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: Stephanie Marc
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Ireland
Time: Thursday, September 23, 1998 at 16:37
Comments:

Hi Mary,

My name is Stephanie and I have recently joined the Loth sisters family. I'm originally Southern French but I've been living in Ireland for 2 years (1 year in Galway). Just to congratulate you for you Web site and to say a quick hello. I'm actually amazed at the number of Loth sisters in the world and the extensive Geographic coverage ! I hope everything goes well for you. Talk to you later maybe (smile).
Kindest regards, Stephanie

Name: Tom Crane  (son of Tony Crane of Sligo)
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Phila. PA
Time: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 11:19:30
Comments:

Thoroughly enjoyed the visit

Name: Nuala Power
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: Vancouver, BC Canada
Time: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 19:04:03
Comments:

I am extremely interested in ancient sites and stones in Ireland. It was fun to visit your site and get some info on Clonmacnoise and the sites around Sligo.  I really would like to spend a stretch of time there and see all of the sites.
Cheers Nuala Power

Name: Courtney O'Connor
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: California
Time: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 16:12:56
Comments:

I'm a yank but went to school at UCG for my semester abroad in 1989. Planning a trip back to Galway City in March and stumbled upon your web-site. Very, very impressive....loved the Enya tracks. Just inquiring about a town in Connemara called Clonburn...what's it like? Where is it,etc? If you have any insight I'd appreciate the info!
Many Thanks! Courtney

Name: Margerey Collins Sarabia
Website:
Referred by:
From: 128 farkas ln, lv nv 89128
Time: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 19:51:13
Comments:

Your story is fascinating! I am of Irish decent.  My father was Irish.

Name: Jim Moss
Website: Travel to Ireland 
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: USA
Time: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 19:46:24
Comments:

Absolutely the best site about Ireland that I have seen on the net. My wife maintains my site. I supply the snaps and writing. Have a very long way to go to come close to yours. I have Cork roots but fell in love with Clare. I spend my holidays on the west coast from Donegal to Cork. I have yet to venture west of Limerick. I enjoy all sites with original photos and writing. Congratulations again, Jim Moss

Name: Celeste
Website:
Referred by: From PowWow
From: USA
Time: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 20:46:33
Comments:

I chatted with you on powwow a couple of months ago. You gave me the address to see your home page.  Just wanted you to know I enjoyed it.  I tried to sign your address book at the time but something wasn't working.  As I told you, I was in Ireland 3 yrs ago, so I loved the pictures you have, brought back memories!  Thanks.

Name: Proinsias
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: Kerry - now i live in New York
Time: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 03:00:28
Comments:

Searching the web for photos of the Burren. I am absolutely amazed at the quality of your website - well done!!   Ciao.

Name: J. D.
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: NY
Time: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 03:30
Comments:

What a beautiful site - thoroughly enjoyed the trip around the west of Ireland. Hope to get the chance to visit someday. Good luck and keep up the good work - J.D.

Name: Anne O.C.
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: Birmingham
Time: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 04:00:50
Comments:

Great site Mary. Loved the pics and the music is fantastic. I'll be back to see how it is developing.

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