Thanks to [email protected] there is a list of O'Connor names (and variants) found in the census records at the NY Foundling Hosp 1870-1925 on my O'Connor website: <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/waterlilys/Ancestors.html">Ancestors: My Dingle O'CONNOR Ancestors </A> http://members.aol.com/waterlilys/Ancestors.html There is extensive O'Connor surname history and data there if you haven't visited ... and if you have you can go right to the Foundling Hosp data here: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlker/foundling.html">O'Connor/NYC Foundling Hospital </A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlker/foundling.html hope you find this helpful! slán, (thats Irish for good-bye) mary in orlando ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/waterlilys/index.html">A Dingle, County KerryIreland, Genealogy Helper </A> http://members.aol.com/waterlilys/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlker/index.html">Kerry</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlker/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/waterlilys/Ancestors.html">O'CONNOR Ancestors </A> http://members.aol.com/waterlilys/Ancestors.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/7974/Ballyferriter">Ballyferriter Genealogy </A> *by Wayne Mansfield* http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/7974/Ballyferriter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHARE YOUR STUFF! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Post your query on the Kerry boards and the Kerry Mailing list! <A HREF="http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/Kerry">Kerry Ireland Queries Message Index </A> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Ireland/Kerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send only the word subscribe in the body of an email to: [email protected] to join the Kerry List. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ocht deag An Meitheamh, De' h-Aoine(18 June, Friday), or in Scottish, ochd-deug an t-Og-mhios, Di h-Aoine In 1639 the Pacification of Berwick took place. The Covenant supporters and the forces of Charles 1 faced each other at Berwick-on-Tweed neither wishing to engage in battle. The Scots did not like the idea of fighting a Stewart King. Anywya, Charles forces withdrew from Scotland and he recognized an independent Scottish Parliament. In 1789 John Carne, Cornish folklorist, was born. In 1972 Miles Dillon, Celtic scholar from Ireland, died. Anyone know how to keep the deer from eating hostas? Or raccoons from eating the shubunkins in the water garden? And now they say that there are a couple black bears wondering around the county.

Another repost below: IRISH AMERICA MAGAZINE, March/April 1995, "The Irish of Dubuque, Iowa", by Lyn Jerde, page 73. Irishman victim of first Iowa execution An Irish-born was the first European convicted and executed for murder in what is now Iowa--despite his protest that Dubuque had no laws under which he could be tried. The story of Patrick O'Connor is one of frontier justice, Dubuque's early Irish community and a very, very troubled man. An eyewitness account of O'Connor's life and death was published in a 1920 issue of PALIMPSEST, a historical journal of Iowa. O'Connor, born in County Cork in 1797, was hanged in the summer of 1834 for shooting his mining partner, George O'Keaf. In 1828, O'Connor, then of Galena, Illinois., broke his leg, and the limb had to be amputated. He was given a wooden leg and all the charity the people of Galena could muster--until his foul temperament caused people to grow tired of him. O'Connor came to Dubuque in 1833, where he entered a mining partnership with O'Keaf. The two shared a cabin just outside Dubuque. On May 19, 1834, O'Keaf came back to the cabin with a friend, and O'Connor wouldn't open the door. When O'Keaf forced the door open, O'Connor shot him with a musket. Eliphalet Price, an eyewitness to O'Connor's execution, said O'Connor replied, "That is my business," when miners asked him why he killed O'Keaf. Some wanted to hang him right then and there. Instead, a trial was held the next day under a spreading elm tree--despite O'Connor's protests that "ye have no laws in the country, and ye cannot try me." Iowa was then 12 years away from statehood, and was not then part of any organized territory--so there was no legal system. But a trial was held anyway, with O'Connor choosing his own jury. After hearing from three or four witnesses, the jury deliberated for about an hour before finding O'Connor guilty and sentencing him to die on the gallows at 1 p.m. on June 20. An Irish priest, the Rev. Charles Fitzmaurice, of Galena, denounced the trial as unjust and illegal. But Dubuque's Irish community didn't intervene on O'Connor's behalf. And a false rumor that 200 Irishmen were coming from Mineral Point, Wisconsin to free O'Connor only served to expedite his execution. On June 20, about 160 men formed a rifle company to march to the death site, with a fife and muffled drum. Shops closed. The village bell tolled. Fitzmaurice and O'Connor said he was sorry he killed O'Keaf, and asked the assembly's forgiveness. When O'Connor tried to tell the crowd whom he wanted to inherit his possessions, Fitzmaurice said," Do not mind your worldly affairs; in a few minutes you will be launched into eternity. Give your thoughts to God." O'Connor was buried, with his wooden leg, in a grave that had been dug at the foot of the gallows. "Immediately after this," Price wrote, "many of the reckless and abandoned outlaws, who had congregated at the Dubuque mines, began to leave for sunnier climes...The people began to feel more secure in their enjoyment of life and property." Price later became a politician, and a member of the Board of Curators of the State Historical Society of Iowa. This story is a edited version of a feature "The Greening of the Tri-States" by Lyn Jerde, which appeared in the Dubuque TELEGRAPH HERALD on March 13, 1994.

