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PaddyJ
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| 12 Dec 2008 11:03 |
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Just popped in to say hello and introduce myself.
I am an Irish Traveller and found this site while doing some research on some family history.
Looking forward to getting to know many of you and learning more about English gypsies as well as Travellers in the UK. |
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Paddy J.
http://travellerstalk.forumotion.com/forum.htm |
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valerierackly
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| 12 Dec 2008 11:12 |
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hello, i'm valerie. I'm a english traveller, my grandads mam was born in belfast though.
theres some good stuff on here. and some nice people. it has been a bit quiet but your welcome to join in any of the topics. In history and culture theres some good things in there. i like to read of thiings past with travellers.
I'm doing my family tree and some of the things on here helped me with knowing what to look for in the goverment papers and that.
whats that travellers talk web site? i will have a look. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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PaddyJ
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| 12 Dec 2008 11:52 |
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Hi Valery, nice to meet you.
It's good that you're looking into your family tree as it will enhance your appreciation of not only your living and close family but also those who have sadly long gone.
I am looking forward to learning more about my own Irish Traveller traditions via this and other outlets, in fact, I only recently set up a forum in the hope it would enable me to get more information, as well. Unfortunately here in Ireland Travellers are unfairly treated by "regular" society because many of them believe we are all trouble makers. Granted some in our Community do cause trouble but isn't this the same in any community or society!
Yes, the Traveller's Talk website/forum was only just set up and I am hoping to attract Travellers and Gypsies from all over the UK and Ireland to come and visit and participate and help us grow. |
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Paddy J.
http://travellerstalk.forumotion.com/forum.htm |
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kilby
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| 12 Dec 2008 15:12 |
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| Hi Paddy j, hows she cuttin,what part ya from, all best to you an yours -----kilby----- |
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PaddyJ
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| 12 Dec 2008 16:06 |
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Hi Kilby,
I'm in Co. Tipperary and it is raining out of the heavens :)
Regards to you and yours also.
Where about are you..BTW? |
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Paddy J.
http://travellerstalk.forumotion.com/forum.htm |
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valerierackly
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| 13 Dec 2008 04:39 |
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| i looked on you web site but i can see its early days. I hope it goes well for you. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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valerierackly
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| 13 Dec 2008 04:40 |
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| which family are you from paddy. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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valerierackly
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| 13 Dec 2008 04:54 |
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Posted By PaddyJ on 12 Dec 2008 11:52
Hi Valery, nice to meet you.
It's good that you're looking into your family tree as it will enhance your appreciation of not only your living and close family but also those who have sadly long gone.
I am looking forward to learning more about my own Irish Traveller traditions via this and other outlets, in fact, I only recently set up a forum in the hope it would enable me to get more information, as well. Unfortunately here in Ireland Travellers are unfairly treated by "regular" society because many of them believe we are all trouble makers. Granted some in our Community do cause trouble but isn't this the same in any community or society!
Yes, the Traveller's Talk website/forum was only just set up and I am hoping to attract Travellers and Gypsies from all over the UK and Ireland to come and visit and participate and help us grow.
you know till this last few years i only just started to think about who we was or where we was from. when my grandad (on my dads side) got bad about two year ago,i realised i didnt know that much about his people, and i noticed i didnt know nowt about my mams people either. so I have been asking a lot of people a lot of things since. Peoples faces change a bit now when they see me.lol. I'm going to make sure i get some old photos of my grannys family next week. I keep putting it off. my granny and here people i see all the time but i noticed there was only a few of them. theres a link on the gypsy jib web-site that has the war records of people who died. and would your know it theres about thirty of them died in WWII, so i can understand how the varey name is rare. my grandad s name was Taylor so when i look through them its like searching for a needle in a haystack.
But usually once i find out one of them ,they have a load of others with them so things seem to move quickly for a while. I'd like to find out about my grandads family that was from ireland though. i dont know how to do it. becase he's gone and my granny doesn't know. they was prices, i was telled my g-granny was from belfast and her dad and family was from there as well. the camp they stopped on must have been there a while because he knew the name of the roads and that where they was from. |
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valerierackly
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| 13 Dec 2008 04:57 |
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do you know if theres any archive sites of belfast online that i can go on to have a look.
does any-one know if i would be able to find the cencus for belfast in 1880-1900's. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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Shahnee
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| 13 Dec 2008 08:08 |
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Hello Paddy,
Welcome to the site and i hope you get plenty of conversation!
My great grandfather came from Dublic in 1895 so there is a wee bit of the Irish in me! LOL!
