Three or four Fennelly families emigrated from Doonane in the middle 1880s. They ended up settling in the same community area in Crawford County and Vernon County in southwestern Wisconsin. There the name was given as Finley. First names in the emigrating family included Timothy, Michael, James, and Martin. Surnames of wives of those who married in Ireland included BRENNAN from Clonbrock, O'BRIEN from Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, and NEIL/O'NEIL. Several of us are researching all of the above families. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you for any response you might give. Joyce

Continuing from :County Laois or Leix Richard Hayward 1949 (From 'This is Ireland, LEINSTER and the City of Dublin) We came well out of our way to visit this region of Kilkenny, for the direct road from Carlow to Abbeyleix only covers twenty-four miles and we shall travel more than twice that distance, but the interest was compulsive. And we were still in Kilkenny when we reached Ballyragget, with its fine sixteenth-century tower with bartizans, home of the amazonian Margaret Fitz-Gerald, who became celebrated as the great Countess of Ormonde, and who, as Stanihurst tells us, 'led her retainers in military enter- prises and was a lady of such port that all . . . crouched unto her'. Daniel Axtell, the regicide, came into this property by political means, but ended his life at the end of a rope at Tyburn. We crossed to the west bank of the Nore beyond the town and ran up the lovely valley of that river to Durrow, which must not be confused with the famous Durrow farther north in Offaly, and soon crossed the Nore again to reach Abbeyleix - Mainistir Laoighise, the Abbey of Leix-so named from the abbey founded., there, in 1183, by Conor O Moore, and the only place to retain the old tribal name of the territory on the maps of the long English occupation. Abbeyleix is a sweet town, well-mannered and clean as a whistle, and through the lovely arcade of limes, which grow down one side of the street, one glimpses houses of good design, with tenderly sculped doorways and pleasant fan-lights full of light and shade and simple grace. I was not surprised to hear that the big house had escaped the fanatics, and that Lord de Vesci still lives in it and cares for his most attractive little town. The way to Borris-in-Ossory-Buirgheas Mór Osruidhe, the Big Borough of Ossory-lay along side-roads of great beauty, with the splendour of the Slieve Blooms to the right and the glorious golden browns of the bogland on every hand. The place-name originated with the Normans, and wherever you see the component Borris you may know that it refers to one of those burgages or boroughs which the invaders created here and there as part of their administrative plan. This small place, close to the Tipperary border, was once of great importance, for it commands the chief pass into Munster, and the ruined castle of the FitzPatricks is a reminder of the circumstance. Borris lies just east of the Nore, here but a baby stream close to its source, but, seven miles to the north-east, that same river, now boisterous and extremely picturesque, sweeps south-east in a wide bend through Castletown, which of old was fortified by Sir Oliver Morres, son-in-law of Ormonde, to curb the power of the Fitz-Patricks. There is a preparatory college here, run by the de la Salle French Christian Brothers, and I was delighted to meet my old Waterford friend, Brother Brendan, who is now principal of that establishment, and who received us with his customary grace and friendly hospitality. A fine Christian gentleman, God bless him. The road from Castletown to Mountrath-Móin Ratha, the Bog of the Fortress-is excellent, and we were interested to see road metal being prepared by manual labour in the old leisurely way, the stonebreakersseated astride their heaps at the roadside, their eyes protected by steel-mesh spectacles, and the tap-tap of their hammers reminding us of the jolly song about the leprechaun. Mountrath is a neat town on the Mountrath River, a lively tributary of the Nore, and passed to that Sir Charles Coote whose vindictive excesses in the 1641 stain the memory of one who had the qualities of an otherwise capable soldier. His son became Earl of Mountrath in 1660, but the title was extinct by 180?.. More peaceful thoughts came to us as we stood in the old Friends Sleeping Ground here, and remembered that the Quakers brought industry and good living to this place in the seventeenth century, and made it one of their chief centres in Ireland. They have gone now, alas, and left nothing but that air of cleanliness and simple grace which lies so sweetly about every place that ever felt the touch of their blessed hands. Sleep well, good Friends, for you always laboured for the health and happiness of Ireland, with comeliness and Christian charity. >From Mountrath we travelled the delightful mountain road towards Arderin, only 1734 feet high but the highest peak of the Slieve Blooms and looking formidable in this flat countryside. In a mile-and-a-half we swung