Moytura's Irish
Bookshop

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 - 

If you have enjoyed your wander through the bookshop 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: Dianna
Website: Thundaunda 
Referred by: From PowWow
From: Australia
Time: Saturday, October 31, 1998 at 18:39:45
Comments:

I would like to say this homepage is fantastic. One of my first wishes in life is to visit Ireland  - my ancestors are from there and they originated from County of Louth and a place called Kingscourt. The reading is great. Please do not hesitate to contact me as I would dearly love to chat with you about your Homeland as I do hope to get there one day. I find it very hard to connect with people over there. A fantastic look into Irelands history,  I love it and will keep coming back.

Thank you ...Dianna..

Name: Sven & Anita
Website: Living in Ireland 
Referred by: From ICQ
From: Ballykeeran, Athlone, Ireland
Time: Monday, November 2, 1998 at 06:16:50
Comments:

Lovely site really, you sure put a lot of efforts into putting it together - and thanks for the link(s), by the way ;-)) cu on ICQ or somewhere else in cyberspace !

Name: T.J.CUMMINS
Website: T.J. & J. INNOVATIONS 
Referred by: Just CruisedOn In
From: Tipperary, now living in NewJersey US
Time: Tuesday, November 3, 1998 at 01:15:41
Comments:

Excellent site, I found this site while researching for my step daughter, she was doing a project on the monks of Ireland. She got an A for it too with a comment from the teacher that she outdid herself this time. Take care. Sincerely: t.j.

Name: James O'Flaherty
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: Originally from Newfoundland
Time: Wednesday, November 4, 1998 at 10:03:12
Comments:

Just searching for some of my roots.I would like to contact you at a later date when I have more time.

Name: Liam
Website:
Referred by: Just CruisedOn In
From: Wexford
Time: Friday, November 6, 1998 at 10:01:19
Comments:

Well done Moytura! Will look foward to the updates. Liam

Name: Gerry McSharry
Website:
Referred by: From MoyTura's Business Card
From: Sligo
Time: Friday, November 6, 1998 at 15:27:35
Comments:

It is very good indeed, Gerry.

Name: Mary Rayne
Website: QuilMhair Cocker Spaniels
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Scotland
Time: Sunday, November 8, 1998 at 06:52:01
Comments:

Your page was passed on to me via a friend from Wexford - I love it! The sounds are brilliant!
Good luck ... from another Mary

Name: Ron Worrall
Website:  Don't have one yet
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: Country: Dublin but living near Edinburgh
Time: Sunday, November 8, 1998 at 19:24:53
Comments:

Just checked out your website on Sunday night and I thought it was excellent.

Name: Glenna
Website:
Referred by: Another Site Link
From: US
Time: Thursday, November 12, 1998 at 17:03:06
Comments:

Ireland captured me this summer. Clonmacnoise was mystical, and the Connemara keeps calling me back. Now I need to find someone to help me learn to play the bodhran I purchased in Clifden! Great web page. Keep it up!

Name: Veronica
Website:
Referred by: Just CruisedOn In
From: FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
Time: Thursday, November 12, 1998 at 22:25:27
Comments:

I HAVE ENJOYED BROWSING THROUGH YOUR PAGE.  I HOPE TO COME BACK.  FROM FLORIDA TO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS WARM GREETINGS.

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

For those of you who are interested in tracing family links contact the Genealogical Society of Ireland