Hello Valerie,
I have similiar problems with geting records of Dublin - mainly coz of the fire there - so if you get any info for there or Ireland in general, please let me know, thanks.
All the best to you both,
Shahnee |
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If you think i lie - just ask and i'll prove you wrong |
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kilby
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| 13 Dec 2008 08:13 |
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| Hi Paddy jfrom down in Tipp eh, its a part i was never in meself but i travelled a fair bit of ol ireland an me wife is from further up country in Ballina, was ya ever in it, i,m from little village in yorkshire called haworth an nearest town is keighley. Hi Valerie, that fella i was tellin ya bout passed me letter on to Kelby woman so i,m jus waitin to see if she gets back to me, all the best to ye -----kilby----- |
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kilby
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| 13 Dec 2008 08:15 |
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| Hi Shahnee, never saw ya there, ya jus pipped me to the post wi yours, hopin yafeelin bit beter now, stop drinkin outa theem ol wet glasses, thats whats doin it haha -----kilby----- |
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Shahnee
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| 13 Dec 2008 08:24 |
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Hi ya Kilby,
Now why didnt i think of that - wet glasses?! lol!!!!
N thanks for asking feeling a wee bit better - but its swings n roundabouts with this blinkin illness - ah me - stop the world i wanna get off!!! LOL!
But wont dont kill ya is sure to cure ya!! LOL!
While i'm here - just a big thanks for the stickers - Rosie has hers but Valerie didnt pop here so what do ya want me to do with the spare un?
Anyroad - keep them kinners coming - they bring a real smile to me face!
Take care ya sen, and have a good xmas - hows the snow, have ya got any?
Shahnee xxxxxx |
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If you think i lie - just ask and i'll prove you wrong |
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kilby
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| 13 Dec 2008 13:04 |
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Hi Shahnee, an ya right, what hurts but dont kill ya, makes ya stronger, old one but true i reckon, that sticker i sent for Valerie, give it to who ya want, or keep it,if ya got some copied off it i bet they sell like hot cakes at ya nex do,we,ve had plenty snow up here but is all gone now, whats happened wi Cathay Birch,s message board, its bin down now for whiles , thought ya might no, all the best, did ya get that craic chrismas card haha, see ya ----kilby----
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valerierackly
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| 13 Dec 2008 13:41 |
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Re; While i'm here - just a big thanks for the stickers - Rosie has hers but Valerie didnt pop here so what do ya want me to do with the spare un?
what sticker.????i missed a bit.lol. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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kilby
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| 13 Dec 2008 16:29 |
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| Hi Valeririe, i tought ya was goin down to reditch to shahnees do so i sent her some gypsy flag stickers an i tolt her one was for you, there big enuff to put on back o van or what ever ya want , anyways , ya never got there so ya didnt get one, e mail me an ive got couple left an i,ll send ya one-----kilby---- |
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PaddyJ
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| 14 Dec 2008 00:58 |
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Posted By valerierackly on 13 Dec 2008 04:40
which family are you from paddy.
Morning!
My family surname is Cawley. We're originally from the Sligo/Galway area but are now in parts of Tipperary, Cork, Waterford and Kilkenny. |
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Paddy J.
http://travellerstalk.forumotion.com/forum.htm |
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PaddyJ
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| 14 Dec 2008 01:06 |
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Posted By kilby on 13 Dec 2008 08:13
Hi Paddy jfrom down in Tipp eh, its a part i was never in meself but i travelled a fair bit of ol ireland an me wife is from further up country in Ballina, was ya ever in it, i,m from little village in yorkshire called haworth an nearest town is keighley. Hi Valerie, that fella i was tellin ya bout passed me letter on to Kelby woman so i,m jus waitin to see if she gets back to me, all the best to ye -----kilby-----
Hi Kilby, good to meet you.
I do know Ballina in Co Mayo. In fact, I was there not too long ago, a nice part of the country where we have some good friends.
Good to hear you have travelled much of Ireland but hopefully you will one day get to Tipperary:)
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Paddy J.
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PaddyJ
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| 14 Dec 2008 01:13 |
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Posted By Shahnee on 13 Dec 2008 08:08
Hello Paddy,
Welcome to the site and i hope you get plenty of conversation!
My great grandfather came from Dublic in 1895 so there is a wee bit of the Irish in me! LOL!
Hello Valerie,
I have similiar problems with geting records of Dublin - mainly coz of the fire there - so if you get any info for there or Ireland in general, please let me know, thanks.