up the road to the left at Rushin House, the old home of John Pim, founder of the great Irish Quaker family. It is a sweet old house, and John must have loved -its peace and solidity when he came here from Leicester in 1655. Two descendants of his founded the town of Mountmellick, another created the great business house in Dublin, and for the last few hours we had been driving in the car of yet another, my good friend Samuel Pim of Mountmellick, and in his genial company we seemed to be a very part of this countryside which his people have done so much to enrich. Up then we went, along that road to the left, over the Delour River, which is a tributary of the Nore, and on a little to the west of Cardtown House, where we took to our feet. Here a small stream, the Killeen, flows musically down to the Delour from Glendine Gap, and to that gap you must walk by the side of that same singing stream. The gap cuts east and west across the northern shoulder of Arderin, and a, small effort will take you to the summit, across which runs the county boundary between Leix and Offaly. Until recently an annual tug-of-war took place here, between the Kings and Queens, who took their titles from the English names of their counties, and for twelve months after each event the losing side was finding excuses for having been pulled over into foreign country. The name of this small mountain is as sweet as that of the range which it dominates: Arderin- Árd Éireann, the Height of Ireland- and we can imagine the early people of the Central Plain, unaccustomed to anything more than an esker ridge, bestowing this proud title on what they thought must be one of the major elevations of the whole country. Arderin may be small and the Slieve Blooms but a heathery ridge, but they are both as sweet and delightful as their names, and at any season of the year they fill the eye with beauty and the lungs with their fragrant delicious air. There is magic in this region, whether it be the magic of the full blaze of summer's colour, the wistful wizardry of the subdued but unforgettably endearing tints of autumn, the sterner browns and deeper greens of winter, or the fragile promise of delicate loveliness that comes in early spring, when every small mountainy tree decks itself like a bride and the wild birds begin to send their hopeful songs across the great solitude of the boglands. Get you to the Slieve Blooms at any season and see whether I have spoken truth. We regained the car, turned towards whence we came, and took the first turn to the left up the military road to Kinnity, which is on the other side of the Slieve Blooms and in Offaly. We stopped at the summit, astride the county boundary, partook of a picnic lunch which our host-for Sam Pim was our host now and for several happy days to come- had provided, and sat for a long time in contemplation of the magnificent panorama that was stretched before us, away down the Baureigh Valley and far beyond. It was breathtaking in its splendour of foreground, the spruce and larch of the afforested lands bringing a fascinating touch of metallic blue to the predominant browns, yellows and greens of the native flora, and in the farther-flung grandeur of the wide be-rivered plain that rolled away, in atmospheric blues, to the distant tumble of the mighty Wicklows and the adorable line of the be-shadowed sleeping Blackstairs. This indeed was an Ireland little known to the average holidaymaker, an Ireland off the beaten track, and an Ireland lovable and lovely in every fold and dip of its comely landscape. Back down that military road we came, turned left at the point where we had joined it, left again before we reached Rushin House, and away with us north to the Cathole Bridge which crosses the baby Owenass- Abhainn Easa -the River of the Waterfall-a stream that grows apace as it journeys to Mountmellick. We passed, on our right, the beautiful Italianate mansion of Ballyfin, once the home of Ireland's premier baronet, Sir Algernon Coote, but now a monastery, and near the Cathole Bridge we stopped once again and left the car. Above is the ridge of Capard-Ceap Árd, the high stake or tree-trunk-and a pleasant walk beyond that ridge takes you to a secluded valley in which rises the River Barrow. This is a favourite spot for summer picnics, and some very picturesque scenery will reward you if you stroll along the bank of the young river until you come to the clamp-hole, where the stream, already more boisterous, dashes over a rocky sill and makes a fine show of a waterfall. They say that from the top of the ridge, on a clear day and with good binoculars, you can see as far west as Galway Bay and as far east as Howth Head, but I cannot vouch for this from personal experience, for on my visits to that ravishing spot either the weather was hazy or I had no glasses. From this region the Barrow flows on to the very border of Offaly, turns abruptly south-cast without crossing it, passes to the north of Mountmellick with a mile to spare, and sweeps on for another six miles before it flows through its first town, Portarlington.