Here is a repost of mine from a year ago: DAR PATRIOT INDEX CENTENNIAL EDITION, PART 1 WASHINGTON:1990 Under CONNOR: CONNER Benjamin: b 4-8-1748 NH d 12-29-1835 NH m (1) Miss Griffin (2) Abigal Warner, Navy Capt MA Cornelius Sr: b circa 1730 VA d before 1806 PA m Mrs. Margaret Nolan, Lieutenant PA Edward: b 12-31-1757 NC d 12- -1836 SC m (1) --- Grissett (2) Sarah Wingate Grissett, Capt SC Soldier Pensioned Jacob: b circa 1755 PA d before 3-18-1805 OH m Magdelin --- Pvt Patriotic Service PA James: b circa 1755 d 1806 MD m Martha Marley, Pvt MD James: b circa 1751-4 IR d 4-11-1835 NC m (1) Sarah Davidson (2) Lillis Wilson, SGT Quartermaster NC Soldier Pensioned James: b circa 1737 NH d after 1-7-1807 NH m Eleanor Lucas, Pvt Patriotic Service NH James: b 1766 IR d 1846 SC m Polly Barker, Pvt SC John: b 7-23-1758 MD d after 12-20-1815 KY m Sarah Lankford, Pvt MD John: b 10-14-1753 IR d 3-2-1836 PA m (1) Elizabeth Wiltse (2) Desire Hall Orderly,Sergeant NY soldier pensioned John: b 12- -1753 VA d before 1832 KY m (1) Mary Lancaster (2) Susannah Down, Pvt VA soldier pensioned John: b circa 1700 IR d 1796 VA m Rebecca --- Civil Service Patriotic Service VA John: b circa 1740 VA d after 12-27-1790 VA m Elizabeth Jennings, Sgt VA John: b circa 1748 VA d 1807 VA m Mary Ann ---, Pvt Continental Line VA John: b 1755 IR d after 1800 KY m Mary Brothers, Pvt VA John Thing: b 7-16-1745 NH d 6-20-1808 NH m Susanna Kimbell, Cpl NH Joseph: b 12-1-1743 MA d after 1781 MA m Hannah Chase Pvt MA Lawrence: b circa 1754 IR d 3-17-1826 KY m Margaret Blane, Pvt VA soldier pensioned Lewis: b 1757 SC d 1794 SC m Catherine ---, Pvt SC Lewis: b 11- -1746 VA d 6- -1832 VA m (1) Mrs. Susan Mallory Davis (2) Mrs. Farrow, Militia VA Maximilian: b 10-14-1762 VA d 11-27-1834 TN m Phebe Bishop, Pvt SC soldier pensioned, widow pensioned Moses: b circa 1751 d 7-3-1801 NH m Sarah ---, Cpl Patriotic Service NH Philip: b 7-11-1754 England d 2-13-1834 IN m X Pvt VA, soldier pensioned Phillip: b 9-25-1733 NH d after 1790 NH m Patience Fiske Pvt Patriotic Service NH Richard: b 1718 IR d 4-17-1808 MI m Margaret --- Soldier Patriotic Service VA Richard: b 1753 IR d before 4-11-1825 KY m Mrs Henrietta Henner, Pvt VA Samuel: b 5-3-1704 NH d before 10-28-1778 NH m Sarah Gilman, Patriotic Service NH Terence: b 1752 VA d 12-16-1841 IN m Sarah J. Speaks, Pvt VA soldier pensioned Thomas: b 1738 IR d circa 1800 PA m Esther Ann Fakes, Sgt, Continental Line, PA Thomas: b circa 1760 IR d before 1844 DE m (1) Catherine Harris (2) Miss Vansant, Pvt PA Thomas: b 1727 MD d 9-12-1802 SC m Ann --- Patriotic Service SC Timothy: b 1751 IR d before 9-1-1815 PA m Eleanor McCullough Pvt PA Uriah: b 1750 d 1803-08 SC m Margaret Johnston, Pvt SC William: b --- d before 2-14-1838 MD m Elinor Wyvill Pvt MD

I posted this about a year ago and maybe it's time to post it again. Pat I have found no personal connection to the below biography, but thought others might find it interesting. Found in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index, New Hampshire Genealogy; Stearn's. Notations in here show that at least part of this biology was written in 1907. I. Michael O'Connor was born in county Clare, Ireland, and in 1853 emigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he lived till his death. He worked on construction for the Grand Trunk Railway Company, and was made blind while blasting rock about two years after he came to Canada. He belonged to the Catholic Church, and was a Liberal in his political views. He married Ellen Grace, who came from county Clare with her husband. They had eight children, six boys and two girls: Michael, Patrick J., Bridget, John, Ellen, Thomas, Henry, William J. One of these children, William J. O'Connor was the famous oarsman. Michael O'Connor lived till 1897, but his wife died in 1860. II. Patrick Joseph, son of Michael and Ellen (Grace) O'Connor, was born in county Clare, Ireland, March 17, 1851. At the age of six he started for Canada with his aunt to meet his father, who had preceded them, but the ship was disabled and they had to put back. Two years later he embarked again and arrived at Toronto in 1860. He was educated in the public and private schools of that city, and learned telegraphy at Don station nearby. He was also employed as weigher of coat and iron in the rolling mills of Toronto. In 1869 he came to the United States, and entered the employ of the Grand Trunk Railway at West Milan, New Hampshire. In December of the following year he was transferred to Percy, this state, where he has been station agent ever since. He is considered one of the most efficient agents on the entire system; is always found on duty, and is courteous to all, honest, sober and industrious. He is a Democrat in politics, and takes a deep interest in public affairs. He was assistant postmaster of Percy for six years, and was appointed postmaster under Cleveland's administration. He is town treasurer, and was a member of the New Hampshire legislature in 1902 and 1903. He was unanimously elected representative, although the town is strongly Republican. He was one of the few who were present at every session, and he served on the committee relating to the Normal School. For eight years he was secretary of the Democratic town committee in Percy, and is now president. He belongs to the Catholic Church, and has contributed liberally to the building of religious edifices and to charitable institutions. He is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. On September 15, 1874, Patrick Joseph O'Connor married Lydia M. Greene, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Robbins) Greene, of Percy, New Hampshire, and great-granddaughter of Edward Rowell, the first settler in the town. They have had ten children, of whom seven are now living: John Henry, William Lawrence, George Ellsworth, Ellen Grace, Charles Leland, Elizabeth Marion, Rowland Glennavon, Raymond St. Clair, Mabel Annie and Leo Brendon. John Henry was forn at Percy, April 17, 1875, was educated at the high school and in a business college, and is now station agent on the Grand Trunk Railway system at Groveton, New Hampshire. William Lawrence, born February 28, 1878, was educated in the public and private schools, and is now a merchant in Percy. George Ellsworth, born June 21, 1879, was educated at public and private schools, and is now station agent of the Grand Trunk Railway system at Stark, this state. He is now (1907) serving in the capacity of selectman of the town of Stark. On April 26, 1905, he married Lydia M. Currier, of West Milan, New Hampshire, and they have one son Lawrence Clifton, born March 12, 1906. Ellen Grace is mentioned below. Charles Leland, born April 27, 1882, died in infancy. Elizabeth Marion, born October 8, 1883, was educated in the public and private schools, and was the postmistress at Percy, until her marriage: was succeeded by her father. She was married May 29, 1907, to Henry J. White, of Lancaster. Roland Glennavon, born January 23, 1885, has a common school education, and is now a sergeant in the United States Signal Corps, at present in Havana, Cuba. Raymond St. Clair, born February 5, 1887, received a common school education, and is now a relieving agent on the Grand Trunk Railway system. Mabel Annie, born September 26, 1889, was educated in the public and private schools, and has also had musical instruction. She is now assistant postmaster at Percy. Leo Brendon, born April 24, 1892, died in babyhood. Besides rearing and educating their own children, Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor took a boy from the Home for Destitute Catholic Children, Frank Scully, who is now a telegraph operator at Deering Maine, and now (1907) they are education William J. Stanton, who came from St. Joseph's Home, in Manchester. III. Ellen Grace O'Connor, eldest daughter of Patrick J. and Lydia M. (Currier) O'Connor, was born August 24, 1880, and in the autumn of 1903 was appointed postmistress of Percy, an office which she ably filled to the close of her life. Although regarded as a delicate child, as she grew older she became stronger, and enjoyed very good health until March, 1904, when a fall on the ice resulted in injuries from which she never recovered. After a few weeks she was able to be about, but soon became a patient and helpless invalid. On July 26, accompanied by her mother, brother, sister, and Dr. O'Brien, of Groveton, she was taken to Portland, it being thought that a surgical operation might restore her health. The hopes of her relatives and friends were, however, disappointed, and on July 31 she breathed her last breath. At the funeral, which took place on August 3, same year, the floral tributes were numerous and beautiful. The Rev. H.E. Lennon, her pastor, assisted by the Rev. J. Desmond, of Groveton, and the choir of the Catholic Church of island Pond, Vermont, celebrated a solemn high mass. The services were largely attended by her many friends and the order of which she was an active member. In the hearts of all who knew her she has left a beautiful memory. This article includes a very good picture of P. J. O'Connor

