Thanks for the info! I don't know but I think my #4 g/gf Peter Young b 1749 may be a Palatine or his parents may have been. Roland Young Ken McDonald wrote: > Rathkeale is a small town in Ireland - small, but the second largest > town in County Limerick. The largest group of refugees from the Southern > Palatinate settled on the Southwell estate close to the town in 1709, so > it is the ancestral homeland of the majority of people of Irish Palatine > descent. > > For an overview, go to the Irish Palatine Association's website > www.irishpalatines.org, select "Resources" and then "Brief tour of > Palatine settlement areas". > > Ken McDonald > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ROLAND/BEVERLY YOUNG" <archerogg@psnw.com> > To: <IRL-PALATINE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 12:56 AM > Subject: Re: [IP] 2009!!!!!! > > For those who don't know, what is Rathkeale > Roland Young > > rfizzell wrote: > > > >I'd love to do both. 2009 is a l o n g w a y off. > Anyone > > >know of any tours to Rathkeale in the near future? > > > > > > > > It is very easy to travel to Rathkeale. If you fly in at Shannon, you > can > > get a bus to Limerick City and then another bus to Ratheale. Austin > > Bovenizer offers a Palatine cottage for rental by the week. It is only > > about a kilometer from the bus stop. The town is very friendly. If you > are > > up to walking about 3 or 4 kilometers, you can stay at the cottage and > walk > > to town to shop. There is also a nice hotel in town and other B&Bs. > > > > For those of you flying locally, Kerry Airport is very convenient to > > Rathkeale and you can rent a car there. The bus also runs from near > the > > airport to Rathkeale. > > > > Bob Fizzell > > U.S.A. > > > > ==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== > > Try to do little things in an extraordinary way. > > ==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== > List Administrator: > Susan Laursen Willig > IRL-PALATINE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== > List Administrator: > Susan Laursen Willig > IRL-PALATINE-admin@rootsweb.com