My grandmother, Mary Nolan, born in 1875 in Kilmoyly / Ardfert immigrated in 1996 and said she was the Rose of Tralee...and I think many others have claimed this. However, I believed it for quite a few years. I'm not sure when the song was written or what the history of it is. Kathleen Kathleen Researching Nolans / Flahertys, Co.Kerry; Nolans / O'Neills, Co.Wexford; O'Donnells / McNamaras (?); Conways, Belfast; Linehans, Roscommon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis Goode" <francis@stdominics.org> To: <irl-kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 2:55 PM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] <no subject> > Hello Kerry folk! > > A couple of years ago I began searching for Bridget BRESNAHAN and Nora > O'CONNELL, mother and daughter, born respectively in or around Tralee > around > 1860 (plus or minus 15 yrs) and 1880 (plus or minus 15 yrs). > > The baptism records at St. John's in Tralee yielded nothing. Back in 1994 > I > even looked through the records myself. A much more skilled searcher > looked > more recently and found nothing. > > My question is: What are the names of a dozen or more towns in the > vicinity > that might be where my great-grandmother (Bridget BRESNAHAN) and my > grandmother (Nora, or Hanora O'CONNELL) might have been from. > > By the time Bridget BRESNAHAN O'CONNELL and Nora O'CONNELL immigrated to > America around 1900 (my Dad was born in Boston in 1910, and his parents > were > married in 1905 or 1906, (I have the certificate...but not in front of me) > in Boston at the Paulist Church, or St. Paul's, anyway, in Roxbury, > Boston. > > I was all excited about finding info leading to the discovery of my > grandmother's birth certificate (I'd like to get an Irish Passport, if > possible)... > But, not even a professional ancestor search could turn anything up. > > Does anyone have any clues to some other towns, names of places or > Churches > where info might be found. > > My Dad (Paul Joseph Goode, died in 1990. Born in Boston, died in Oregon) > used to say that they called my grandmother Nora "the Rose of Tralee." > So, Tralee seems to be the starting place, and so far, nothing turns up. > > My Dad was proud to be descended from people from Kerry. > > Thanks for any help you can give me. If anyone can really help, I will > fax > you the results (inconclusive as they are) from the company in Utah that > did > the ancestor search. > > Thank you! > Father Francis Goode, O.P. francis@stdominics.org > 415-567-7824 > St. Dominic's > San Francisco, CA. 94115 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Kathleen The Rose of Tralee was Mary O'Connor. She died in 1849 and her grave can still be seen at the graveyard in Clogherbrien. The story is here: http://www.roseoftralee.ie/catalog/popup_story.php Cheers Neil Murus aeneus virtus - Virtue is a wall of brass http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~waltonfamily/ http://waltonscully.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=waltonscully&view=9&rand=811478136 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/Neil-A-Walton/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Conway" <kmconway@charter.net> To: "Francis Goode" <francis@stdominics.org>; <irl-kerry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:16 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] "Rose of Tralee" > My grandmother, Mary Nolan, born in 1875 in Kilmoyly / Ardfert immigrated > in > 1996 and said she was the Rose of Tralee...and I think many others have > claimed this. However, I believed it for quite a few years. > I'm not sure when the song was written or what the history of it is. > > Kathleen > Kathleen > Researching Nolans / Flahertys, Co.Kerry; Nolans / O'Neills, Co.Wexford; > O'Donnells / McNamaras (?); Conways, Belfast; Linehans, Roscommon >