Tá mórán Shout-Outs chun Baile
(A Few Shout-Outs to Home)
Glen, I couldn't find any books in Trinity College's Long Library to suit. Sorry. I could only get photos of a dozen of old guys like this one. I guess you could say that my search was a bust.
Hi Daly! Here's a photo of the Irish President's residence in Phoenix Park. A light burns continuously in the left-most upper window under the portico (sadly not visible in this photo) for the purpose of friendship and reminder to the Irish diaspora that they are always welcome home. Thank you for introducing us to your friend here in Dublin. It's a meeting and friendship that we will treasure.
Hi Jon! Kate and I spotted this neat little pub from atop the Hop-On, Hop Off. Relatives?
For JJ and Carrie, genealogists supreme, here is the first of several (not too surprisingly similar) photos that we got today of Madge's home at 253 Clonliffe Road (the black door). We also learned that this particular area of Drumcondra may well have been involved in the Easter Rising of 1916 (and probably deeply affected by the murder of 13 spectators and one player at nearby Croke Stadium by British troops shortly after the suppression of the Rising.)
That's all for today folks. Even though we've purchased an Apple (European!) keyboard and very expensive wi-fi (good for the next ~40 hours), it's after midnight and we're heading to bed. Until tomorrow...
MM and Kate
Wow!
ReplyDeleteMy best guess at the moment is that our grandmother lived here between 1908 and 1914 with one of our great-grandmother's sisters and her husband. She was certainly living here as of the 1911 census, in which she appears. ( I'm pretty sure about the 1914 date as I have found a record of Madge & Molly landing at Montreal by CPR steamer in September 1914, but less certain about the date of Madge's arrival in Ireland. Madge claims in another Canadian immigration document that she lived in Canada for 6 years before going to Ireland for schooling. The only way to make that all work out, date wise, is to assume Madge arrived with Molly in Canada in 1902 (that's what Molly claims on the 1911 Canadian census), stayed in Canada for 6 years, and that then Made left in 1908 for Ireland, and stayed in Ireland until 1914, when she returned to Canada through Montreal en route to Revelstoke, BC. The annoying thing is that Madge, Molly, and Henry ought to show up in the 1901 census, since they weren't in Canada yet ... but so far they have eluded me.
Good information, John. Kate and I both felt that going to Drumcondra yesterday and getting photos of the aunt and uncle's house makes these comings and goings and ties to events in Ireland all the more real. We're off to `New Grange in the morning to gather intelligence (lord knows we can use some) about the pre-Celts and their burial practices. From what we saw today in the National Museum (an exhibition of 'bog bodies
ReplyDeletecut off by Google's wierd interplay with iOS. I meant to conclude with ....From what we saw today in the National Museum all I can tell you is to guard your nipples! No kidding!
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ReplyDeleteHey Dean, thanks for your wise commentary. Keep on reading as we've
ReplyDeleteI was delighted to hear that the visit with Lucille went so well. She really liked you both and LOVED the book you gave her. She's mentioned it to me twice.
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