--part1_eaa8e1f7.249a942f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I wanted to let everyone know of a new list starting up! Be patient with the listowner! It's his first list! I think it's an awesome genealogical tool that can help everyone! Desiree << Hi Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that the OBIT-LOOKUPS list is now ready to go. This list will allow people to volunteer for and request obituary lookups. I also hope it will be a forum to discuss finding obituaries, libraries with good newspaper holdings and other such information. I have a website that will be the temporary home for the volunteer list. There is additional information there if you are interested in volunteering: <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Sjhcamp/index.html">EarthVision</A> or http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html To subscribe, put the singel word: subscribe in the body of your email message and send to: for Mail Mode - [email protected] for Digest Mode - [email protected] To send mail to the list: [email protected] If there are any questions or suggestions about the list feel free to email me. Susan Hovencamp >> --part1_eaa8e1f7.249a942f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yh04.mx.aol.com (rly-yh04.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.36]) by air-yh01.mail.aol.com (v59.51) with SMTP; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:54:09 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-yh04.mx.aol.com (vx) with SMTP; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:53:58 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA01640; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:51:39 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:51:39 -0700 (PDT) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:50:11 EDT Old-To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 41 Subject: [CEMETERY-PHOTOS-L] OBIT LOOKUP List is now Ready Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1409 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Hi Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that the OBIT-LOOKUPS list is now ready to go. This list will allow people to volunteer for and request obituary lookups. I also hope it will be a forum to discuss finding obituaries, libraries with good newspaper holdings and other such information. I have a website that will be the temporary home for the volunteer list. There is additional information there if you are interested in volunteering: <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Sjhcamp/index.html">EarthVision</A> or http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html To subscribe, put the singel word: subscribe in the body of your email message and send to: for Mail Mode - [email protected] for Digest Mode - [email protected] To send mail to the list: [email protected] If there are any questions or suggestions about the list feel free to email me. Susan Hovencamp ==== CEMETERY-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== To submit yourself as a volunteer to take photo please send your information to Our Volunteer Co-Ordinator at [email protected] --part1_eaa8e1f7.249a942f_boundary--

