Army used to always have riders on Irish showjumping teams in 70's and 80's. Have a look around army site at http://www.military.ie/ and http://www.military.ie/army/specialists/equit/history.htm Regards, Fintan ----- Original Message ---- From: "CLabre1068@aol.com" <CLabre1068@aol.com> To: IRL-KERRY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 2 December, 2007 1:36:43 PM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] horse jumping The previous post reminded me of a story an uncle told. One day my great Uncle Pat took my uncle to Madison Gardens to a horse show. While admiring the horses, a man came up to my great uncle Pat and asked him to warm up the horses as his trainer was delayed. The man recognized my great uncle Pat because he was a "famous" (according to the story teller) horse jumper with the Irish Army. These are the little tidbits that I have to go by in my research. Other information I have on great Uncle Pat's immigration was that "he jumped ship" when coming to America. My question is, does anyone have information on the history of horse jumpers with the Irish Army or can point me the direction to research? Thanks, The other Cheryl in Massachusetts **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) ------------------------------- 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 __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! - the World's favourite mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com

Good Morning All: My mother and father took me to the National Horseshow in N.Y. City's Madison Square Garden. This had to have been in the 1950's, I think I might have been in High School, ? ca. 1952 ?. There was competition in jumping between several nations, Ireland one of them. That evening Ireland won and its national anthem was played while the tricolor brought to a prominent position. I remember the crowd standing while The Soldier's Song was played and still remember the look of great joy and pride on my father's face. I think one of the Irish riders was a Captain Tubrity, they were all from Ireland's Army and mounted on very large, beautiful horses. Love, Jack Sweeney in cold and icy Palmer, Pennsylvania.