Hi there. I am just starting a new webpage for Laois and I would like to add a Surname Registry page. If you would like to be listed please send me your Surname(s) from Laois Townland or location if known. Date range Your name and email. http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/ I will also be happy to add links to your webpage containing Laois ancestors. Thanks! Christina Ninah@ix.netcom.com

People often wonder as to what the county their ancestors came from is like. I have a few books which give descriptions of the vatious Irish counties, some basic facts and then others where the author in one way or another 'talks' to you about the county as he takes you on a journey through it. Where authors go, what they do or see differs from book to book This particular description is about 9 A4 pages long and I will post more over the next few days if people are interested. Jane County Laois or Leix Richard Hayward 1949 (From 'This is Ireland, LEINSTER and the City of Dublin) We have already observed that the ancient Irish territory of Leix was turned into a county during the reign of Mary of England, and named in her honour the Queen's County, but that it has now reverted to the dignity of its native name. That name is derived from the Ulster chieftain Lughaidh Laoighseach, who threw the rieving Munstermen out of Ossory at the beginning of the second century, and, for that service, was granted, by the King of Leinster, the territory which now bears part of his name. His descendants, the O Moores, inherited from him not only these lands, but also the tribal name of Laoighis, and so the region became known as the Lands of the Descendants of Laoighis, anglicised Leix, and pronounced in English phonetics: Leesh. The county lies mainly on the Central Limestone Plain, but rises at its northern edge to the high ridge of the Slieve Blooms, and at its south-eastern boundary to that uneroded plateau which protects the Kilkenny coalfield beneath its sheltering mantle. We have already considered the geology of these two elevated regions, and observed that whilst there are no lakes in Leix, the Barrow rises, and the Nore gathers most of its water, within the county. We left Carlow by the Castlecomer road and were soon ascending the ridge of the coalfield plateau. In three miles we were in the Cut of Killeshin, by which, the road pierces the girdle of uneroded rocks to a depth varying from ten to forty feet. The ruined church of Killeshin-Cill Íseal, the Low Church-has a doorway that is the gem of the county, as Raymond Piper's fine drawing will confirm, a lovely example of that Hiberno-Romanesque architecture which is our only native style. The Gothic builders of Mellifont sounded its death-knell before it had a chance to become old, but not before those shining masterpieces, Cormac's Chapel at Cashel and the cathedral at Clonfert, had been created. You may argue that this is not an original style, but merely an importation from England and France, but I would tell you that in crossing the channel it suffered a sea-change into something rich and strange, and became completely naturalised. It is in the character of the ornament, carried out in low relief in a continuance of the technique of traditional Celtic art ; in the assembling and disposition of the forms and parts of the fabric; and in the general manner of handling, that we find the distinction that makes this a veritable native style, and I must confess my love for it. To me nothing sorts so well with the small Irish landscape, the ever-changing Irish skies, and the little blessed intimate ways of the Irish people, and I seem to feel it growing out of our very soil and expressing to perfection the heart and soul of Ireland. Gothic never suited our genius in this way but always remained alien and awkward and undigested, and it is a thousand pities that it supplanted, under Norman supremacy, something that was taken into our blood so that our artists made beautiful dreams of it. The road we travelled to Abbeyleix cut across the northern tip of Kilkenny by way of Castlecomer-Caisleán A' Chomair, the Castle of the Confluence-a place-name that is at once confirmed by the junction of a small stream with the River Dinin. Here we had a chance to see that rarity in Ireland, a colliery town, but, being Irish, as unlike a colliery town as could well be. It is neat and clean and tidy, and the views over the Wicklow mountains and the surrounding countryside are particularly fine, for we are here at the summit of the great plateau that stands a thousand feet above sea-level, and descends steeply east and west into the valleys of the Barrow and the Nore. The collieries are dispersed over a wide area, and if you intend to visit any of them you will find the old workings at Bilboa especially interesting for the variety of fossilised coal ferns and sigillaria which you may gather there, as well as specimens of two crustacea related to the limulus or king-crab. If you do decide to browse in this region, you should not miss the delightful late-Romanesque doorway of Freshford church, with its unique figure carvings, nor fail to visit the Dunmore Caves a few miles away, not very extensive as caves go, but remarkable for their long history in literature. Their lame begins with their mention in the early Irish annals, under the name of Dearca Fearna - the Caves of the Alder; runs through the eighteenth century, when many travellers gave sensational accounts of their visits ; and comes down to the present time, when the caves have been inspected and surveyed with scientific calm. I must leave you to search the libraries for the earlier accounts, most exciting and well worth reading, and simply assure you now that you will enjoy the sight of the picturesque and romantic entrance to these caverns, typical of the sculpting of limestone by water, thrill to the piles of human bones by the well, belonging to persons of all ages and both sexes who were the victims of a Norse raid in 928, and find delight in the grand show of stalagmites and stalactites which will glisten and gleam and throw strange shadows from the light of the candles with which you should provide yourself.

