Hi Can some one tell me if there were any McGlinchy, Sweeney or McHugh there? TIA Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Blair" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [Derry] The Fighters of Derry 1688-1689 > Hello Robert > > I am hoping you may be able to do me a favour please. Could you tell if my > forebear James BLAIR and his brother Abraham are mentioned. They were from > Aghadowey but moved in to Derry when their homes were burnt and families > threatened. > Thank you in anticipation > Ron Blair > Warragul > Australia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "robbie williams" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:36 AM > Subject: Re: [Derry] The Fighters of Derry 1688-1689 > > > > > > Hi Liam, > > > > Are you having a little joke perhaps? St Patrick's day in July? > > The closing of the gates each year is celebrated on the 18th December and > > the relief of the City on 12th August. In the old calender it would have > > been the 1st August. > > > > > > The beseigers as you know are well documented in many journals,including > > "Walkers Seige of Derry" and numerous others since. > > Most as I'm sure you also know were French. > > The boom to which you refer was cut through by the crew of a longboat from > > the frigate "Swallow" which then rebounded and ran aground. > > The first ship through was the "Mountjoy". The Captain, Micah Browing lost > > his life during the action. He was a local Derry man married to Elizabeth > > Ash of AshBrooke,Ballyshaskey, Ardmore. > > > > My regards > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "L.Martin" <[email protected]> > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: [Derry] The Fighters of Derry 1688-1689 > > >Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 18:47:04 -0000 > > > > > >Hi the list > > > > > >Is there any account of the names of the fighters outside the City of > > >Derry who were trying to get in during 1688-1689 affray? > > > > > >I recollect stories a group of chaps holding on to a boom of logs and > > >chains across the River Foyle. > > > > > >There is also the tale of the Jacobite gunners in Culmore fort who > > >were drunk, celebrating St Patrick's Day, when three vessels made > > >their way up the Foyle led by the Mountjoy which broke through the > > >boom to get up to the walls on the evening of 28 July 1689. Who were > > >these gallant men? > > > > > >Liam > > > > > >"A bird in the bush is worth two in the Cat" > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 2:25 PM > > >Subject: Re: [Derry] The Fighters of Derry 1688-1689 > > > > > > > > > > Robert, > > > > > > > > If you would also check ARTHUR and MacARTHUR, I would appreciate it > > > > immensely! > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Robert W. Arthur > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NIR-DERRY Mailing List ==== > > > > Don't overlook the broad resources available from RootsWeb, > > >WorldGenWeb > > > > or Ancestry. If you don't know where to look, this is the place to > > >ask! > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > >records, go to: > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== NIR-DERRY Mailing List ==== > > >NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this > > >list! Okay? Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and times > > >of those we seek goes, but MUST be kept within the *List's Golden Rule*. > > > > > >============================== > > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > >go to: > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > > > ==== NIR-DERRY Mailing List ==== > > This List is dedicated to County Derry, N. Ireland. If you have a > problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please contact the > Kathleen off-list at [email protected] Thanks. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NIR-DERRY Mailing List ==== > ----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible Use <---------- > When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For general text? NO! > It's shouting and bad Netiquette besides being difficult to read. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >