckian, Rathmines Writers' "Extended Wings" Swan Press/Dublin

Many thanks, Bev. Beannacht Dé ort. - Jerry Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom & Bev Bennett" <Tom.Bennett@netcare-il.com> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [Irish-American] Gibbons & Murphy / CONN > Jerry, First thanks for the reply you sent to my request about the McCormick > name and history. Your answers are mini lessons about Ireland and so > wonderful and informative to read. Everyone is thrilled to have the > information I am sure. I can't wait until your site is on the internet for > all to access. All of your answers certainly peak my interest to learn more. > God bless you and keep you, Bev > > > ==== 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. >

Jerry, First thanks for the reply you sent to my request about the McCormick name and history. Your answers are mini lessons about Ireland and so wonderful and informative to read. Everyone is thrilled to have the information I am sure. I can't wait until your site is on the internet for all to access. All of your answers certainly peak my interest to learn more. God bless you and keep you, Bev

Jerry, My CUSHING is my brick wall. Evidence on a declaration of intent for US Citizenship indicates that my John CUSHING probably came from Limerick. I don't know if he was actually from the county or just emigrated from the port. He was born approx 1812, parents and siblings unknown. Married to Elizabeth Kelly, but I don't know if there were married in Ireland or US. One of the US census lists him as CUSHION, but I always figured that was a phonetic spelling by the census taker. There was a marriage in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada between William John Cushing and Catherine DINEEN. She was one of 9 children of WIlliam DINEEN - from Kilnamartyra, County Cork and Catherine KERNAND, County Cavan. I have traced his parents my grgrgrgrandparents, Jeremiah DINEEN and Ellen Riordan (Reardan) to their marriage in Kilnamartyra, County Cork in 1822 Any and all assistance is appreciated. >Dear Pat, > >It may be a week or two before I can get to it, but I will try. Any idea >where they're from? Also, was there a marital relationship between the >Dineens (very well-known and important Gaelic literary family) and the >Cushings? If so, when and where? Also, in your own family tradition (not >outside sources), do you have the spellings CUSHION, CUSSEN, and QUISHING? >These look like English phonetic attempts for Irish Gaelic sounds, and can >help get us back to the reality of the original Irish Gaelic name. - >Jerry Kelly > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat Seger" <seger001@gold.tc.umn.edu> >To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 1:45 PM >Subject: [Irish-American] origin of CUSHING > > >> Jerry, >> >> Do you have anything on the history of CUSHING (variations I have seen >> include CUSHION, CUSSEN, and even QUISHING) >> >> thanks in advance >> >> Pat Seger >> Researching: CUSHING, DINEEN, SEGER, REASONER, MARX and DEBUS >> >> ---- >> Pat Seger >> seger001@gold.tc.umn.edu >> >> >> >> ==== 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. >> > >______________________________ ---- Pat Seger seger001@gold.tc.umn.edu

Hi MaryPat, I forgot to add that during the pagan period our tribe's ancestor-god was Conn ('Head', "Wisdom", etc.), the god whose severed head chants poetry and presides over the Otherworld Feast. Connacht is short for our tribe's name, Connachta, which literally means 'Descendants of Conn.' Remember that our Celtic ancestors were ritual head-hunters until the 17th century. At that late date we still placed the enemy's head in a position of honor within the home, took it out to recount the great deeds of its previous owner on important occasions (we were measured in part by how great our enemies were), and perhaps still inlaid it with precious stones, gold, and silver. As for the body, we gave it a good Christian burial in hallowed gorund with all the appropriate rites. As an example, this was the manner in which one of our kinsmen (an Ó Ceallaigh of the Uí Fhiachrach) treated the head of Sir Conyers Clifford (the right-hand man of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, Viceroy of Ireland) when he took that head in battle in the Curlew Mountains in 1599. The basic idea behind this ritual is apparently the old Celtic concept that the soul and thought (sometimes called 'fire in the head of man' in the old Irish texts) are inseparable and reside only in the head and nowhere else in the body. So the head of a great man or woman, even if an enemy, is to be revered and not mutilated or disrespected as the English did during the same period as a tactic of mere political terrorism. Our ancestor-god Conn, his favorite feast, and our Celtic concept of 'fire in the head of man' are still celebrated every October 31 by quite a few people. Hope that's helpful, Jerry Kelly NA GAEIL MAGAZINE (coming soon to an internet near you) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Kelly To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [Irish-American] Gibbons & Murphy Hello MaryPat, or I should say Hello Kinswoman, Thank you. As you know, there are about 10-12 separate, unrelated families of Ó Murchadh / O'Murphy ('Grandson of Sea-Warrior'), but because you are feminine your Murphy surname is Ní Mhurchadh ('Grand-daughter of Sea-Warrior'). Nearly all Irish surnames are miniature genealogies for which gender is important. Mur is from Muir meaning 'ocean'. The chadh part of the name is related to Cath meaning 'battle.' The Ó Murchadh of Mayo are apparently a branch of the Uí Fhiachrach Muaidhe (U.F. of the Moy River valley) of the Uí Fhiachrach of the Connachta of the Féni. Woulfe (Sloinnte Gaedheal 7 Gall) points out that this family were "chiefs of a district on the southern shore of Sligo Bay, now comprised in the parishes of Skreen and Templeboy, but were dispossessed and dispersed in the 13th century." That would have been when the Norman De Búrca ('Burke') family moved into the neighborhood. My branch of the Uí Fhiachrach Muaidhe (the Ó Ceallaigh Theampall Buí) were right there in the same parish of Teampall Buí ('Templeboy') and wound up in Mayo as well. We might have migrated south together. As for the De Búrca family which moved into the neighborhood and quickly went completely Gaelic like nearly all the other Norman families in law, dress, custom, manner, world-outlook, clan structure, and language, one of their principal branches is the Mac Giobúin ('Gibbons') family, the other side of your family who were seated to the west of Croagh Patrick in Co. Mayo. Hope that's helpful, Jerry Kelly NA GAEIL MAGAZINE (coming soon to an internet near you) ----- Original Message ----- From: CMARYPATC@aol.com To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com ; jerrykelly@att.net Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [Irish-American] Gibbons & Murphy Hello Jerry, HAPPY ST PATRICK"S DAY TO YOU Should you have a chance I would really love to know of the Gibbons and Murphy name beginnings.. Mine are both from Mayo - towns of Castlebar and Turlough.. MaryPat