Can anyone help me with some dates please? I would like to know when the Leinster Leader newspaper was first published. Mr Patrick Cahill, prominent tenant-leader was the first editor of this paper and is buried in Arless, Co. Laois. Regards and good luck with your research Michael Brennan Kent England Home: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk I am also researching the following members of my family: All descendants of William BRENNAN, (c1800's) of Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois. IRL MORAN & LALOR/LAWLER/LAWLOR, Arless Co. Laois. IRL; KELLY/CARTER, Ardateggle, Co. Laois. IRL BULGER/BOLGER/BRENNAN, Dublin City. IRL; BORAN, WALL & RYAN, Arless, Co. Laois. IRL BRENNAN, James, IRL; BRENNAN, Martin, d1963, Belfast, N.IRL

No matter which county you are interested in this site is well worth looking at when considering wills, administrations, marriage licence bonds etc. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colin/Ireland/CavanWills.htm

The following may be of interest to someone on either of these lists. It's from a paper published in the Dublin Historical Record -Autumn 1993, titled 'A Pious Dublin Printer' written by Rev. D.A. Levistone Cooney. I found it interesting because when we were children we used to swim in 'Dugdale's Hole' in the local river Erkina. "Of the birth of Bennett Dugdale I have been able to trace no record. When he died at the beginning of 1826 his age was given as 69, and that makes it probable that he was born in the year 1756. This is confirmed by his own claim that when he married Mary Shafton in 1779 he was in his 23rd year. His Christian name "Bennett" would seem to suggest the possibility that his mother came of the Bennett family, though this need not be so. She died at Bath in 1799, and from her will we learn her name was Mary. She left a bequest to her "eldest son" Richard, who was a jeweller in the city of London. The common practice of naming eldest sons after their fathers might suggest that Bennett's father was also Richard, and this theory would seem to be supported by the fact that he named his own eldest son Richard. On the other hand, Bennett's boy could have been named for his uncle; Bennett gave his own name to none of his sons. Bennett's place of birth is also a matter of conjecture. The Registry of Deeds in Dublin preserves copies of leases made in the 18th century by or to Dugdales of what was then Queen's County, now Laois. There have been Bennetts in that county since the 14th century, and one wonders if perhaps Bennett Dugdale was from thereabouts The fact that his mother lived in Bath, and his brother was a London jeweller has suggested that the family were English. It is, however, easier to explain a Dublin man seeking his fortune in London, and a widow being attracted to fashionable Bath than to explain why an English lad should have been apprenticed to an Irish printer. There were Dugdales in Dublin in the 17th century, and on balance it is probably safer to assume that he was descended from one of them. We have no information about his schooling."

A friend sent me the following URL this morning to do with medical writing in Ireland 1400-1700. Some others might find it interesting. I'm including an exerpt from the page. Jane "It seems that for most of the period 1590-1600 the Aghmacart school was headed by Donnchadh Óg Ó Conchubhair (fl. 1586-1610), who, by 1590 certainly, and probably several years prior to that, had acquired the position of official physician (ollamh leighis ) to the third Lord Baron of Upper Ossory, Fínghean Mac Giolla Pádraig (d. 1613). A position as official physician to an Irish lord was one of the most prestigious medical appointments the country had to offer; such posts were limited in number, keenly contested, and richly rewarded. Evidence of Donnchadh Óg's suitability for office is found in a comment made by Risteard Ó Conchubhair, a kinsman and student of his, who in a colophon written in RIA ms 439 (3 C 19) in October 1590 described his master as `the best of the doctors of Ireland in his own time', adding in parentheses: `understand that he never left Ireland to study'. " http://www.celt.dias.ie/english/staff/rcsi1.html

