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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: Suzanne Barrett
From: Santa Cruz, CA USA
Website: Suzanne's Web Page 
Referred by: Another Site Link
Time: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 13:09
Comments:

Very much enjoyed touring the site, learning about you and your endeavors.  I've bookmarked for future excursions.

Name: Julia Mc Dermott
From: Germany,Hannover
Website:
Referred by: From Search Engine
Time: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 19:52
Comments:

HI ! I am Irish but I live in Germany ! My school ( St.Ursula-Schule,Hannover) is looking for a partner school in Sligo. It should be a Secondary School. If you are interessted , please let me know as soon as posible ! Thanks a million..................... Julia !!!

Name: John Culhane
From: Dublin  Ireland
Website:
Referred by: From Search Engine
Time: Thursday, December 02, 1999 2:46

Thanks Mary you have a lovely site. Iam trying to set up my own web site design co. in Dublin and was looking at the compition. I like your gentle wholesome approach. Thanks again
JC
Ps: I am calling the new Co. Purplefish

Name: MARTIN BRENNAN
From: A little village in the west of Ireland called Maam!
Website: martin brennan's homepage
Referred by: Someone Sent URL
Time: Thursday, December 02, 1999 13:59
Comments:

Hello Mary, Good page, you'll have to cover Maam in your next exploit of Connemara, but bring your wellies!. PS Say hi to Rachel.
rgds Martin

Name: cammie gallagher
From: St. Jarlath's College Tuam
Website: St. Jarleth's Tuam
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Time: Saturday, December 04, 1999 20:47
Comments:

Came across your site during a class yesterday. Well done. Why not visit our school site @ jaralths.ie

Name: Patti
From: Florida USA
Website: Welcome to my web
Referred by: Another Site Link
Time: Tuesday, December 7, 1999 at 06:29:21
Comments:

You have a wonderful site it is very informative,and interesting and was made with loving care, you also have a beautiful family six children, God Bless you (well I guess he has) I did not have time to travel the whole site so I will return.
We vacationed in England and Ireland in 1990 and it was an unforgetable trip, both countries are beautiful.
See you at LOTH

Name: Mark Quade
From: Charlotte,Nc
Website: The Davitt Clan 
Referred by: From Search Engine
Time: Thursday, December 16, 1999 at 21:14:55
Comments:

Nice website, though i dont live in Mayo, its a nice place.Though I have been to Mayo, about 9 times, spent alot of summers there.My mom's family lives just outside louisburg.There names are Davitt, Gavin, O'Grady, McGreal, Coins and so forth.Keep up the good work!!!!!!! Im going to put a link on my page to yours.

Name: Charles A. Brown
From: Hendersonville, North Carolina USA
Website:
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Time: Friday, December 17th, 1999, 2:52
Comments:

Just read your tale of visiting Gros I'sle in Canada, and was touched deeply.  My Conway ancestor must have hit there between plagues -- he is reported to have left Sligo in 1839 for Quebec, and was finally married to an Irish lass from Roscommon in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1862.  They had 10 children, all of whom lived to adulthood; one of whom was my grandfather.  Timing is everything!
Am passing along your site to a couple of other researchers in the area as one that can be enjoyed, even though their ancestor(s) may not have come through Canada
Charlie Brown

Name: Caroline
From: Perth, Australia
E-mail:
Website:
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Time: Wednesday, December 22nd, 1999, 15:35
Comments:

Hello, You may get a chuckle from my poor attempt at Irish with my limited vocabulary and spelling.
My name is Caroline, I'm from Perth, Australia and have stumbled accross your fantastic page.
I was in Ireland 2 years ago today and think about my time there all too often! It was great to revisit the memory via your page.
Thanks a million!
Caroline

Name: Cheryl
From: USA
Website: Rosary Wine's Rosary
Referred by: Another Site Link
Time: Saturday, January 8, 19100 at 22:44:55
Comments:

Enjoyed my visit to your site.

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Name: Jack Coursey
From: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Website:
Referred by: From Search Engine
Time: Tuesday, January 11, 19100 at 10:46:46
Comments:

I am doing research for Irish families that came to Canada. My Grandfather Patrick Coursey was born 17 July 1870 in Ellistran, Roundstone, Connamara, Co Galway, He came to Canada in 1880. Settled in Peterborough Ontario. I visited Roundstone in 1994. Stayed 3 days in Clifden. My mother Catherine Devlin is the Great-Great Grandaughter of David Quinlan Peter Robinson Expedition of 1824. I am slowly working my way though your pages. I am looking for a list of those buried at Grosse Ile.
Thanks for a good job well done Jack

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