Hello listers I have found a photo of my uncle taken somewhere in Co Wicklow in 1945. He and my Dad, his brother, were on leave after the war. They took a ferry from England where both had been stationed, and had a holiday in Dublin. One day they took a bus to Co Wicklow, knowing only that was where the family had originated. Neither could remember where the bus ended up. Three generations earlier, the family emigrated during the famine from Coolross near Shillelagh but in 1945 they knew only the county. It was almost 100 years later but our connection to Ireland was very strong. Is there SKS who knows of anywhere I might send a digital image on the wild chance that somebody could identify the place in this picture? It was through this list that I found our original home place to be Coolross. Who knows, good fortune may strike again. Ann Burns Ottawa, ON Canada

Ann Why not put it up somewhere like flikr and let us know the web address and we can all look at it? Brendan ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Burns <ann.burns@rogers.com> Date: Friday, April 8, 2011 7:40 pm Subject: [IRL-WICKLOW] a shot in the dark in Co Wicklow To: irl-wicklow@rootsweb.com > Hello listers > > I have found a photo of my uncle taken somewhere in Co Wicklow > in 1945. He and > my Dad, his brother, were on leave after the war. They took a > ferry from England > where both had been stationed, and had a holiday in Dublin. One > day they took a > bus to Co Wicklow, knowing only that was where the family had > originated. > Neither could remember where the bus ended up. > > Three generations earlier, the family emigrated during the > famine from Coolross > near Shillelagh but in 1945 they knew only the county. It was > almost 100 years > later but our connection to Ireland was very strong. Is there > SKS who knows of > anywhere I might send a digital image on the wild chance that > somebody could > identify the place in this picture? > > It was through this list that I found our original home place to > be Coolross. > Who knows, good fortune may strike again. > > Ann Burns > Ottawa, ON Canada > *************************************** > 1- Only leave in the body of the mail what is relevant to > your answer > > 2- Change the SUBJECT LINE to suit the body of your own Mail to List. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL- > WICKLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message