Hello MaryPat, or I should say Hello Kinswoman, Thank you. As you know, there are about 10-12 separate, unrelated families of Ó Murchadh / O'Murphy ('Grandson of Sea-Warrior'), but because you are feminine your Murphy surname is Ní Mhurchadh ('Grand-daughter of Sea-Warrior'). Nearly all Irish surnames are miniature genealogies for which gender is important. Mur is from Muir meaning 'ocean'. The chadh part of the name is related to Cath meaning 'battle.' The Ó Murchadh of Mayo are apparently a branch of the Uí Fhiachrach Muaidhe (U.F. of the Moy River valley) of the Uí Fhiachrach of the Connachta of the Féni. Woulfe (Sloinnte Gaedheal 7 Gall) points out that this family were "chiefs of a district on the southern shore of Sligo Bay, now comprised in the parishes of Skreen and Templeboy, but were dispossessed and dispersed in the 13th century." That would have been when the Norman De Búrca ('Burke') family moved into the neighborhood. My branch of the Uí Fhiachrach Muaidhe (the Ó Ceallaigh Theampall Buí) were right there in the same parish of Teampall Buí ('Templeboy') and wound up in Mayo as well. We might have migrated south together. As for the De Búrca family which moved into the neighborhood and quickly went completely Gaelic like nearly all the other Norman families in law, dress, custom, manner, world-outlook, clan structure, and language, one of their principal branches is the Mac Giobúin ('Gibbons') family, the other side of your family who were seated to the west of Croagh Patrick in Co. Mayo. Hope that's helpful, Jerry Kelly NA GAEIL MAGAZINE (coming soon to an internet near you) ----- Original Message ----- From: CMARYPATC@aol.com To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com ; jerrykelly@att.net Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [Irish-American] Gibbons & Murphy Hello Jerry, HAPPY ST PATRICK"S DAY TO YOU Should you have a chance I would really love to know of the Gibbons and Murphy name beginnings.. Mine are both from Mayo - towns of Castlebar and Turlough.. MaryPat

