I recall from my very early childhood that each St. Patrick's Day included corned beef, cabbage and boiled potatoes. My mother used to say that her Irish side of the family (Irvines) made this menu a staple for their St. Patty's Day celebration. Until about 2 years ago, I had no idea that my Irish heritage would be so far-flung and seemingly all-encompassing! O'Connors, Somervilles, Cogans, Irvines.....each day of my search seems to "dig up" another branch either in Leeds, England, or some small town here in the States. One of my dear cousins in Castleisland even sent me a small packet of peat so that I could be afforded the pleasure of knowing what my gg grandfather's home in Gortglass might have smelled like. She also sent me a small stone from the bohreen (sp?) on gg grandfather Daniel O'Connor's farm so I'd always have a piece of Kerry with me. We Kerry cousins are not gone....we are just busy continuing our wonderful - sometimes tearful - journey which will, hopefully, culminate in bringing the past alive by finding "new" family members. By the way, I am finishing up "The Star of the Sea" by Joseph O'Connor. If anyone wants to know what it was like for a lot of our families during the famine years, it is money well-spent. Heart-wrenching and hopeful at the same time....a story of courage, despair and faith. Happy St. Patrick's Day to us all - and may the road rise up to meet you; may the wind be always at your back. SallyAnn (O'Connor) McChesney Ohio, USA irl-kerry-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Today's Topics: 1. Re: Where are you all? Happy St. Pat's Day (MonicaBOS@aol.com) 2. Re: Where are you all? Happy St. Pat's Day (Ann O'Hara) 3. Irish Soda Bread (John L. Sweeney) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:05:23 -0400 (EDT) From: MonicaBOS@aol.com Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Where are you all? Happy St. Pat's Day To: raymarsh@mninter.net, KerryKuzzin@cs.com, IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com Ha! No Holy Week is going to slow down the festivities here in Boston! We are a very stubborn lot. Monica In a message dated 3/9/2008 9:54:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, raymarsh@mninter.net writes: Well, who better to kick out the Kerry List's annual celebration of our national feast day than Marge, our "Kerry Kuzzin" from the land of cars and swimming pools. Since Easter is the earliest it has been for something like 150 years (First Sunday after the First Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox, if you really must know), St Patrick's day falls on the Monday of Holy Week this year. In theory. But the Catholic church frowns on feasts and celebrations during Holy Week, so in the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis, our day is now being celebrated on Saturday, March 15. Businesses, if they haven't run into reservation problems, like the idea because a Saturday will bring out more people for our (puny) parades and pack our bars. Purists with totally green blood, are aghast. Any reactions where you live? Ray Marshall Minneapolis Searching Reidy, Loughnane, McAuliffe, Hartnett, Aherne and Flynn from Kerry Searching Scanlon and Carney from either Cork or Waterford. Searching Marszalkiewicz from Budziszewko -----Original Message----- From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of KerryKuzzin@cs.com Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:14 AM To: IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Where are you all? Happy St. Pat's Day Here we are coming up to St. Patrick's Day and everyone on this list is taking time off from searching their ancestors? No soda bread recipes? No discussion of the leprechaun webcam? (thank God) Did you all start celebrating early? I, for one, will be searching the Casey collection tomorrow in hopes of finding some new tidbit of information. It should be a breeze, after all I'm looking for those very UNUSUAL names of SULLIVAN, SHEA, O'CONNOR, KELLY and that very COMMON one of GOLDEN. :) But I do have a clue - they were from Kerry! A little jest there! Actually, the Sullivan/Shea family was from CoarhaBeg on Valentia and my Goldens were in Killinane in 1871. So, Ray, if you are paying attention here - do you have any useful tips to give me? I have not yet found that 16,000,000 name index. It seems to me that every volume has several indexes of names. One for each set of records in each volume. Tomorrow I will remember to take with me my very good magnifying glass, my maps of where my family was, my laptop (and I will move the files that I need onto it). Is there anything that I am forgetting? Just in case some of you only check in once this week, I will say Happy St. Patrick's Day now. Marge in Southern California ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:10:51 -0400 From: "Ann O'Hara" <yannster@ptd.net> Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Where are you all? Happy St. Pat's Day To: <MonicaBOS@aol.com>, <raymarsh@mninter.net>, <KerryKuzzin@cs.com>, <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> The bars in Scranton, PA have been asked to wait until 9 am to open on parade day. Some will comply. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: ; ; Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Where are you all? Happy St. Pat's Day > Ha! No Holy Week is going to slow down the festivities here in Boston! We > are a very stubborn lot. > > Monica > > > In a message dated 3/9/2008 9:54:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > raymarsh@mninter.net writes: > > > Well, who better to kick out the Kerry List's annual celebration of our > national feast day than Marge, our "Kerry Kuzzin" from the land of cars > and swimming pools. > > Since Easter is the earliest it has been for something like 150 years > (First Sunday after the First Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox, if you > really must know), St Patrick's day falls on the Monday of Holy Week > this year. In theory. > > But the Catholic church frowns on feasts and celebrations during Holy > Week, so in the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis, our day is now > being celebrated on Saturday, March 15. > > Businesses, if they haven't run into reservation problems, like the idea > because a Saturday will bring out more people for our (puny) parades and > pack our bars. Purists with totally green blood, are aghast. > > Any reactions where you live? > > > Ray Marshall > Minneapolis > Searching Reidy, Loughnane, McAuliffe, Hartnett, Aherne and Flynn from > Kerry > Searching Scanlon and Carney from either Cork or Waterford. > Searching Marszalkiewicz from Budziszewko > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of KerryKuzzin@cs.com > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:14 AM > To: IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Where are you all? Happy St. Pat's Day > > > > Here we are coming up to St. Patrick's Day and everyone on this list is > taking time off from searching their ancestors? No soda bread recipes? > No > discussion of the leprechaun webcam? (thank God) Did you all start > celebrating early? > > I, for one, will be searching the Casey collection tomorrow in hopes of > finding some new tidbit of information. It should be a breeze, after all > I'm > looking for those very UNUSUAL names of SULLIVAN, SHEA, O'CONNOR, KELLY > and that > very COMMON one of GOLDEN. :) But I do have a clue - they were from > Kerry! A > little jest there! Actually, the Sullivan/Shea family was from CoarhaBeg > on > Valentia and my Goldens were in Killinane in 1871. > > So, Ray, if you are paying attention here - do you have any useful tips > to > give me? I have not yet found that 16,000,000 name index. It seems to me > that > every volume has several indexes of names. One for each set of records > in each > volume. Tomorrow I will remember to take with me my very good magnifying > glass, > my maps of where my family was, my laptop (and I will move the files > that I > need onto it). Is there anything that I am forgetting? > > Just in case some of you only check in once this week, I will say Happy > St. > Patrick's Day now. > > Marge in Southern California > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > > > **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:29:23 -0400 From: "John L. Sweeney" <sweelab@enter.net> Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Irish Soda Bread To: <IRL-Kerry@rootsweb.com> It's that time again. Usually about once a year around March 10th. Irish Soda Bread: Kerry Recipe. Get yourself 2 lovely bowls. One of them should be able to hold about a fluid gallon. The other need not be as large, half the size would be adequate. Find a strong wooden spoon and a decent whisk. Clear about a square yard [square meter] of a table in the kitchen, near the oven. The oven ought to be on and set for 350°F and be heating up while you make the bread. You’ll be making 2 loaves now, because both the recipe and experience require that amount. You could halve the recipe but the frustration and disappointment aren’t worth not having another loaf to eat after you’ve consumed the first. So, be good to yourself and your loved ones and make two. You’ll thank me for the suggestion. In the smaller of the two bowls put all the wets. In the larger bowl put all the drys. Larger bowl: 6 cups of sifted flour, white if your children are American’s, brown is OK, 6 teaspoons of baking powder. Small bowl: 1 cup of sugar, 3 cups of milk, 3 nice eggs, 1.5 quarters of softened margarine or butter. Using the whisk stir the wets until they’re all nicely blended. Take a whole box of raisins [that’s about 15 ounces] and dump them into the drys, use the wooden spoon and mix them evenly through the flour and baking powder. Now, add the wets to the drys and mix your concoction until the mass has the consistency of a cake batter. [That’s what it is after all]. You’ll have two 9 inch round bake pans ready for business with their insides greased and floured so the Irish Soda Bread doesn’t stick because it will, you know, unless you do something about it. Now, using the head God gave you for the purpose, dump half the cake mix into the pan on the left and the other half into the pan on the right. Put the two pans into the middle of the oven cook them for 45 minutes to an hour until a knife plunged into the center comes out clean of any cake mix sticking to it. You can use a tooth-pick but you’ll burn your fingers because they’re too short. If you’ve followed the instructions the Irish Soda Bread will be about 3 to 4 inches high. When the bread has cooled, make your self a nice cup of tea, get some butter and have a go at your creation. You’ll love it! To contact the IRL-KERRY list administrator, send an email to IRL-KERRY-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the IRL-KERRY mailing list, send an email to IRL-KERRY@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text.