Dear Jane Lyons, Many thanks to you for all the information, the time and energy you give to provide that information. This dummy from Ohio, USA, has learned so much from your posts...even how to pronounce Laois! If I never find another one of my Irish kin, I am content to learn all I can about the place they were born, lived, died. And those of my ancestors who did come to Ohio, how they must have missed their homeland!. From our family stories, I know that some of them named their new homes after places at Ireland, sang together the songs, danced the dances. Today we continue to name our offspring after those that came here. As I am named after my ggrandfather Jeremiah FINN from Laois. You are truly appreciated for all your efforts. Dia Duit, Gerry (FINN) Evans Ohio

Do you know something Gerri - and all on this list? Anne as well :-) In time - I will build up all that I have on Laois...my graveyard work......the Tithes - those parish registers.Griffiths............the stories from the Rathdowney review.............. but in all that - I love to read or our history and traditions........ I am - it seems - a very lucky person........way, way back at the turn of the century.....my ancestors begain to write about their lives.....they wrote of what they did in America as children, they wrote of coming home to Ireland.....their images...........the lives of people around them............my ancestors are not from Laois :-( I know my Irish stories....I know my history...I know how to talk/chat <g> I know a storyteller - a Sheannachaoi - some of my ggreanduncles were just those Anyway - I'm lucky re my ancestors.......... I like to hear the stories of those who left.......... believe it or not <g> But - I don't know how many people are on this list............i don't know what images/beliefs you have of this country of mine......... I would like to know...... I remember once a friend of mine telling me her mother was dying and that her family would like to give her mother an Irish funeral..........ands she wanted to know what an irish funeral was like and - I remember thinking..........but, sure aren't funerals the same the world over? Maybe a morbid subject? But - at the time - Iasked people I knew ranging in age from 75-35...........what funerals were like in their parts of the world.......... and I got the land of my life......I REALLY learned about the differences in culture then............ Maybe an interesting topic.......... maybe something to wake up a list.............let us all find out where we are from.............. Maybe let us get to know one another. I'm from the county (Laois)......don;t live there at the moment...........but I do love it...........and you - or most of you I imagine - have family froim there - want to know more. and if my sister has her way - it won't be graveyards I'll be hopping around in this weekend..........it'll be step dancing in Coolrain!!! Jane From: "Geraldine A. Evans" <gerrylima@wcoil.com> To: <IRL-LAOIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 27 April 2000 00:25 Subject: THANK YOU JANE LYONS!!!! > Dear Jane Lyons, > Many thanks to you for all the information, the time and energy you give > to provide that information. > > This dummy from Ohio, USA, has learned so much from your posts...even > how to pronounce Laois! > > If I never find another one of my Irish kin, I am content to learn all I > can about the place they were born, lived, died. And those of my > ancestors who did come to Ohio, how they must have missed their > homeland!. > > From our family stories, I know that some of them named their new homes > after places at Ireland, sang together the songs, danced the dances. > Today we continue to name our offspring after those that came here. As > I am named after my ggrandfather Jeremiah FINN from Laois. > > You are truly appreciated for all your efforts. > > Dia Duit, > > Gerry (FINN) Evans > Ohio > > > ==== IRL-LAOIS Mailing List ==== > This list is sponsored by the Laois, IrelandGenWeb website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~irllex/ > >