Comments - A Town and a Landlord Before the Famine and a Field Called Ballybeggarman - The Wild Geese2024-03-28T11:37:29Zhttps://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6442157%3ABlogPost%3A139532&xn_auth=no I suspect that Ballygar like…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2015-01-28:6442157:Comment:1404342015-01-28T20:36:44.776ZThat's Just How It Washttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/MaryThorpe
<p> I suspect that Ballygar like all small towns take a long,long time to accept outsiders as locals. I know from listening to my grand-mother - When she moved to Bray Co Wicklow in 1916 - she was always referred to as 'the runner in' who married Andrew O'Rourke.</p>
<p>My mother Lolly O'Rourke was always asked if her mother was the 'runner in' O'Rourke !! ; as time went by and the Kavanagh family [my siblings and I were always asked if we were Lolly O' Rourkes children [who was married to a…</p>
<p> I suspect that Ballygar like all small towns take a long,long time to accept outsiders as locals. I know from listening to my grand-mother - When she moved to Bray Co Wicklow in 1916 - she was always referred to as 'the runner in' who married Andrew O'Rourke.</p>
<p>My mother Lolly O'Rourke was always asked if her mother was the 'runner in' O'Rourke !! ; as time went by and the Kavanagh family [my siblings and I were always asked if we were Lolly O' Rourkes children [who was married to a 'runner in' from Dunlaoghaire . [my Daddy Patrick Kavanagh }</p>
<p>Only the Irish - what can I say !!! </p> My father helped put Ballygar…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2015-01-28:6442157:Comment:1403312015-01-28T20:10:08.151ZFrank Scotthttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/FrankScott
<p>My father helped put Ballygar " on the map " in the early nintys as he produced a programme for " On the Land " in Ballygar. A local farmer Sonny Moore gave him a small cottage to buy as a holiday home and so as a 15yod I spent summers there. Later as an adult with a young family we moved to Ballygar as we needed to escape the big smoke ( Dublin ). We spent 10+ years in and around the town. My children know as Ballygar as the place where they grew up but were never taken as locals and now…</p>
<p>My father helped put Ballygar " on the map " in the early nintys as he produced a programme for " On the Land " in Ballygar. A local farmer Sonny Moore gave him a small cottage to buy as a holiday home and so as a 15yod I spent summers there. Later as an adult with a young family we moved to Ballygar as we needed to escape the big smoke ( Dublin ). We spent 10+ years in and around the town. My children know as Ballygar as the place where they grew up but were never taken as locals and now that we have left we do not miss the area. Dont get me wrong , there some lovely christian people there but, and its a big but, too many people that are not . It can be a small minded place that may grow up in the years to follow...and i hope it does...</p> Our backgrounds shape us and…tag:thewildgeese.irish,2015-01-27:6442157:Comment:1401362015-01-27T13:56:14.509ZThat's Just How It Washttps://thewildgeese.irish/profile/MaryThorpe
<p>Our backgrounds shape us and make us what we are ; My grandmother as very fond of saying or ' show me your company and I will tell you what you are' . </p>
<p>Many many years later I would have cause to acknowledge and understand the meaning of all of her adages when I studied for my Social Work Degree . All of her adages became very clear to me - and I only wished taht she had have been alive for me to tell her this !! </p>
<p>In hindsight we are all perfect ; another of her adages…</p>
<p>Our backgrounds shape us and make us what we are ; My grandmother as very fond of saying or ' show me your company and I will tell you what you are' . </p>
<p>Many many years later I would have cause to acknowledge and understand the meaning of all of her adages when I studied for my Social Work Degree . All of her adages became very clear to me - and I only wished taht she had have been alive for me to tell her this !! </p>
<p>In hindsight we are all perfect ; another of her adages !!</p>
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