All the best to you both,
Shahnee
Hi Shahnee, nice to know you. Yes, the Irish seem to be everywhere and in almost everybody:D
Interestingly, a lot of my own relations are all over Ireland and the UK. For example I have an uncle Pat in Wales, all of his kids - now grown up with their own family - were born there. It's the same with other relations in places like London and Oxford.
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kilby
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| 14 Dec 2008 11:39 |
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| Hi again Paddy j, so your a Cawley are ya, whose ya frients up in Ballina, ya dont know Jackdaw Cawley from there do ya or what about Paddy Delaneys crew, Gavins , or Lawrences, some Muldoons there an o course plenty McDunnaghs. see ya later -------kilby------- |
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PaddyJ
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| 12/12/2008 11:03 AM |
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Just popped in to say hello and introduce myself.
I am an Irish Traveller and found this site while doing some research on some family history.
Looking forward to getting to know many of you and learning more about English gypsies as well as Travellers in the UK. |
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Paddy J.
http://travellerstalk.forumotion.com/forum.htm |
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valerierackly
Posts:1040
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| 12/12/2008 11:12 AM |
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hello, i'm valerie. I'm a english traveller, my grandads mam was born in belfast though.
theres some good stuff on here. and some nice people. it has been a bit quiet but your welcome to join in any of the topics. In history and culture theres some good things in there. i like to read of thiings past with travellers.
I'm doing my family tree and some of the things on here helped me with knowing what to look for in the goverment papers and that.
whats that travellers talk web site? i will have a look. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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PaddyJ
Posts:15
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| 12/12/2008 11:52 AM |
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Hi Valery, nice to meet you.
It's good that you're looking into your family tree as it will enhance your appreciation of not only your living and close family but also those who have sadly long gone.
I am looking forward to learning more about my own Irish Traveller traditions via this and other outlets, in fact, I only recently set up a forum in the hope it would enable me to get more information, as well. Unfortunately here in Ireland Travellers are unfairly treated by "regular" society because many of them believe we are all trouble makers. Granted some in our Community do cause trouble but isn't this the same in any community or society!
Yes, the Traveller's Talk website/forum was only just set up and I am hoping to attract Travellers and Gypsies from all over the UK and Ireland to come and visit and participate and help us grow. |
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Paddy J.
http://travellerstalk.forumotion.com/forum.htm |
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kilby
Posts:520
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| 12/12/2008 3:12 PM |
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| Hi Paddy j, hows she cuttin,what part ya from, all best to you an yours -----kilby----- |
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PaddyJ
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| 12/12/2008 4:06 PM |
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Hi Kilby,
I'm in Co. Tipperary and it is raining out of the heavens :)
Regards to you and yours also.
Where about are you..BTW? |
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Paddy J.
http://travellerstalk.forumotion.com/forum.htm |
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valerierackly
Posts:1040
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| 12/13/2008 4:39 AM |
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| i looked on you web site but i can see its early days. I hope it goes well for you. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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valerierackly
Posts:1040
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| 12/13/2008 4:40 AM |
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| which family are you from paddy. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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valerierackly
Posts:1040
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| 12/13/2008 4:54 AM |
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Posted By PaddyJ on 12 Dec 2008 11:52
Hi Valery, nice to meet you.
It's good that you're looking into your family tree as it will enhance your appreciation of not only your living and close family but also those who have sadly long gone.
I am looking forward to learning more about my own Irish Traveller traditions via this and other outlets, in fact, I only recently set up a forum in the hope it would enable me to get more information, as well. Unfortunately here in Ireland Travellers are unfairly treated by "regular" society because many of them believe we are all trouble makers. Granted some in our Community do cause trouble but isn't this the same in any community or society!
Yes, the Traveller's Talk website/forum was only just set up and I am hoping to attract Travellers and Gypsies from all over the UK and Ireland to come and visit and participate and help us grow.
you know till this last few years i only just started to think about who we was or where we was from. when my grandad (on my dads side) got bad about two year ago,i realised i didnt know that much about his people, and i noticed i didnt know nowt about my mams people either. so I have been asking a lot of people a lot of things since. Peoples faces change a bit now when they see me.lol. I'm going to make sure i get some old photos of my grannys family next week. I keep putting it off. my granny and here people i see all the time but i noticed there was only a few of them. theres a link on the gypsy jib web-site that has the war records of people who died. and would your know it theres about thirty of them died in WWII, so i can understand how the varey name is rare. my grandad s name was Taylor so when i look through them its like searching for a needle in a haystack.
