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