Moytura's Irish
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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 - 

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: Dennis S
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Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: New York
Time: Sunday, January 3, 1999 at 19:30:34
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Enjoyed your "home" and all the work you've put into it. We hope to visit this area next summer and we'll be back to study the area even more. Thanks for the tour!!!!

Name: Martin Wieland
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Referred by: Just CruisedOn In
From: Koeln (Cologne), Germany
Time: Monday, January 4, 1999 at 18:44:59
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Old Ireland abu!

Name: PATRICK CULLINAN
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Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: CLEVELAND, OH, USA
Time: Tuesday, January 5, 1999 at 03:43:35
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INDEED, AN IMPRESSIVE SITE. -BRINGS BACK FOND MEMORIES OF THE GALWAY AREA. CONGRATULATIONS! GRAND WORK.

Name: Ann
Website: Mikeydabo
Referred by: From PowWow
From: Ohio
Time: Tuesday, January 5, 1999 at 16:17:05
Comments:

I like your homepage. I have an Irish background and am interested in your country. Michael Crawford of POTO fame sang of Galway Bay in his recent concert for PBS broadcasting. After seeing a picture of it, I wish I could see it in person. Keep up the good work! Ann

Name: Catherine Logue Iavecchia
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Referred by: Someone Sent URL
From: Philadelphia, Pa  USA
Time: Wednesday, January 6, 1999 at 15:38:48
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I enjoyed reading about Mayo (my grandmother's home) and Sligo (my mother's home).  I just found out about this location from my cousin and will continue reading your stories.

Name: Julie
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Referred by: Another Site Link
From: Michigan, USA
Time: Thursday, January 7, 1999 at 08:45:03
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I was just surfing for information on Grosse Ile, Michigan - which is the island that I live on, and stumbled upon this. What a wonderful and interesting site!   I hope to go to Ireland one day soon. Thanks

Name: John Cassidy
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Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Hockessin, Delaware
Time: Sunday, January 10, 1999 23:59
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My Uncle reffered me to your site.

Name: Bob Blondel
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Referred by: Another Site Link
From: Gaston NC USA
Time: Monday, January 11, 1999 at 12:09:53
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Found you thru search 'Galway Book' which was of course supposed to yield Kenny's URL. Your site is about the best one I've seen in Ireland. Quite informative. Reminds me that it's time to plan another trip . . .
All best, Bob Blondel

Name: Laurel Amiss
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Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: USA
Time: Monday, January 11, 1999 at 15:21:33
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Enjoy Ireland, Guinness is good for you, I'm not irish, kiss me anyways. A Kerryman was coming home from the pub one night and saw a leprican.  The leprican said he would grant the man three wishes. The Kerryman says I really wanted a pint of guinness but the pub closed before I got in, so I want a never ending pint of guinness.  He got his pint and drank it.  As soon as he was finished it filled back up again.  He said this is wonderful, will this happen everytime?  The leprican said yah, it will; but I haven't got all night so what are your other two wishes? The Kerryman says "I'll have two more of those."

Name: Gregg Soffe
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Referred by: From PowWow
From: Utah, Salt Lake City
Time: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 at 01:33:54
Comments:

I never did get your first name but I and my son Nathan enjoyed our chat with you, you were a charming individual and very informative for us to listen and learn, that is the best part of chatting is to get to know people all over the world that are nice as 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

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