If anyone is interested the web site for Kenny's Bookshop in Galway is www.kennys.ie or email desi@kennys.ie Or by snail mail Kennys Bookshop & Art Galleries High Street Galway Ireland Tel: 00 353 91 562739 Fax: 00 353 91 568544 Regards and good luck with your research Michael Brennan Kent England Home: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk I am also researching the following members of my family: All descendants of: William BRENNAN, (c1800's) of Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois. IRL MORAN & LALOR/LAWLER/LAWLOR, Arless Co. Laois. IRL KELLY/CARTER, Ardateggle, Co. Laois. IRL BULGER/BOLGER/BRENNAN, Dublin City. IRL BORAN, WALL & RYAN, Arless, Co. Laois. IRL BRENNAN, James, IRL BRENNAN, Martin, d1963, Belfast, N.IRL ----- Original Message ----- From: "nifty" <phelrock@indigo.ie> To: <GENIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 12:34 AM Subject: Re: Try Kenny's Irish Book Store > Try Kenny's Bookshop,Galway !I know Marina ! > > ______________________________

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Hi everyone Reposting my list of interests The following are some of the names to be found in my Family Tree. Most of them are from the Counties of LAOIS and CARLOW areas of IRELAND. All are of the Kinship of William Brennan Bef. 1850 (My Great, Great, Grandfather) and the dates listed are Birth Dates. BRENNAN, Annie 1891 Granddaughter BRENNAN, Catherine (Katty) 21 November 1916 BRENNAN, Christina 22 December 1919 BRENNAN, Christina (Crissie) 23 December 1912 BRENNAN, Elizabeth (Lily) 26 October 1922 BRENNAN, Ellen Unknown BRENNAN, Hannah 25 October 1874 BRENNAN, James Unknown BRENNAN, John 1894 BRENNAN, Mark Abt. 1836 BRENNAN, Mark 29 May 1881 BRENNAN, Markie April 1914 BRENNAN, Martin 29 November 1888 BRENNAN, Mary (Mollie) 14 September 1915 BRENNAN, Michael 5 August 1883 BRENNAN, Patricia Unknown BRENNAN, Thomas 9 July 1876 BRENNAN, William 15 April 1873 BULGER/BOLGER, Mark BULGER/BOLGER, Colette BULGER/BOLGER, Deirdre BULGER/BOLGER, Eileen 1917 BULGER/BOLGER, Ernie BULGER/BOLGER, Marie BULGER/BOLGER, Mark BULGER/BOLGER, Mark BULGER/BOLGER, Patricia BULGER/BOLGER, Rose BORAN, Nicholas (Nixie) January 1926 DOOLEY, Paddy May 1904 KAVANAGH, Patrick (Paddy) 29 October 1899 KELLY, William 10 March 1894 KELLY, Mary (Molly) 11 June 1922 LALOR, Catherine (Katie) 1854 LYONS, Michael 13 October 1910 MORAN, Bridie May 1909 McDONALD, Patrick 3 August 1903 MORAN, Mary Anne 27 September 1874 O'SULLIVAN, John (possibly Co.Meath) WALL, Bridget Unknown Regards and good luck with your research Michael Brennan Kent England Home: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk

Some time ago someone published an email address for a Computer digest list. If anyone still has this address could they please forward it to me. Reason, I am having PC problems. Thanks Regards and good luck with your research Michael Brennan Kent England Home: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk I am also researching the following members of my family: All descendants of William BRENNAN, (c1800's) of Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois.IRL MORAN & LALOR/LAWLER/LAWLOR, Arless Co. Laois. IRL; KELLY/CARTER, Ardateggle, Co. Laois. IRL BULGER/BOLGER/BRENNAN, Dublin City. IRL; BORAN, WALL & RYAN, Arless, Co. Laois. IRL BRENNAN, James, IRL; BRENNAN, Martin, d1963, Belfast, N.IRL

