Kiss me I'm Irish

[pehayes]

Kev:  Where from in Ireland?  City?  Townland?  Are you familiar with Gabriele Woeltje's book on the history of the (O MEACHAIR) MAHER clan?  I have a copy if you would like to borrow.  I have Maher history from north Tipperary but it is 5 generations back.  See these links.

http://mahermatters.com/2015/07/23/o-meachair-the-story-of-a-clan/

http://www.amazon.com/%C3%93-Meachair-The-Story-Clan/dp/0692244174

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[Kev m]

Kev:  Where from in Ireland?  City?  Townland?  Are you familiar with Gabriele Woeltje's book on the history of the (O MEACHAIR) MAHER clan?  I have a copy if you would like to borrow.  I have Maher history from north Tipperary but it is 5 generations back.  See these links.

http://mahermatters.com/2015/07/23/o-meachair-the-story-of-a-clan/

http://www.amazon.com/%C3%93-Meachair-The-Story-Clan/dp/0692244174

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

THANKS - just ordered on Kindle!

I know he was born and raised just outside of Dublin, but I know that's not where his family was originally from.

His uncle Seamus Brady (my grandmother's side, who our little man is named after) fought with the North Longford Flying Column of the IRA in the war for independence.

I'll have to ask my uncle when we finally have Dad's Irish Wake because my uncle has done a good bit of research into the family line.

Kev

[Tom]

Gotta dig out some of the Bushmills that I have stashed.  Bought 3 cases at a U.S. Customs seizure auction.  Real cheap.  Apparently being smuggled in.  Was less than a $1.00 a pint.   Yeah, I know there's better Irish whiskey but none better at the price.

[pehayes]

THANKS - just ordered on Kindle!
I know he was born and raised just outside of Dublin, but I know that's not where his family was originally from.

Ask two very detailed questions.  First, does he know which SEPT you are from?  Septs are subdivisions of Clans.  There are nicknames for the various septs so that the locals can keep them organized.  Maher has perhaps 500 septs!  Second, can you identify the townland from whence they came?  The 'townland' is the basic unit of Irish geography.  In size it can be as small as one farm or as large as several modern subdivisions.  Only the postman and the locals know where the townland boundaries are located.  My Hayes line ancestry comes off of two adjacent townlands; one has two houses and the other has six.  Irish rural postal addresses don't use street numbers, house names, or postal codes.  Just the surname and the townland will get it delivered.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[Kev m]

Ask two very detailed questions.  First, does he know which SEPT you are from?  Septs are subdivisions of Clans.  There are nicknames for the various septs so that the locals can keep them organized.  Maher has perhaps 500 septs!  Second, can you identify the townland from whence they came?  The 'townland' is the basic unit of Irish geography.  In size it can be as small as one farm or as large as several modern subdivisions.  Only the postman and the locals know where the townland boundaries are located.  My Hayes line ancestry comes off of two adjacent townlands; one has two houses and the other has six.  Irish rural postal addresses don't use street numbers, house names, or postal codes.  Just the surname and the townland will get it delivered.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

Noted


Will do.

[azguzzirep]

My mom's side of the family migrated from Ireland around 1900.
My grandfather 's brother became the first non U.S. born Govoner of Pennsylvania since the founders of America. (His name is Tener and was Governor around the late 1930's after a pro baseball career )

 Ireland is only a three hour flight from here so maybe soon I can visit her.🍀🍀

Tom

[pehayes]

Tom:  I know you are living in Germany but not sure of your citizen status.  I doubt you have yet converted to German citizenship.  You likely qualify for Irish Citizenship and an EU passport.  If so, I'd recommend that you go through that process to ease your ex-pat status.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[Tkelly]

Sorry for your loss.My dad passed in the middle of the night before Easter at 85.I was sleeping at his place with the windows open and a strange wailing woke me.I never heard that sound before or since but I recalled his banshee stories he scared us with as kids.

[azguzzirep]

Tom:  I know you are living in Germany but not sure of your citizen status.  I doubt you have yet converted to German citizenship.  You likely qualify for Irish Citizenship and an EU passport.  If so, I'd recommend that you go through that process to ease your ex-pat status.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

I'm not an ex-pat, I'm just an American living abroad. Not looking to become a German citizen. My U.S. passport gets me everywhere , no problem.