seacht deag An Meitheamh, De'ardaoin,(17 June, Thursdau), on in Cornish, seytek Metheven, De Yow In 1056 Griffydd ab LLewelyn defeated the English army near Hereford. In 1930 Hugh Robert Jones died. He was founder of the Welsh Nationalist Party. In 1963 John Cowper Powys, Welsh novelist died. Seven days until Midsummers Eve (23 June). The lightning bugs should be out by now depending on what latitude you are at. Find out where the fire marshall plans to be that night and don't forget to invite Smokey the Bear to help out with fire safety. I always keep the garden hose nearby and at the ready. And scale down if there are any winds. A twenty foot high flame is great but becomes a nuisance if it starts going sideways.

se' deag An Meitheamh, De' Ceadaoin (16 June, Wednesday), or in Welsh, un ar bymtheg Mehefin, Dydd Mercher In 1282 the English were defeated by Llywelyn II at LLandeilo. The English were attempting an invasion of Wales. In 1886 North Wales tenant farmers met to form a land league based on the Irish Land League. Land leagues were formed in response to irresponsible landlords who would charge tennants rent on the land even when crops failed and evict people under such dire circumstances. This was part of the cause of the great famine. Scots and Welsh suffered as well as the Irish tenants. In 1904 Loeiz Andouard, Breton language writer, was born.

cuig deag An Meitheamh , De' Mairt( 15 June, Tuesday), or in Manx, queig-jeig Mean Souree In 1887 an Anti-Tithe riot occurred in Mochdie, Wales. Fifty civilians and thrity-four police were injured as the crowd tried to prevent seizure of cattle for tithe payments.

Hi all-- I am seeking others with information on these folks The Irish migrated-- Cavan/Sligo, IRL>NYC, NY> PA The Italians migrated-- Palermo, ITA>NYC, NY> PA G-4 12a. Paul P ROMANO 1911IT-1981Ny 13a. Kathleen Elizabeth MCCABE Romano 1905Ny-1997Pa 14a. Martin M O'CONNOR 1907IR-1986Pa 15a. Maryann Morrison O'Connor 1902IR-1986Pa G-5 24a. Pietro Romano 1858IT-aft1911ITA/Ny 25a. Annetta M QUINTAVALE Romano 1884IT-1936Ny 26a. Owen McCabe c1880IR-aft1905Ny 27a. Mary SMITH? McCabe c1860IR-aft1905Ny 28a. John Connor/O'Connor c1880IR-aft1907 29a. Mary "Annie" Barrett Connor c1880IR-aft1907 30a. Patrick MORRISON c1875IR-aft1902 31a. Margaret Kilpatrick Morrison c1875IR-aft1902 G-6 50a. Angelo CARMONA c1850IT-1908IT 51a. Maria Anna Carmona c1850IT-1908IT 52a. Mr? McCabe c1850IR?-aft1880 55a. Frances Smith c1840IR?-aft1856 Thank you, Marc My PA families: Mary Cath Steiner BATDORF bc1770/90, Saml PETERS bc1821, Maryann SWARTZ b1821, Cath UMBERHAUER b1790/2, Peter BATDORF bc1770/93, Sarah A C/KULP b1844, Michael GOODMAN b 1800 ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Is anyone still in touch with the person at the above address? I have some information for her but keep getting my message back. Thanks!

In a message dated 99-06-13 21:56:20 EDT, [email protected] writes: << In 1884 John McCormack, famous Irish tenor, was born. >> Interesting. I got to hear part of The Irish Tenors, on channel 9 public TV this weekend. I thought I heard that one of them is a McCormack--maybe he inherited his voice.

