very cool to know. so it is likely that he moved all around the surrounding area. we really owe our irish ancestors a dept of gratitude for making the big leap to america. jim On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:38 AM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > James, the average Irishman in the 1800's got around [if not actually > moved around] far more than one might think. Often land leases were > only for one year and the farmer had to find a new and often better > place to lease for the next year. The farmers also attended cattle > marts all over the area. > > Janet > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 11:27 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> > wrote: > > thanks for the suggestion. i will do that. > > > > did the average irishman move around much within a county? > > > > jim > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Janet Crawford <reojan@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Jim, It will probably be helpful if you also join the CoTipperary list > as > >> well: > >> > >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/IRL/CoTipperary.html > >> > >> And you probably should search the archives on that list. > >> > >> Janet > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 10:29 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > thank you that is what i thought it was saying. interesting fact. we > >> have > >> > a village nearby in Massachusetts that is 1/2 in town and 1/2 in the > >> other. > >> > > >> > thank you, > >> > > >> > jim > >> > >> Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > >> > >> Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at > >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > >> > >> ------------------------------------- > >> The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. Check > it > >> out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ > >> If you would like to take this site over, contact: > >> Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > > > > Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > > > > ------------------------------------- > > The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. Check it > out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ > > If you would like to take this site over, contact: > Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Please double-check subject line & snip your messages when replying. > > Please search the Archives of this list for your surnames at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=waterford > > ------------------------------------- > The Ireland GenWeb County Waterford website is up for adoption. Check it > out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlwat/ > If you would like to take this site over, contact: > Waterford-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WATERFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yes, we do owe them. The diaspora has always been looked upon as a defeat for the Irish caused by the Famine [An Gorta Mor or The Great Hunger]. However, when one looks at what the Irish have done throughout the world after they emigrated, it is actually one of the greatest successes, looking at all the Irish who attained greatness outside of Ireland. Enda Kenny wants to make 2012 the year of The Gathering, when the Irish return to the homeland to meet their relatives. Janet On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:06 PM, James Gorman <jms.gorman@gmail.com> wrote: > very cool to know.  so it is likely that he moved all around the surrounding > area.  we really owe our irish ancestors a dept of gratitude for making the > big leap to america. > > jim >