SNIPPET: The 1859 letter below appeared in Washington, D.C. author Andrew CARROLL's interesting book, "Letters of a Nation," (1997). While this particular letter was not written by an Irish immigrant, it does give all researchers an account of the appreciation of the beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountains, the lives of the miners and the joy and loneliness experienced by those who left their loved ones behind to strike out on their own. "The whole country," the "San Francisco Californian" exclaimed in May 1848, "resounds with the sordid cry of gold! By May 1849, over a year after gold was first discovered in CA, thousands of wagons were wheeling their way toward the West Coast as other prospectors went by sea, sailing around South America in crowded ships. By the end of 1849, over 100,000 people were digging, panning, and mining for gold in California, including many Irish. Frithjof MEIDELL, was an immigrant from Scandinavia who traveled to northern California's Mill Valley but ultimately did not find his fortune. He was nevertheless awed by America's frontier, and in a letter to his mother (and indirectly to his brother Ditmar), he writes of his excellent mental and physical well-being, due in part to the magnificence of the Sierra Nevadas. MEIDELL wrote: December 1, 1859: "You may be sure that I am still well. As a matter of fact, I have never enjoyed better health, and as far as personal safety is concerned I now live in a country which is very different from what it was a few years ago. One is in no greater danger here than anywhere else. I am an almost full-fledged miner now, but I have not been so lucky as to find a good-size nuggest yet. And even if I should never strike it rich, I shall not be disappointed, for my ideas about California never caused me to entertain any very extravagant expectations. I am now living in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and you cannot imagine a more romantic country, rich as it is in the most magnificent scenery. I wish you could make a trip up here in the spring and see the flowers that cover every inch of ground. I had gathered quite a few seeds which I meant to send to you, but a mouse stole the package one night on a little "prospecting trip." I had always thought! that our Norwegian field flowers, for color and scent, were inferior only to those of the tropics, but now it seems to me that their sisters here in the Sierra Nevada Mountains win the prize Most of the time I have a bouquet of them in my cabin and that is the only ornament it contains. On Sunday, which is here the busiest trading day in the week, you often see the hardy miners on their way to the grocery store with bouquets of flowers in their hands. Arriving at the store, each miner compares his bouquet with those of the others, and if there is a lady present, which rarely is the case, she is immediately chosen as judge of the flowers. But the prize for the finest bouquet is, it grieves me to report, whisky. I shall never be able to forget a walk I took last spring on a Sunday morning. For hours I wandered about without following any road or trail, until I was completely overwhelmed with admiration of all the splendor and glory that surrounded me. I sat down in orde! r to enjoy the glorious view. Everything was as great as if God had just created it. Probably no human foot before mine had every trodden on this splendid carpet of flowers He had spread out here, and I was probably the first man to see the beautiful cedars and evergreen oak trees He had planted here and there to provide shade for the flowers and a cool place for the birds to sing in. There was no trace of a human presence, and not even the smallest indication of an Indian trail could be found in this sacred spot. A strange feeling came over me Never before had I felt God's greatness and omnipotence as strongly as I did here. None of His servants can describe in words His boundless goodness as well as he Himself had done it here with His flowers, birds and natural beauty. One gorgeous range of mountains rose behind the other, and on to the horizon towered the still higher summits of the Sierras with their crowns of snow. I was alone with my Creator, and a feeling of! awe and gratitude arose in my breast that I should have been given so much for nothing. I prayed to God without realizing that I did so. Please do not believe now, dear Mother, after reading this, that I have grown melancholy in any way. I am in good spirits and full of courage, but my pen ran away with me, and I believe that the lonely life I lead here is to blame if I have shown any faintness of heart. I had really planned to write a long letter to Ditmar, as I have several things to relate which I think would amuse him, but I do not have any more paper now. But I promise, my dear Ditmar, that you will hear from me soon ... "

Mike, its probably Longford. Longford is a County in Ireland. There is also a town by the same name. Cheers Mary ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Groome" <mgroome@ix.netcom.com> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 11:28 PM Subject: [Irish-American] Any heard of Lonfoot, Ireland? > I believe I may have found a relative on a Passenger List. The ship was the > Barque Marengo and it arrived in New York on April 6, 1835. Her name is > Maria Cadden and she lists her place of origin as Longfoot, Ireland. I did > some searches but nothing shows for a place called Longfoot in Ireland. I > sure would like to know where my Caddens came from in Ireland. If anyone > can help I'd really appreciate it. > > Thanks! > > Mike Groome > > > ==== 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. > >

I believe I may have found a relative on a Passenger List. The ship was the Barque Marengo and it arrived in New York on April 6, 1835. Her name is Maria Cadden and she lists her place of origin as Longfoot, Ireland. I did some searches but nothing shows for a place called Longfoot in Ireland. I sure would like to know where my Caddens came from in Ireland. If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! Mike Groome

I believe I may have found a relative on a Passenger List. The ship was the Barque Marengo and it arrived in New York on April 6, 1835. Her name is Maria Cadden and she lists her place of origin as Longfoot, Ireland. I did some searches but nothing shows for a place called Longfoot in Ireland. I sure would like to know where my Caddens came from in Ireland. If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! Mike Groome

Dear Candi My father had a friend called Tim Hourihan who was from Leap in West Cork. Tim used to say that his name was unusual. Good luck with your research Margaret Caluori

Hi everyone Sorry this is so late! No real excuse I'm afraid, just plain old procrastination. My name is Margaret Caluori and I live in London. My Irish parents are both dead and I am trying to compile a family tree so that my English children will know about their Irish heritage. I am researching several relatives who went to the US in the late 19th century and early 20th century, they are: 1.DRISCOLL from Ardura Beg, near Ballydehob in West Cork - my father's aunt Margaret who may have arrived in NY about 1892 2.BERRY from Cappagh Beg, Ballydehob, West Cork. I believe they all settled in the NY area Thomas Richard Julia and Anne who were both married to a Regan 3.LEAHY or LEEHY from Ballyduff, North Kerry. I know that some of them settled in OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Jeremiah Maurice There may have been other brothers of the above but I don't know their names. Hope this rings a bell somewhere! Margaret

