Well, now you have some insight - what else can I say? Keep reading and looking. ***** Reply to the LIST ONLY - Please ***** ***** Thanks for your consideration ***** Pádraig Mór, An Sean Gabhar ----- Original Message ----- From: "MARY THOMAS" <coloknight@verizon.net> To: "Cork List" <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 5:31 PM Subject: [Cork] Irish Birth dates > Hedgerow schools>British oppression. > Last night, I happened across a program called Moments in Time that covers > different historical events. This one happened to be the Irish Famine and > I wish I'd seen all of it. Out of ignorance, I always thought the Irish > left to escape the famine. I had no idea that they were actually forced > out in many cases. I didn't know about the deadly marches from the rural > areas to the ports and I didn't know that the British yanked the Irish out > of their homes, destroying the house so that they couldn't return to it. > I knew about workhouses but not that they were, for all intents and > purposes, a means to work the Irish like slaves in exchange for watery > soup. I didn't know about the pestilance and disease that workhouses > fostered and how many Irish men, women, and children died there. When I > learned that a million had died and another million had been forced by the > need to survive to seek a new life away from Ireland, it gave me a whole > new view of my ancestors. > > I'd been wondering why only the two brothers came to the States. Now I > know that it's possible they were the only survivors of their family. > I've always been proud of my Irish heritage but never as much as I feel > now. Those two brothers created a legacy that they probably never > realized they had...pride in their courage, pride in their strength, pride > in the fact that I carry their name, pride in knowing that I...and the > rest of you on this list...are making certain that they won't be > forgotten. > > Okay. Sunday sermon's over. Just had to put it out there. > > Chris > 2nd great granddaughter of Patrick Sullivan > 2nd great grandniece of Jeremiah Sullivan