All these links were valid when I checked them this morning. If you have any problems then it may be because the site is down temporarily or because too many people are trying to connect in at the same time as you, so try again another time. Jane Ireland at a glance: Slow enough to load, but well worth it from what I can see of links. http://web.one.net.au/~silverback/ireland/ Ireland: About Ireland but not a site from Ireland http://goireland.about.com/travel/goireland/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http GENUKI site: Library of Congress references: Ireland, Irish, Family names, Books http://www.genuki.org.uk/ab/GENEALOG.LC_IRL.html Ireland: Ordnance Survey Memoirs: An Advertisement - an American address, but lists those counties which the Memoirs have been reproduced for and you work your own way from there if you want to buy them. Does not include southern counties as these have not been republished yet as far as I know. http://www2.smart.net/~aihdrh/osmem100.html Church of Ireland Home Page: There is a section on Genealogy here - I have not looked at that. http://www.ireland.anglican.org/ Irish Coats of Arms: Interesting enough - an Irish website, you don't have to buy and you can download some of these images if I remember rightly. They can be very slow to load. http://homepage.eircom.net/~donnaweb/ Irish Family History Research on the Internet see: Lots of links - very good http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/nzsoghamilton/ireland.htm Irish Famine newspapers & Articles: Extracts from Irish Newspapers of the time and articles from Irish Historical Journals http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Irish/Irish.html Rootswebs: Irish Genealogical Society, Int'l (IGSI) http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/index.html Irish genealogy: Canadian Family History Magazine, does have Irish articles: http://globalgazette.net/ Irish in America: Genealogy: with more than just genealogy how to's. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/irish/genealogy.html Irish Links: Good links, whether the same as you'll have found before or not I haven't checked. http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/irelinks.htm Irish Links: This one may be iffy, the URL brought me there but while the links look interesting re Irish History and current Irish sites there were a few I checked and the address was invalid. http://historyoftheworld.com/soquel/irish2.htm Irish Site: Music: The instruments and the sounds - some older like Davy Spillane and Donal Lunny and then Sharon Shannon http://www.emi-premier.co.uk/commonground/mi/index.html Local Ireland: Almost everyone will be familiar with this site http://www.local.ie/ Irish Genealogy Forum: http://www.genforum.com/ireland/ Irish State: Information - maybe you'll find info here on Citizenship or our tax laws. There's an 'ask' page, go and ask and then let us all know how quickly you get a reply :-) http://www.irlgov.ie/ Irish Times: Placenames & meanings - the first deals with Northern Ireland only and then the second is Sean Ruad's Townland site. http://www.n-ireland.co.uk/genealogy/placenames/index.htm www.seanruad.com Irish/Australian info: Here you will find links to Australian pages with an Irish content. http://users.bigpond.com/kirwilli/aussie_irish/aussie_irish.htm Irish: The home page for this one is the Catholic Church in America. http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Ireland.htm Irish: general Info http://www.bookcase.com/library/faq/archive/cultures/irish-faq/part10.html Irish: Museums on the web http://www.elsas.demon.nl/ierland.htm

Dear Jane We have missed you terribly I am really sorry to hear about your dilemma with your PC. I thought you had deserted us and gone off to another land (in the sun maybe). Its lovely to see you back and I am sure we (all Subscribers) will do all we can to help you get back up and running again. I have only got about 40 of your emails saved. I am afraid I don't have the one (Primates of Armagh) that you are looking for. If I can help at all just shout. Regards and good luck with your research Michael Brennan Kent England Home: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk I am also researching the following members of my family: All descendants of: William BRENNAN, (c1800's) of Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois. IRL MORAN & LALOR/LAWLER/LAWLOR, Arless Co. Laois. IRL KELLY/CARTER, Ardateggle, Co. Laois. IRL BULGER/BOLGER/BRENNAN, Dublin City. IRL BORAN, WALL & RYAN, Arless, Co. Laois. IRL BRENNAN, James, IRL BRENNAN, Martin, d1963, Belfast, N.IRL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Lyons" <jlyons1@iol.ie> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 6:56 AM Subject: Computer crash - an appeal > My apologies for sending this to the lists, but it is absolutely necessary. > > My computer crashed and while I know that I have a decent back up to October > last year, I haven't yet worked out what I had not backed up from then. > Definitely my mail, and I know I haven't seen some documents yet as I work > my way through what I do still have. > > I did one major back up last october - since then, I've backed up > erratically. I'm not sure yet what I do or don't have. It will take some > time to sort that out - > > I know for a fact that I am missing the document re Primates of Armagh. I > sent that to two people that I can remember - it's not short and it took a > lot of time to create, if you still have it, I would appreciate a copy - > thank you. > > I have no address book........I have no copies of anything I have said I > would do for anyone, no copies of mails which people have sent in to me - > whether I have said I would do whatever or not. > > I can pick up anything I have posted to lists easily, anything which has > been put on web sites - but it is what I have sent people off list that I am > interested in. > > I really would appreciate it if anyone has any copies of anything I have > sent them to forward me copies of same. I may have it somewhere here - then > again I may not. > > There is some back up re the newsletter I was supposed to publish by the end > of January. It will not now be possible to put this up on a web site as > soon as I had intended (end of January), however, I would most appreciate if > those who had contacted me would do so again and if you are interested then > in a week or two I can forward you a copy by e mail. Later on this month > (hopefully - fingers crossed) the web site will appear. > > Thank you, > > Jane >

