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 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.

Hi there! Congratulations on your beautiful and informative website!

I am a German wheelchair user who recently completed a vacation trip to England, Wales and Ireland.  I must admit I am deeply in love with the region you are living in -- even though it's not exactly a model for access for the disabled. I stayed in Galway for one week, visiting friends of mine. Disabled people heavily depend on accessible facilities, especially parking and toilets. This is even more true for disabled tourists who don't know their way around. They simply won't come to a place if they don't know it's possible there for them to exist.  That's why I've put all the access info that I've gathered on the web.

I would be honored if you could include this link in your collection. Other access info on North-West Ireland will follow shortly, regards, Winfred Huehn,

Record 242

Name: DENISE A. Mc HUGH
From: NEW JERSEY, USA
Website:
Referred by: From Search Engine
Time: Sunday, May 02, 1999 20:07
Comments:

Record 243

Name: Sharon Monaghan Schafer
From: Troy, Michigan USA
Website: MONAGHAN CLAN   Irish Setter Club of Michigan 
Referred by: Another Site Link
Time: Monday, May 03, 1999 19:48
Comments:

Hi there!...I enjoyed your site very much. It was of particular interest to me as we have been trying to contact some relatives thru email in Bohola,County Mayo.  I don't know how far away that might be from you. Hope this note finds you on a fine sunny day in Ireland! Sharon Monaghan Schafer

Name: Kobayashi Katsuji
From: Japan
Website:
Referred by: From ICQ
Time: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 17:00
Comments:

Thank you for adding me to your icq contact list and giving me nice music here...

Record 245
Name: Desiree
From: Louisiana, USA
Website: Salima's Homepage 
Referred by: From PowWow
Time: Sunday, May 09, 1999 0:34
Comments:

Hi nice Homepage..you have a beautiful country.

Name: Gerard Humphries
From: Dublin
Website:
Referred by: From ICQ
Time: Sunday, May 09, 1999 11:59
Comments:

You have a wonderful Site. To me it tells a story of your life and your beliefs. For me who is an amateur on design , it is very impressive and a great advert for Ireland. I have sent the URL to many friends around the world who I am in contact with on ICQ. The very best with your business and every success. Gerard

Record 247

Name: Karren Morley
From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Website:
Referred by: From Search Engine
Time: Thursday, May 13, 1999 17:40
Comments:

 I love your Web Pages!  They're very interesting.

I've just started tracing back my family tree and a large number of my ancestors are of Irish descent.  Most of my records lead me back to the point of when they left Grosse-Ile for the Ottawa area.  I was searching for info on Grosse-Ile when I came across your excellent & informative pages.

I'm keeping your Home Page in my Favourites so I can check back from time to time to get inspiration to keep up my search when I reach a brick wall. Thanks again !

Record 248

Name: Kieran Hynes
From: Buttevant, Co. Cork
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
Time: Thursday, May 13, 1999 23:21
Comments:

A Breath of fresh air, well done!

Record 249

Name: Joan McDaid
From: Seattle Washington USA
Website:
Referred by: From SearchEngine
Time: Saturday, May 15, 1999 1:12
Comments:

I am looking forward to my first trip to Ireland soon after waiting 40 years.  I am spending too much time planning my trip and not much time working.  I love Ireland already and cannot wait to meet you all.  I am an orphan here, and perhaps someday, might meet someone who is my family.  Thank you for the wonderful web page.

Record 250

Name: Theadora Davitt-Cornyn
From: 1000 Oaks, California
Website:
Referred by: From Search Engine
Time: Monday, May 17, 1999 0:58
Comments:

Am looking for The Burren Perfumery, Carron, County Clare. Owner is Brian Mooney. They have an ad in the latest issue (May/June) of Ireland of the Welcomes and yet the Internet address does not connect: www.burrenperfumery.com Any help you can give would be very appreciated! I'll be there in August with family and frineds, and plan to visit the Burren and the perfumery. Thanks.... Theadora Davitt-Cornyn

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