The History of The Irish...Worldwide
Welcome to the Flock!
Please use this thread to introduce yourself to your fellow Wild Geese. In particular, we would love to hear your Irish story. What are your ties to Ireland? Have you or are you in the midst of uncovering your genealogy? What are your particular Irish interests? The arts? Cooking? Literature? Travel?
Please tell us also about yourself. What are your occupations and hobbies? What are your goals and ambitions? Where are you from?
And finally we would love to hear what brought you to The Wild Geese and how can we help you uncover, share, and preserve your Irish Story!
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Permalink Reply by Patrick Francis Deady on
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I live on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island, Te Waipounamu which looks very much like photos I have seen of areas in County Kerry.
My Irish mentor and friend was the late John Deady of Fenit. He was a teacher of great comfort to me. Miss him....
My Great Grand parents were Eugene Deady from the Dingle Peninsula and Kate Daly from Castleisland. Eugene left Kerry in 1849 for New York while Kate came directly to Te Waipounamu as a 19 year old.
Eugene was a miner while Kate was a very astute business woman, owning two farms and many other properties before she died.
I have retired from Banking and latterly, tractor and farm machinery parts business.
Wild Geese will understand my plea.....Deady males, please have your DNA processed to help the rest of the Deadys find who they are and what families they belong to. We Irish can't rely on State/Church records.
eg: My GGF 's age ties to a Eugene Deady who left Tralee in 1849 on the "Heather Bell". he was one of seven children born to Michael Deady and Joanna Hoare....but I can't prove that. I'd love to know, hurts a bit.
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Permalink Reply by Ryan O'Rourke on
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Welcome to the flock, Patrick! Great to have another New Zealander here. Hope you get some answers from other Deadys doing DNA tests. I did a DNA test of my own, and it helped tremendously. Welcome aboard, Patrick!
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Thanks for the welcome Ryan.
"The Wild Geese" is a great concept especially for those of us who are not sure of our roots. I'm finding with the treatment of Irish records over the years, one needs to resort to DNA testing to make progress. However, first of all, you need some of your clan in the DNA circle......FTDNA have 3 Deadys while Ancestry have none. Best wishes to you all.
Paddy.
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Hi Patrick i have just joinedup to" the wild Geese'yes i share your fraustation on reasearch as well ,i am in wanganui , moved here from christchurch ,so over it after 6,000 quakes .Kia kaha !
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Hi Denise, Great to hear from you !! You understand my frustration with the written records while I share yours with the quakes. Lesley and I were in the Inangahua quake late 1960s. It was a cracker but didn't have the aftershocks you have had to endure. No wonder you are in Wanganui now. Kia kaha is such an appropriate saying for any of us who have endured large quakes.
To get around the paperwork, I had my DNA tested via FTDNA. Received a couple of pleasant surprises, one a cousin up your way and the other, a 67 marker match with another Patrick Deady, in Indiana. Patrick has just joined the geese too.
Recommend Family Finder DNA test, not too expensive....for either male or female, can take you back five generations and expose lots of cousins.
Cheers Denise, Pat.
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Permalink Reply by Localbooks.ie on
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Hi all, just joined "Wild Geese" last week- our reason for joining was really to keep up-to-date and tuned in with our Irish Diaspora abroad and enjoy reading about those that are currently tracing their ancestry. As we were conducting some research recently while re-focusing efforts on our website, we came across your website and we believe that we share a common theme as we too provide a platform that is trying to keep our Irish traditions/folklore alive for our future generations and to promote our heritage. We do this by providing local Irish books by local authors/emigrants on our Irish history and more, also captured in audio CD format. Thanks.
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Permalink Reply by Ron Redmond on
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Hmm, I'm not sure I've posted here yet. I'm Ron Redmond, the Redmond's came from County Wexford. But my grandmother, Mary Kearney, was off the boat from Dublin to NY at 16yo. My "Wee ma" got her deportation letter about 2 months after she passed away, which always made my grandfather chuckle.
I doubt I'll be a prolific contributor here, I joined from the LinkedIn IABN group. I like reading about Irish history and would one day really like to search my roots. I've never been to Ireland, though it is my keenest hope to one day get my wife and I there. We've talked about moving there, but she can't be that far from family. Ah well.
Just wanted to say hello and happy to be here!
--Ron--
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Permalink Reply by Bit Devine on
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céad míle fáilte, Rob! Sure didn't I say the same when I first joined. Here I am in the thick of things. ;-)
Your "Wee ma" was 16 when she came across. How long did it take that deportation letter to find her? There is a story in and of itself.
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Thank you for all thousand welcomes!
Over 60 years it took. She was going through the citizenship process when she passed unfortunately. Even though she had alzheimer's and some physical issues, she did want to become a US Citizen. I wish I knew more about her story actually, how brave it must have been to come across alone at the age of 16yo. I can still here her brogue to this day!
--Ron--
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60 years?! Oh my goodness. See there, ya have just shared your first story...and that's how it starts :-))
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Glad to be a part of The Wild Geese! For years I thought my paternal ancestry was purely Scottish. My grandfather would always say to us "You ole Scotsman, you" when we did something good. We would puff up with pride.
Then I had my DNA checked and much to my surprise, it showed 1/3 Irish! How exciting! I wonder if we were part of the Ulster-Scot movement. This certainly holds true just based on my surname: Montgomery.
My paternal grandmother was a Smith, and I understand the name is common in Ireland. My maternal gr-gr-grandmother's name was Murphree and she married a man named South, so obviously I come by it on that side of the family also. I am happy to be able to give my mother any bit of family information that I can even though we've been in the US for many generations.
In any regard, I am glad to have found The Wild Geese and look forward to learning more.
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céad míle fáilte, Carol.... We look forward to your participation.
I have Smiths in my line. I think most folks do ;-) I have Murphy in my line, as well. Both are Ulster in root.
Until I was 18, my Gran & my father wouldn't lay any claim to our Irish heritage. Gran's people had emigrated to Scotland during the late 1800s and inthat time, you either assimilated into the Scottish culture or found themselves ostracized.I would say "Gran, look at your father in that picture! He is most definitely Irish" and then she would take down the pictures and say "I'll tell ya when you're older"
We grew up speaking "Island Gaelic" which I learned only in 2006 was actually Ulster Irish.
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