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We now have a chat club which I hope you will join and use. It offers the chance to share and answer questions about all things Irish. Perhaps some of you will have common roots, family connections -

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If you have enjoyed your wander through the site I'd love to hear your comments, good, bad or indifferent, perhaps you'd sign my GUEST BOOK.
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These are some of the friends I have had the fortune to meet on my many travels around cyber space and some of those with whom I come into contact here at home, all of them I value deeply. To view their pages just hit their name.

Go and make yourselves a cuppa, grab a  beer/glass of wine/cold drink and then come back and settle down for the journey with me. Fasten your seat belts and away we go - I do hope you enjoy.

Jetster . Meet the man who changed my whole life's direction. I owe him more than I can ever repay. Thanks a million my patient friend.	Pike and Cornpoppy live only 60 miles from me. They have 18 babies........... all of them sleek little cruisers on the River Shannon. Pike & Cornpoppy	Captain Mike . Say hello to Mike -  I thought I was quick with words 'till I met this fella........ but then he's a Celt too. He and his wife Marly live in Minnesota
Paul Paul is "ma main man for my 'puter".  I break his heart and I know he just 'loves' to hear it's me on the phone.	David is the most patient person I know - he points me in the right direction and never makes me feel I am annoying him.  Thanks David. David	Ghostrider & Ladyghost Ed & Lela live in Tennessee and hope to spend their 25th. anniversary in Ballynahinch Castle - if Ed can tie Lela onto the back of a boat! She hates flying! Ships Ahoy Lela!!!
F_Kruger That name says something eh?  . Dr. Edward (Ted) Gillen is an Aussie working for the UN in Rome but with Sligo ancestry - now that has to be be good - waddyatink?????????????	Jed is Ted's cuz but Jed's from the US - he's an actor living and working in Hollywood. Those Sligo Gillens from Rosses Point fairly got around but Jed's bunch spell their name Gillin. We won't hold that against him tho'. Jed	Hammer Chris and Lesia live in Hanover, Ontario. Chris is the son of a very dear friend and I have been privileged to know the family for over 10 years now.  . Their Mom & Dad's place is my haven of peace.
Pam Pam is from Wisconsin and spent 2 weeks in Trinity College Dublin in 1998 doing Celtic Studies - she's into all things Celtic. It's the Scot in her ya know. Come again Pam, your as much Celt as we are!	Meet Paul who lives and works in Dublin. His home page brings you to some more beautiful and well known places in our country - why not join him for another scenic tour. Paul	Dee In Sept. 1995, the Canadian & US Air Forces lost 24 of their finest people  when the "Yukla 27" crashed soon after takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. Dee's son Steve was a crew member and this beautiful site is dedicated to him and his colleagues.
Chuck This is Charlie who was born in Yorkshire, England and has lived in the USA for 31 years. He's in Virginia, 20 miles south of Washington DC and not far from the Potomac River.	Meet Shane. He lives in Aberdeen, Scotland - the granite city. He has connections here beside me in Athenry but more so in Kilrush, Co. Clare where he loves to spend his holidays. Shane	Andrew Andrew is Shane's mentor. Andrew's from Galway and St Mary's school was his Alma Mater. He is teaching Shane all about computers and it was Andrew who helped him set up his homepage.

Pat Pat reached Co. Waterford two years ago via B'ham & London (UK) and Medugorje in Bosnia. He is writer of the Waterford & County Newsletter for Local Ireland. (Psssst..... Pat thinks he's the Dook of Lismore so we'll just let his dookship carry on thinking it! Hit his name to see his own homepage)

Meet Tom. He's fairly done the rounds to bring him to Pennsylvania where he now lives.  Although retired from the railroad he's still a big fitness fanatic and rollerblades!!! He loves his bluegrass music too, as you can see. Tom

Rob Rob O'Gorman is an independent training consultant and wilderness instructor. His company, Northern Horizons provides wilderness & outdoor training to those in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Rob has an undergraduate degree in sociology & anthropology and is presently doing graduate work in Celtic Christian Spirituality.

Ed & Joy Healy Meet Joy and Ed Healy from Albany, New York. Ed is of Irish descent and enjoys writing. He holds a Masters and Bachelors degree in Counseling and an Associates degree in Management Engineering, but has recently incorporated Internet services into his business strategy.

For those who have just joined me on this page why not go to the beginning of our travels and see some of the places in The Start of Our Journey through the West of Ireland. 

My Place Amongst the Stones gives the history of my company name, Moytura - a celtic heritage going back thousands of years. 

We journey to my own parish of Lackagh - a small village just 12 miles from Galway with a mighty big history. Learn all about the Battle of Knockdoe - one of Ireland's bloodiest of conflicts in the 16th century.

We then move on to take a quick jaunt around Galway City; and then to the heart of Connemara - with its wild and wonderful beauty. 

From there we journey south into County Clare and see The Burren - a place that has lain undisturbed since the Ice-age and of immense botanical, ecological and archaeological importance.

Visit Ireland's finest early monastic heritage centre in Clonmacnoise, County Offaly; and to my favourite of all the early Christian Church locations - Clonfert, South County Galway, with its beautiful tiny 12th century Cathedral of Saint Brendan. Come with me around the grounds and see the Bishop's Palace and the 1000 year old Yew Walk. 

While on the Clonfert pages, you can learn a potted history of Saint Brendan the Navigator, possibly the first European to set foot in North America in the 6th. century. And join me in the celebrations when this tiny cathedral was listed in the World Monuments Watch 2000 most endangered monuments.

Come with me on my 'Famine Journey' which starts in Westport, and moves to Sligo, my Dad's County and the departure port for many of the 'Coffin Ships'. This part of my journey ends in Grosse-Île on a tiny island east of Quebec City. 

On this page you will learn some of the history of our Famine Refugees and find the final resting place of over 6,000 of my country folk who died within sight of their first freedom in over 300 years. This is where many of the Irish roots in North America started.

Our Journey moves on to other places on that visit to Canada where we see Quebec City and some of Ontario's lovely places and then to two of Canada's famous Catholic Shrines - Saint Anne de Beaupré and to Cap-de-la-Madeleine.

Finally, join me on my pilgrimage to a peaceful haven in a war-torn country in Medugorje in Bosnia-Hercegovinia. The other areas of my Web site can be found in the drop-down box below.

I have added links pages of other places related to the places we visit, links to leisure activities in Ireland i.e. golf, fishing, horse riding, sailing in Ireland, festivals, entertainment etc.

Don't forget to bookmark this page and return to take up on more of your journeys with me. Oh .. and please sign my Guestbook if you have enjoyed your travels. Go raith míle maith agat - thanks a million

Every now and then people send me stories, poems, or URLs to other Home Pages that I find very touching or uplifting, they can be found at the links below. Some will make you smile, maybe even laugh, some may make you cry or a little sad - but all will leave a little bit of a mark, if only for the few minutes you spend reading or listening to them. Enjoy - I call this section: