Hi Elizabeth and all When you have finished "Trinity" must read "Redemption" Wonderful History insight Hooray for Leon Uris Wilma

Thank you Wilma. Another book I've read was by Brendan Graham and called the Whitest Flower He is unusual in a fiction novelist in that he lists his research sources from the Potatoe Famine and gives quite a graphic history of the Irish through the eyes of his heroine. He talks about the Church of Ireland and the Church of Rome (something I new nothing of) the Church of Ireland being the original Christian Church before the British sent in the representatives of the Church of Rome and subsequently the Church of England. . He also gives quite graphic detail about the scourge of the famine and the subsequent forced entry into Work Houses and immigration to Canada. It's all centred in County Clare and it certainly fired my interest. It's all fascinating to me! I can feel the eyes of my G.Grandmother boring into the computer screen over my shoulder from the photograph on the wall behind me <gg> and saying "tunder did you hear it", a saying she had as my Mum used to relate when there was a thunder storm in the Mallee. My Mum would be thrilled to see all this if she was alive today! My GG Grandmother emigrated here to Aus. but how is yet to be discovered (whether she came as a servant or on a Bride Ship). I suspect she came on a Bride Ship but have yet to be able to get any literature on that. Thanks again and I certainly will get Leon Uris' other book - Redemption - to read if it's still out there. Elizabeth Andrews Mornington Peninsula, Vic. Australia. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/746 - Release Date: 4/04/2007 > 1:09 PM > >

Whoops! I have just realised I have a copy of Thomas Kenneally's book "The Great Shame". The great shame is that it has stayed on my bookshelves. :o(( I have just put that on my "to do" list following the reading of Trinity! > > Another book I've read was by Brendan Graham and called the Whitest Flower > He is unusual in a fiction novelist in that he lists his research sources > from the Potatoe Famine and gives quite a graphic history of the Irish > through the eyes of his heroine. > He talks about the Church of Ireland and the Church of Rome (something I > new > nothing of) the Church of Ireland being the original Christian Church > before the British sent in the representatives of the Church of Rome and > subsequently the Church of England. Elizabeth Andrews Mornington Peninsula, Vic., Australia.

Elizabeth, In case you are interested Brendan Graham's followup book to Whitest Flower is called Brightest Day Darkest Night and it is a great read. Cheers, Ellen in Tassie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Andrews" <e.andrews@bigpond.com> To: <irl-clare-projects@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS] for elizabeth Andrews > Whoops! > I have just realised I have a copy of Thomas Kenneally's book "The Great > Shame". The great shame is that it has stayed on my bookshelves. :o(( > > I have just put that on my "to do" list following the reading of Trinity! >> >> Another book I've read was by Brendan Graham and called the Whitest >> Flower >> He is unusual in a fiction novelist in that he lists his research sources >> from the Potatoe Famine and gives quite a graphic history of the Irish >> through the eyes of his heroine. >> He talks about the Church of Ireland and the Church of Rome (something I >> new >> nothing of) the Church of Ireland being the original Christian Church >> before the British sent in the representatives of the Church of Rome and >> subsequently the Church of England. > > Elizabeth Andrews > Mornington Peninsula, Vic., > Australia. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message