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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.
Or EMAIL me with any suggestions you might have.

Name: Annie Sunshine
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From:
Time: 1998-06-14; 17:56
Comments:

Hi Mary/Nightbird,  Just visited your "under construction" home page. In lieu of signing your guest book which is unavailable at this time, I'm writing this little note to tell you what a bang up job you did on your page.  I did not visit all the sites as time does not permit, however, I will do so when I can...a little at a time.

Name: Damien & Fiona Griffin
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From:
Time: 1998-06-17; 23:06
Comments:

Love the site - excellent photos. Hope you enjoyed your trip.

 Name: Pam Kehoe
 Website:
 Referred by: Word of Mouth
 From: Wisconsin US
 Time: 1998-06-20 13:21:12
 Comments:

Mary You have done a wonderful job. It's absolutely beautiful. I'm so proud of your work and can hardly wait to meet you in July. Pam

Hi Mary. Wow what an impressive site! Lot's of work here! But worth it. As you know I'll be in your neck of the woods soon as will someone else we both know. I'm living for it! I'll be in touch. Keep up the good work. God bless.

Absolutely brilliant and from my nicest friend...

A remarkable site, with a great sense of history. I should think that some tourist agency would be interested in this work of art. I take my hat off to you . Steve McCall

Mary..... I think you have done a fabulous job in setting up your home page. Touring through the west of Ireland on here brought back a lot of happy memories for me. So many familiar sights but a lot of new additions too. It was also nice to finally see pic's of you and the family, now when we chat I have that pic in my mind. I hope to get to meet you in the spring of '98...God willing....... Slainte...Gearoidin Ni Dhalaigh

Private!!!

Ich Wünschte ich könnte dort Leben mit meiner Familie. Liebe Grüße Jürgen

Hey there! Great Site that you have here! Good luck to you.

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. and some of my friends' home pages. 

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: