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.

Name: Mike Metzger
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: Springfield, Ohio.  USA
Time: Saturday, October 10, 1998 at 23:29:40
Comments:

 I recently received a post card from my sister who visited Medugorje. I was attempting to get more information about Medugorje when I ran into your webpage.

Name: Becca Rollins
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: C.A. (USA)
Time: Monday, October 12, 1998 at 01:11:38
Comments:

Hello! Thank you so much for your beautiful web page. I'm Becca. I live and work in Torrance, California.

Name: Rohan Bates
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From:
Time: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 at 07:32:03
Comments:

Name: Tim Frost
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: Dorset
Time: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 at 07:33:50
Comments:

Name: Enid Olson
Website:
Referred by: Another Site Link
From: Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Time: Thursday, October 15, 1998 at 13:30:45
Comments:

Last night I read a book based on the diaries of Gerald Keegan,who emigrated in 1847  from Sligo and died at Grosse Ile, Quebec.  It is called "The Famine Years". My ancestors were part of the emigration and I could never figure out why they came to Quebec, being Irish. Now I understand some of my history and intend to travel to Ireland one day and see for myself and discover more of my history. Thankyou for your historical info. of the famine.

Name: H. Bruce Hartgers
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: New England, USA
Time: Thursday, October 15, 1998 at 14:33:45
Comments:

Lovely, even to a devil like myself.-) (a one-eyed smiley) HBH

Name: John Borel
Website:
Referred by: Word of Mouth
From: Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-9667
Time: Thursday, October 15, 1998 at 22:43:15
Comments:

I just wanted to get your address on my favorite place site as I am planning a bike trip to Ireland next summer.  I will come back when I have time to read more

Name: Lydia Lewis Alexander
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: Bessemer, Alabama (U. S. A.)
Time: Sunday, October 18, 1998 at 00:39:02
Comments:

 I played bridge with you tonight.  Enjoyed viewing your web site.  I would love to create one myself, but  don't know how.  What is your fee for assistance?  or can you refer me to a "free" source of help?

Name: Charlie Gadbois
Website:
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: Bryan, Texas
Time: Sunday, October 18, 1998 at 20:38:18
Comments:

Grandma's last name is Mello and do you have any information about the Mello history in Portuguese.

Name: Rik
Website: don'thaveoneyet.com
Referred by: Just Cruised On In
From: Anchorage Alaska
Time: Monday, October 19, 1998 at 00:50:01
Comments:

Hi!  GRRRREAT home page!... I was looking for info on where to travel in Ireland and I couldn't have found a better page...  We've got to chat! Catch you on-line later...

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