Hi all-- I am new to your lists I have attached my wife's pedigree, hoping to locate others with similar ties I am interested in these families and finding photos of the ancestors Mostly IRELAND>NY>PA and ITALY>NY>PA Ahnentafel (as of April 1999) To find an ancestor's parentage, double their number for the father and double their number and add one for the mother G=each generation BO-Bohemia, EN-England, FI-Finland, FR-France, GY-Germany, HO-Holland, IR-Ireland, IT-Italy, PO-Portugal, PR-Prussia, SN-Sweden, SW-Switzerland G-4 12a. Paul P Romano 1911IT-1981Ny 13a. Kathleen Elizabeth McCabe Romano 1905Ny-1997Pa 14a. Martin M O'Connor 1907IR-1986Pa 15a. Maryann Morrison O'Connor 1902IR-1986Pa G-5 24a. Pietro Romano 1858IT-aft1911ITA/Ny 25a. Annetta M Carmona Romano 1884IT-1936Ny 26a. Owen McCabe c1880IR-aft1905Ny 27a. Mary McCabe c1860IR-aft1905Ny 28a. John Connor c1880IR-aft1907 29a. Mary "Annie" Barrett Connor c1880IR-aft1907 30a. Patrick Morrison c1875IR-aft1902 31a. Margaret Kilpatrick Morrison c1875IR-aft1902 G-6 50a. Angelo Carmona c1850IT-1908IT 51a. Maria Anna Quintavale Carmona c1850IT-1908IT 52a. Mr. McCabe c1850IR?-aft1880 55a. Frances Smith c1840IR?-aft1856 Thank you, Marc & Nancy My PA families: Mary Cath Steiner BATDORF bc1770/90, Saml PETERS bc1821, Maryann SWARTZ b1821, Cath UMBERHAUER b1790/2, Peter BATDORF bc1770/93, Sarah A C/KULP b1844, Michael GOODMAN b 1800 ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

ceathair An Meitheamh, De' Luan ( 14 June, Monday), or in Scottish, ceithir-deug an t-Og-mhios, Di-Luain In 1884 John McCormack, famous Irish tenor, was born. In 1946 John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor of television, died. ( In all fairness he should have been required to live long enough to see what happened to his invention) Followup: A cousin of mine reports staying at the castle at Ballynahinch. She tells me that it is a lovely place and great for salmon fishing.

tri' deag An Meitheamh, De' Domhnaigh,( 13 June, Sunday), or in Breton, trizek Mezheven, Disul In 1798 the Battle of Ballynahinch, Ireland, was fought. The United Irish Army was defeated. There leader Henry Monroe was executed. The rebels in this battle were mainly Presbyterians ( remember, the anti-English movement included both Catholic and Presbyterians). The Lord Cornwallis leader of the English troops wisely granted an amnesty which defused much of the rebellion. The French tried to rekindle it, but failed. More on that on future calendar dates. Legends: In the Celtic pantheon there was a brother and sister known as Sirona and Grannos. There attribute was reputed to be healing. They were the celtic version of brother-sister healing divinities that were prevalent throughout Eurasia. Apollo and Artemis of Rome were similar. The concept here was the combining of opposites to reach wholeness, i.e. day/night, earth/sky, cold/warm, etc.

do'dheag An Meitheamh, De' Sathairn,(12 June, Staurday), or in Cornish, deudhek Metheven, De Sadorn In 1298 William Wallace routed the English at the Battle of Black Ironside. William could be called the father of Scottish nationalism. In 1865 William Butler Yeats, Irish author was born.