AFTER THE TITANIC They said I got away in a boat And humbled me at the inquiry. I tell you I sank as far that night as any Hero. As I sat shivering on the dark water I turned to ice to hear my costly Life go thundering down in a pandemonium of Prams, pianos, sideboards, winches, Boilers bursting and shredded ragtime. Now I hide In a lonely house behind the sea Where the tide leaves broken toys and hat-boxes Silently at my door. The showers of April, flowers of May mean nothing to me, nor the Late light of June, when my gardener Describes to strangers how the old man stays in bed On seaward mornings after nights of Wind, takes his cocaine and will see no-one. Then it is I drown again with all those dim Lost faces I never understood. My poor soul Screams out in the starlight, heart Breaks loose and rolls down like a stone. Include me in your lamentations. -- Derek Mahon (b. Belfast 1941) The "unsinkable" "Titanic," a British steamer of the White Star Line built in Belfast at HARLAND and WOLFF, sank on the night of April 14-15, 1912, during its first trip from England to New York City after striking an iceberg, the collision having torn a gash in its hull. Those aboard ranged from the most well-to-do on holiday to the immigrant family hoping for a better life in America. The lifeboats had room for less than half of the approximately 2,200 persons, and took on mostly women and children, mostly from first class. The ship sank in about 2-1/2 hours. The liner "Carpathia" picked up 705 survivors; several women later wrote a letter thanking the captain of the "Carpathia" for the rescue. The "Titanic" had been the largest ship in the world. The British inquiry reported 1,490 dead, the British Board of Trade, 1,503, and the USA 1,517. Employing virtually only Protestants - HARLAND and WOLFF, shipbuilders (as well as SHORT Brothers, aircraft manfacturers of Shorts flying boats, cutting edge of civil aviation in the 1930s and their Sunderlands, a vital element in anti-submarine warfare in the 1940s) represented something unique in the north - a level of technical and industrial activity which the south of Ireland could not begin to rival.

1920 Census Omaha Nebraska 4760 No. 17th st Leahy, Jeremiah-37yr-Immigrated 1907 Naturalized 1915 Fireman Millie- Wife- 34yr-1907/Na 1915- Born Ireland John C 6yr Neb Margaret M 4 4/12, Neb Mary E 1 4/12 Neb 4725 No. 18th St Leahy, Maurice ( this is quetionable I could pick out the mau) 45 yr single Im 1905 Naturalized unknown Kathy Margaret Caluori <margaretcaluori@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: Hi everyone Sorry this is so late! No real excuse I'm afraid, just plain old procrastination. My name is Margaret Caluori and I live in London. My Irish parents are both dead and I am trying to compile a family tree so that my English children will know about their Irish heritage. I am researching several relatives who went to the US in the late 19th century and early 20th century, they are: 1.DRISCOLL from Ardura Beg, near Ballydehob in West Cork - my father's aunt Margaret who may have arrived in NY about 1892 2.BERRY from Cappagh Beg, Ballydehob, West Cork. I believe they all settled in the NY area Thomas Richard Julia and Anne who were both married to a Regan 3.LEAHY or LEEHY from Ballyduff, North Kerry. I know that some of them settled in OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Jeremiah Maurice There may have been other brothers of the above but I don't know their names. Hope this rings a bell somewhere! Margaret ==== 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. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

Hi, Have you tried www.ellisisland.org there are Margaret Driscoll listed there from ballydehob. Kathy Margaret Caluori <margaretcaluori@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: Hi everyone Sorry this is so late! No real excuse I'm afraid, just plain old procrastination. My name is Margaret Caluori and I live in London. My Irish parents are both dead and I am trying to compile a family tree so that my English children will know about their Irish heritage. I am researching several relatives who went to the US in the late 19th century and early 20th century, they are: 1.DRISCOLL from Ardura Beg, near Ballydehob in West Cork - my father's aunt Margaret who may have arrived in NY about 1892 2.BERRY from Cappagh Beg, Ballydehob, West Cork. I believe they all settled in the NY area Thomas Richard Julia and Anne who were both married to a Regan 3.LEAHY or LEEHY from Ballyduff, North Kerry. I know that some of them settled in OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Jeremiah Maurice There may have been other brothers of the above but I don't know their names. Hope this rings a bell somewhere! Margaret ==== 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. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

That was TURLOUGH...

Hi Jim, Where do your Gibbons/Murphy come from?. Ours started in Furlough in Mayo... If that sounds familiar lets keep chatting.. MaryPat

MaryPat I have Gibbons in my ancestral chain. If you would like to exchange Gibbons info please reply. Jim Heston