Hi, Unfortunately I'm not driving so I will be sticking to Dublin next week. I used to live in Ireland and every summer my parents would come and visit with their car and we would take off to all of the places that we had discovered in the records. We had a wonderful time just driving around, not knowing where we would be spending the night! B and Bs are very cheap in the country, we found places that were no more than 20 euro each per night. I haven't been to Tipperary yet as it's only a recently discovered branch of the tree. I don't drive yet myself (my dad used to do all the driving) but the roads aren't that great once you get out of the towns- I remember once we had to turn back and find an alternative route as a bend was too sharp and steep- and this was apparently on the main road! I'd suggest going to the local pub and talking to the people who live in the place where your ancestors came from. There were people in the village in Clare where my Perry ancestors came from and they remembered the last of the Perrys that lived there, the last of whom died in the 1960s I think. Regards Vicki >From: griffin-m-d@webtv.net (Donna and Mike Griffin) >Reply-To: irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com >To: irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [IRL-TIP] IRL-TIPPERARY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 22 >Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 06:57:26 -0500 > >Thank you all so much for your wonderful advice. I really need >it....time is getting short. > >Mary, My best info about my Griffin family is from John's US Citizenship >papers where he stated that he is from the City of Cork. His parents >are Cornelius Griffin and Ellen Sheehan. His wife (married in MA) is >Catherine Coughlin whose brother stated on his citizenship papers that >he is from Cork. They all arrived here in the 1840s... No Grady's yet, >I'm afraid. Any of my names familiar to you??? > >Back to Tipperary/Waterford....We do have a weekend planned in Dublin at >the end of our trip ..... I'll check to see if any of the research sites >there are available on Saturday. Thank you for that suggestion. > >Vicki....have a wonderful trip and please let me know what you learned >about traveling in Ireland. Are you driving???? > >I'll check the library again in Waterford. Part of my frustration is >that folks in Waterford (at the library) say to go to Tipperary and >Tipperary folks say to go to Waterford for the records.....I've had >trouble finding the right library to work from and worry that time for >both (especially if I start at the wrong one) will be limited. > >Had not even thought of the Hospital...are records available to the >public there???? How do I approach that source??? > >I spoke to someone at St. Peter and Pauls this morning and hope to get >some help from them....I'm going to try St. Marys (Catholic) as well.... >Anyone have experience with these churches. The lady I spoke to was >very nice.... > >Thank you all again....I'm keeping my fingers crossed and I will enjoy >just being there and soaking up the sites. Can't wait to hear REAL >Irish music in a REAL Irish pub..... > >Donna > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >IRL-TIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message