Praise all the Gods, Our Sarah is finally out of surgery after 8 hours. Sarah Elizabeth Bryan now has the 2 holes in the ventricular wall closed, the 2 holes and the 2 new holes for a total of 4 in the atria, a tear found while doing a sonagram in the tricuspid valve was leaking and they sewed it up , a new pulmonary valve and a new aortic valve. She is alert and very unhappy about the breathing tube which is causing her blood pressure to go up and her little repaired heart to beat 60 times a minute, which to us is a miracle, it has never been recorded beating anywhere a many times as that. This surgery was much more complicated than they thought and a lot more surgery than was done on her when she was 9 days old. But The Doctors fell that her heart is now " all in one piece" now. (of course a floating aortic and pulmonary valve is not exactly normal, but it works). Her little fingers and toes and face is no longer blue, her hands and feet warm to the touch for the very first time ever. How great to think about the fact that in a few months she will be able to ride her new bike down the road with the rest of her brothers and sisters and cousins. Or run out in the fields with the rest of them without gasping for breath. Although she will be uncomfortable and cranky for a few days, it has been well worth it and the Doctors have said that she will not need surgery for about 10 years, which will also be a blessing. I cannot e-mail all of you to say thanks for your words of encouragement and your blessings, so please accept this as our thanx. To send a card to Our Sarah, the address below. She will be in hospital until at least Tuesday, possibly longer. We still need blood donated in Our Sarah's name, get well cards and if you can't do that, next time you go to a MacDonalds Hamburger Place, drop your change in the Ronald MacDonald House change box. That will be our home for the next week, at a nominal $10.00 a day, which is $110.00 less per day than we have paid at a hotel for the last 2 days. Please and thank you. Blood donations in Sarah Elizabeth Bryan, UC San Francisco's name will be credited to the hospital. Address for cards Our Sarah Sarah Elizabeth Bryan, Rm. 10, Card. Peds. ICU % UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 Please write PLEASE FORWARD on it in case it doesn't make to her before she leaves. For my O'Connor List, [email protected], also known as Mary has gratefully volunteered to help out with the list. Thanx Mary. If you have any problems please let her know. She can only help so much, but she is there in case you have questions. I will not be available after tonight, The friends' computer I'm using is going out of town. Again, I thank all for everything, you guys are really just great. I hope I gave out all of the info I needed to. Ley **Teddy, would you please pass on the above info to Jacqi for me, Please. Hope all is well there.

aon deag An Meitheamh, De' h-Aoine( 11 June, Friday) or in Welsh, un ar ddeg Mehefin, Dydd Gwener In 1534, Lord Thomas "Silken" Fitzgerald, son of Gerald the 8th Earl of Kildare (Gerail Mor) entered Dublin to attempt an overthrow of the English. He had many victories but ultimately lost and was hanged in the Tower of London in 1537. The Geraldines (Fitzgeralds) then suffered mightily for three years. In 1862 Martin Ross ( Violet Florence Martin), Irish novelist in collaboration with Edith O. Somerville, was born. In 1902 James James, composer of the Welsh national anthem died. In 1990 Seosamh Mac Grianna, Irish language author, died.

Does this ring any bells?!: > Hannorah (nee) O'CONNOR (d. 1943/4, Irvington, NJ) followed her brothers > Eugene and Cornelius to the US from County Cork in + - 1873. She married > Arthur O'CONNOR (d. 1900/1) in Bronx, NY around 1885. > > They had approx. 10 children, a few died very young. The names I know > are: > Cornelius (d. Upstate NY), Arthur, Eugene, Margaret (married Schwartz, d. > in Verona, NJ + - 1930, one daughter Francis), and my grandmother Eleanor > (b. 1888, d. 1970, married John PAYTON). > > Thanks for anyone that can help with additional information! > Paul

A lot of you recently inquired about Our Sarah, my Grandaughter. Well, I have put off giving any information until we knew for sure, but it all fell in our laps yesterday. Sarah was rushed with heart failure to University California San Francisco yesterday and is now in stable condition. She will be undergoing her surgery that was planned for July, tomorrow (Thursday) provided all goes well with tonight and the tests they ran today. Has something to do with a growth spurt she had recently that caused the aortic valve replacement (done at age 9 days) to not be able to provide all of the blood needed, as it is much too small. A valve replacement is part of the surgery. I will have one opportunity to let you know how the surgery went and then will probably not be available for a week or so. Everybody, please be good. Please remember Sarah in your prayers and again I ask for get well cards. I can't tell you how much they meant to her the last time. And this time, Our Sarah told me she was very scarry. She wanted to come stay with me instead. Our Sarah Sarah Elizabeth Bryan/ICU/Ped/Card % University California San Francisco UCSF Medical Center 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122 Write PLEASE FORWARD on it in case it doesn't make it before she is discharged. She will be the for at least 5 to 7 days. I can tell you how the much the cards, metals, letters and gifts to Our Sarah meant to me. It helped a little girl get past one more trauma in her young life. Thank you all so much Ley PS, for those who send me jokes, I love them, and will want them back , but don't send me any until you know I'm back full force. I shudder to see my e-mail. I have unsubbed from all but my own lists (they won't let me).