Hi all, Just a quick note to let you know that the query board server is back online. Best Wishes, Carol Hepburn chepburn@uswest.net Phoenix, AZ USA

Hi all, Just wanted to let everyone know that the GenConnect at RootsWeb Query Board server is down for repairs. If you visit any of the associated websites (with the lists above) and try to post a query to the message board you will receive a page not found error. I have been told that they are working on this server and that it should be back online soon (no real time given). Thanks for your patience! Best Wishes, Carol Hepburn chepburn@uswest.net Phoenix, AZ USA

My apologies for sending this to the lists, but it is absolutely necessary. My computer crashed and while I know that I have a decent back up to October last year, I haven't yet worked out what I had not backed up from then. Definitely my mail, and I know I haven't seen some documents yet as I work my way through what I do still have. I did one major back up last october - since then, I've backed up erratically. I'm not sure yet what I do or don't have. It will take some time to sort that out - I know for a fact that I am missing the document re Primates of Armagh. I sent that to two people that I can remember - it's not short and it took a lot of time to create, if you still have it, I would appreciate a copy - thank you. I have no address book........I have no copies of anything I have said I would do for anyone, no copies of mails which people have sent in to me - whether I have said I would do whatever or not. I can pick up anything I have posted to lists easily, anything which has been put on web sites - but it is what I have sent people off list that I am interested in. I really would appreciate it if anyone has any copies of anything I have sent them to forward me copies of same. I may have it somewhere here - then again I may not. There is some back up re the newsletter I was supposed to publish by the end of January. It will not now be possible to put this up on a web site as soon as I had intended (end of January), however, I would most appreciate if those who had contacted me would do so again and if you are interested then in a week or two I can forward you a copy by e mail. Later on this month (hopefully - fingers crossed) the web site will appear. Thank you, Jane

I would like to contact the owners/managers of any lists I make a contribution on, that you know of - be it on or off your list. I know some names - I do not have any addresses and I would like to make a non-genealogical post to the mail lists Thank you, Jane

To all: Those of you who signed up (or tried to) for the new Irish Placenames List were probably as surprised as the two list owners were (I can't repeat what they said). This series of Irish mailing lists has been under the aegis of e-groups, a very casual and easy group to deal with. E-groups were purchased by Yahoo (look up the name in the dictionary, if you don't already know) last summer, but Yahoo had made no effort to exercise its management principles (or non-principles - think Yahoo, Nazi memorabilia, French courts) until, coincidentally, the very day that the IPS list was introduced. The words Anschluss and Blitzkrieg come to mind. Even the list owners were not advised of the change of policy in advance. Now, everyone is scrambling. New subscribers are asked a lot of information which was completely absent from the original e-groups procedure. Registration, passwords, ID number, ugh !! I am as unhappy as the list owners.....I had posted the announcement of the list opening on about 30 genealogy lists. For the time being, the lists are all functioning normally. However, I have a suspicion that there might be a change in the list "portal" (if that's what you'd call it) sometime soon. Now that I've got this mass mailing down to a science, I'll keep you informed of any changes. Meanwhile, if you don't mind the hassle of the Yahoo registration procedure, or if you're already a Yahoo "member"; the list still goes on and, by the way, is thriving !!!! Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

We might be able to help you if you can give us some more information like a location or a county. Regards and good luck with your research Michael Brennan Kent England Home: michael@janbren.freeserve.co.uk I am also researching the following members of my family: All descendants of William BRENNAN, (c1800's) of Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois. IRL MORAN & LALOR/LAWLER/LAWLOR, Arless Co. Laois. IRL; KELLY/CARTER, Ardateggle, Co. Laois. IRL BULGER/BOLGER/BRENNAN, Dublin City. IRL; BORAN, WALL & RYAN, Arless, Co. Laois. IRL BRENNAN, James, IRL; BRENNAN, Martin, d1963, Belfast, N.IRL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Osborne" <os461@pciol.net> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 6:33 AM Subject: Cassidy Family > Looking for any information on MICHAEL CASSIDY, born 1818, > and DENIS CASSIDY, born 1826. Their father is possibly JOHN > > Thanks > Frank in Florida >