July 2014 Blog Posts (65)

Auditions for 'The Last Torch'

It was a very exciting weekend auditioning for "The Last Torch." Both tiring and exhilarating. Casting has been a very tough job, but we have our cast -- all except Brian O'Rourke, but he will appear!

BUAGH!…

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Added by The Last Torch on July 24, 2014 at 5:30am — No Comments

Fictional Characters in Druids, Celts, and Romans

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Why Make Use of Fictional Characters?

 

James Francis Smith

 

Instead of the omniscient approach of most historians, Druids, Celts, and Romans invites its readers to enjoy learning about their ancestors. Fictional characters transform what would otherwise be a bland recitation of…

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Added by James Francis Smith on July 23, 2014 at 3:26pm — No Comments


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Searching for Your Irish Ancestors, Part 3 – The Roman Catholic Parish Registers

This is part four in a series of articles on "Searching for Your Irish Ancestors" written by Ireland-based professional genealogist Nicola Morris of Timeline Genealogy. You can find…

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Added by Timeline Genealogy on July 23, 2014 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

Countdown to Christmas: Chatting Live with Margaret Johnson and Lisa McGee

The  following is a transcript from the LIVE Community Chat held here at TheWildGeese.com on Friday, August 1, 2014 featuring Margaret…

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Added by The Wild Geese on July 22, 2014 at 6:30am — No Comments

Gáirdín an Ghorta - The Famine Garden - Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny

To really understand Gáirdín an Ghorta, and its pathways, please go to our Facebook page and click on pictures and then click on our albums  and then click on the album, "A Walk Through the Famine Garden," and you…

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Added by Willie Barron on July 22, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

Gáirdín an Ghorta - The Famine Garden

Hi all at The Wild Geese, 

Please check out our Facebook link above about our Famine Garden in Newmarket, County Kilkenny and let us know what you think of it:…

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Added by Willie Barron on July 22, 2014 at 4:59am — 2 Comments

'Dysphasia,' 'Rory O'Shea': Irish Films With Heart, Hard Heads

Long Island City, N.Y. – How we try, and often fail to communicate, and how we ultimately and triumphantly can bridge that chasm came across as the focus of two extraordinary and allegorical films that screened Saturday night in Queens at New York Irish Center's…

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Added by Gerry Regan on July 21, 2014 at 2:00pm — No Comments


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Trim Castle, County Meath

Trim Castle
Trim, Co Meath, Ireland…



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Added by Celtic Tours World Vacations on July 21, 2014 at 7:00am — No Comments

This Week in the History of the Irish: July 20 - July 26

DOMHAIGH -- On July 20, 1866, at the battle of Lissa (depicted left by Eduard Nezbeda, 1911) in the Adriatic, an Austrian fleet defeated a numerically superior Italian fleet. Commanding one of the…

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Added by The Wild Geese on July 19, 2014 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Are You an Irish 'Hostler'?

If your great grandfather listed his occupation as a hostler – what did he do?

The word is spelled "hostler" in American English, but "ostler" in British English. It traces to c.1386, meaning "one who tends to horses at an inn"—and also, occasionally, "innkeeper." It is…

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Added by Dee Notaro on July 19, 2014 at 7:00am — No Comments

Keeping Faith With the Benedictines of Kylemore

Sometimes you go in circles with a career before it feels right. I had owned an ad agency for eleven years before changing careers in 2001 and going into fundraising. I can now say that I feel like I have come full-circle careerwise and I am making a difference for something I have…

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Added by Mary Reed on July 18, 2014 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment


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Adare Castle, County Limerick, Ireland

Adare Castle…

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Added by Celtic Tours World Vacations on July 18, 2014 at 7:00am — No Comments


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'And To Watch the Sunbeams Dancing O’er the Wicklow Mountains High'

From "The Wicklow Mountains High" by Jim McGonigle.

One of the things I'm always on the alert for while driving along the roads of Ireland is any sort of roadside historical marker. The Irish have populated their cities…

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Added by Joe Gannon on July 17, 2014 at 9:00am — 6 Comments

Ever Irrepressible Mims Murphy

Mary Eileen "Mims" Murphy Walsh was born in County Longford in 1881. She was college educated and worked in Dublin. She married Patrick "Paddy" Walsh on July 29, 1913. They immigrated to the United States in 1915. To Mims, it was an exile that she…

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Added by Bit Devine on July 16, 2014 at 4:00pm — No Comments

The Ros Tapestry – A Tale Told in Thread

After fellow Wild Geese member Oisen O'Connell had generously taken me on my last Wexford tour via Ballyhack Castle,…

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Added by Alannah Ryane on July 15, 2014 at 11:00am — 4 Comments


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Escape to the Burren, County Clare

It takes less than two hours to drive from Nenagh to the Burren in Co. Clare. At a recent launch for the Cliffs of Moher Geopark  (www.burrengeopark.ie) in Lisdoonvarna, I was reminded just how much this region has to…

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Added by ISLE magazine on July 15, 2014 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Irish-American of Renown Tommy Loughran – Year 1927

 

 The undefeated Light- Heavyweight Champion before he stepped up in class.

 

            This post from The O’Donnells of Philadelphia, Chapter 5, “A typical Year in the Life of the O’Donnells,” takes the reader back to a time when we listened to sports on the radio and used our imagination. It’s a time to be savored. The…

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Added by James Francis Smith on July 14, 2014 at 3:34pm — No Comments

Derry/Legenderrymaritimefestival Northern Ireland

It'll be anchors ahoy for the weekend of July 26-27 as the Guildhall Square magically transforms into a haven of all things sea related for the annual Flavours of the Foyle Seafood Festival!
There will be a host of children’s fishy activities with Spreya the beautiful Mermaid, giant lobsters, roving pirates and salty sailors aplenty!
Find out more at: www,derrycity.gov.uk/seafood

Added by Maureen Mc Ghee on July 14, 2014 at 6:24am — No Comments

This Week in the History of the Irish: July 13 - July 19

DOMHNAIGH to CÉADAOIN -- From July 13 to 16, 1863, one of the more regrettable incidents related to Irish-American history occurred --the…

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Added by The Wild Geese on July 12, 2014 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Question for Members

New genie class started and participant is descended from a McSweeney. Have looked into this and found they come from a Gallowglas Sept. First I have heard Gallowglas. Article on Wikipedia very informative.  Anyone want to blog on this and in 1800 where would the McSweeney Clan be living?

Added by Dee Notaro on July 12, 2014 at 9:23am — 3 Comments

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