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  • Gerald Dysard on Contact us

    16/05/2022
    Looking to find out more about my name. Dysard

  • Chris O'Brien on The Last St Patrick’s Day

    13/05/2022
    Tom just read your story and it's very very interesting, we met you tonight in Paddy Morans for the traditional...

  • Pamela Mansell on Traditional May Day Customs in Ireland

    12/05/2022
    Great reading this, was there ever a May folk tradition of not painting during the month. I recall something about...

  • Andrea Lysons on Home to Mayo: Genealogy Week 9-14 May 2022

    08/05/2022
    Would have loved to attend one of these sessions but I live in England and couldn't make this particular week....

  • Thomas Sean Purdy on The Last St Patrick’s Day

    06/05/2022
    I’m grateful to everyone for reading this story and a special thank you to Michael and Debbie for your uplifting...

  • Finbarr Connolly on Kilfinane All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1897

    02/05/2022
    That's right Paul. Although it's not very clear in the top photo, the words 'Emmets 98' are inscribed on the...

  • Aileen Hanley on Traditional May Day Customs in Ireland

    01/05/2022
    Not sure if I'm right but was there something about finding eggs in the Hay not a good sign ??...

  • Suzanne on May Day, May Day, May Day!

    01/05/2022
    Rub your hands in the 1st of May and you will be able to undo any knot that comes your...

  • Jamiekennedy on Traditional May Day Customs in Ireland

    30/04/2022
    Super reading. Old but still custom, still done. My aunt used to bless cattle to keep away fairies. I put...

  • Paul Anglim on Kilfinane All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1897

    28/04/2022
    Very interesting. Any idea of the colours that Kilfinane Emmetts wore? Were they white with a green sash?

  • Daniel Ettedgui on 1970s Inis Oírr – an American’s diary

    26/04/2022
    This sounds like such a romantic period of time Anita, how fortunate you are to have had this enriching time...

  • Mark Anderson on 1970s Inis Oírr – an American’s diary

    24/04/2022
    Anita's time in Ireland is for many of us, her friends, a door to your ways. Thanks for honoring her...

  • Susanne Moroney on Traditional May Day Customs in Ireland

    22/04/2022
    Recalling my mother Elinor May and my nana Anne Therese, I read your site with a tear in my eye...

  • Jim Budsy Condon on The Maple Ballroom Kilfinane

    15/04/2022
    My father Jim Condon lent Willie his horse and cart and supplied him with sand from our sandpits. I remember...

  • Joe Chambers on Thomas Moran

    12/04/2022
    EDITED Cracking read. John Moran and Mary McLoughlin of Roskeen were my great great grandparents. Try to work out what...

  • Joe Chambers on Thomas Moran

    12/04/2022
    Cracking read. John Moran and Mary ‘Smith’ Moran were my great great grandparents.

  • Eamonn Maloney on Cruicetown Cemetery, Church and Motte

    11/04/2022
    Interesting site, great detail , and well done. Ellen Cruise of the Cruise family who lived at Belgard Castle ,...

  • Ann Machant on Michael Kneafsey

    07/04/2022
    Loved reading this. My father was a Ruane from Rinnanny. Born 1898. Mother. Ann McHugh. Father. Micheal ( Garret )...

  • Yvonne Casey/Berigan on Hanly Occupants House No. 10

    04/04/2022
    I apologise for the error in my last post stating that Sean Òg was a cousin of mine. In fact...

  • Noelene Beckett Crowe on James Daly

    03/04/2022
    Monica. That is an very interesting contribution you have provided. Your family must indeed be delighted now that James Daly...

  • Michael Sherlock on Kilrush Church

    02/04/2022
    This very old church, the oldest building still standing in Limerick City, was almost destroyed when the surrounding land was...

  • Mary J Murphy on Eva O’Flaherty (1874 – 1963)

    01/04/2022
    Mary Timlin, how absolutely wonderful to hear from you again! Are you still at the same UK address? (Dont put...

  • Mary Timlin on Eva O’Flaherty (1874 – 1963)

    01/04/2022
    Thank you Mary Murphy for giving such a detailed account of Eva’s life. Looking forward to the commemoration of the...

  • Michael Reid on The Last St Patrick’s Day

    31/03/2022
    Thank you for this moving and inspirational homage to your family. Your eloquence underscores the reality that those of us...
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