Kathleen At least some of the Ventry Estate papers are available are available at Kerry County Library in Tralee. They appear in the list here: http://www.kerrycolib.ie/local.asp 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/ -------------------------------------------------- From: "Kathleen Fitzgerald" <Sleahead@adelphia.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:44 PM To: <susancl49@aol.com>; <genbug@agapeinternet.com>; <IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Lord Ventry > When I was at the National Library in Dublin last year, I asked about Lord > Ventry's papers. The archivist helped me and found that the National > Library does not have a copy. She then contacted the Libraries in Kerry, > and was told by them that they do not have the papers. They said the > papers > may have been destroyed or are being held by a private party. > > Since my family is from Ventry, I would hope that someday Lord Ventry's > papers appear and are available to view. > > Kathleen > > -----Original Message----- > From: susancl49@aol.com [mailto:susancl49@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:28 PM > To: genbug@agapeinternet.com; IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Lord Ventry > > Thanks for the story of your ancestors being coachman for Lord Ventry.? I > have done some reading about Lord Ventry evicting from Dingle (my > ancestors).? I am wondering if anyone knows if the estate papers of Lord > Ventry are ever going to be opened for research.? A long while back I was > told that they are housed in Dublin, but not available for researchers.? > That was about 5 or more years ago. > > Susan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kerry <genbug@agapeinternet.com> > To: IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb. <IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 9:39 am > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] More Quirky Stories Needed > > > > Hi Barb, > > I'm sure that a "quirky story" I put in with my "facts" is the reason I > found a > cousin in Ireland. I wrote that my great-grandmother's brother was a > coachman > for Lord Ventry and was killed when his coach crashed during a stormy > night. > > Someone on this board had heard the same story from a friend in Ireland > and > put > the 2 of us together. > > (Thanks by the way! Was it Denis? My computer crashed shortly after and I > lost > all contact information with my helper and the email address of my cousin > as > > well. I'd be happy to be back in touch on both counts.) > > So you never know, but it is certainly a possibility that a quirky story > might > just make the difference. > > Blessings, > Kerry > > > Re-thinking and sharing family stories --even the trivial and > unprovable-- really could improve our Irish luck! > > Regards, > Barb Glassel > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - > http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aol > cmp00050000000003 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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