Hi, Kerry.

Great to have another "Wild Goose" from Australia join our budding, but rapidly expanding community here.  I'm interested in your profile photo -- who is that, and what era?

Hope you'll chime in on blog posts, discussions, contests, etc. here over the coming weeks / months / years.  It's a fun place, and a place where we can all learn a great deal about our shared Irish heritage.

Welcome aboard, Kerry!

~ Ryan

Kerry, looks a bit like you, this soldier, I'm guessing. Perhaps your grandfather in a shot from The Great War? Cead mile failte to The Wild Geese! Ger

G'day Ryan and Gerry

It's took me a bit to figure out how to reply. I'm gunna need a bit of time to get around ya site.

Wow ... what a cool story!  That's great stuff, Kerry.  Thanks so much for sharing that.  Would you be willing to do a bit of blogging about these things here on this site?  People here would love to read about that.

Kerry, a number of our members have expressed a desire to hear more about your research and your family's extraordinary Irish story. Hope we can count on this in the weeks and months ahead. Ger

Easter%20Speech%202013%20sm.pdf

In Sydney's Waverley Cemetery is, I am told, the largest Republican monument outside of Ireland. Every year on Easter Sunday, people gather to commemorate the Easter Rising of 1916. This year I was the speaker. This is the product of six years research, three of which have been done at the Australian Defence Force Academy. This was written for speaking - the first public exposure of these events in Australia.

Sadly, Kerry seems to have died, in November 2015, at the age of 61.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Casey