But usually once i find out one of them ,they have a load of others with them so things seem to move quickly for a while. I'd like to find out about my grandads family that was from ireland though. i dont know how to do it. becase he's gone and my granny doesn't know. they was prices, i was telled my g-granny was from belfast and her dad and family was from there as well. the camp they stopped on must have been there a while because he knew the name of the roads and that where they was from. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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valerierackly
Posts:1040
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| 12/13/2008 4:57 AM |
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do you know if theres any archive sites of belfast online that i can go on to have a look.
does any-one know if i would be able to find the cencus for belfast in 1880-1900's. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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Shahnee
Posts:1520
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| 12/13/2008 8:08 AM |
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Hello Paddy,
Welcome to the site and i hope you get plenty of conversation!
My great grandfather came from Dublic in 1895 so there is a wee bit of the Irish in me! LOL!
Hello Valerie,
I have similiar problems with geting records of Dublin - mainly coz of the fire there - so if you get any info for there or Ireland in general, please let me know, thanks.
All the best to you both,
Shahnee |
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If you think i lie - just ask and i'll prove you wrong |
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kilby
Posts:520
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| 12/13/2008 8:13 AM |
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| Hi Paddy jfrom down in Tipp eh, its a part i was never in meself but i travelled a fair bit of ol ireland an me wife is from further up country in Ballina, was ya ever in it, i,m from little village in yorkshire called haworth an nearest town is keighley. Hi Valerie, that fella i was tellin ya bout passed me letter on to Kelby woman so i,m jus waitin to see if she gets back to me, all the best to ye -----kilby----- |
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kilby
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| 12/13/2008 8:15 AM |
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| Hi Shahnee, never saw ya there, ya jus pipped me to the post wi yours, hopin yafeelin bit beter now, stop drinkin outa theem ol wet glasses, thats whats doin it haha -----kilby----- |
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Shahnee
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| 12/13/2008 8:24 AM |
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Hi ya Kilby,
Now why didnt i think of that - wet glasses?! lol!!!!
N thanks for asking feeling a wee bit better - but its swings n roundabouts with this blinkin illness - ah me - stop the world i wanna get off!!! LOL!
But wont dont kill ya is sure to cure ya!! LOL!
While i'm here - just a big thanks for the stickers - Rosie has hers but Valerie didnt pop here so what do ya want me to do with the spare un?
Anyroad - keep them kinners coming - they bring a real smile to me face!
Take care ya sen, and have a good xmas - hows the snow, have ya got any?
Shahnee xxxxxx |
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If you think i lie - just ask and i'll prove you wrong |
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kilby
Posts:520
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| 12/13/2008 1:04 PM |
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Hi Shahnee, an ya right, what hurts but dont kill ya, makes ya stronger, old one but true i reckon, that sticker i sent for Valerie, give it to who ya want, or keep it,if ya got some copied off it i bet they sell like hot cakes at ya nex do,we,ve had plenty snow up here but is all gone now, whats happened wi Cathay Birch,s message board, its bin down now for whiles , thought ya might no, all the best, did ya get that craic chrismas card haha, see ya ----kilby----
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valerierackly
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| 12/13/2008 1:41 PM |
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Re; While i'm here - just a big thanks for the stickers - Rosie has hers but Valerie didnt pop here so what do ya want me to do with the spare un?
what sticker.????i missed a bit.lol. |
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May the peace of the LORD be with you always. God Bless |
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kilby
Posts:520
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| 12/13/2008 4:29 PM |
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| Hi Valeririe, i tought ya was goin down to reditch to shahnees do so i sent her some gypsy flag stickers an i tolt her one was for you, there big enuff to put on back o van or what ever ya want , anyways , ya never got there so ya didnt get one, e mail me an ive got couple left an i,ll send ya one-----kilby---- |
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PaddyJ
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| 12/14/2008 12:58 AM |
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Posted By valerierackly on 13 Dec 2008 04:40
which family are you from paddy.
Morning!
My family surname is Cawley. We're originally from the Sligo/Galway area but are now in parts of Tipperary, Cork, Waterford and Kilkenny. |
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Paddy J.
http://travellerstalk.forumotion.com/forum.htm |
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PaddyJ
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| 12/14/2008 1:06 AM |
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Posted By kilby on 13 Dec 2008 08:13
Hi Paddy jfrom down in Tipp eh, its a part i was never in meself but i travelled a fair bit of ol ireland an me wife is from further up country in Ballina, was ya ever in it, i,m from little village in yorkshire called haworth an nearest town is keighley. Hi Valerie, that fella i was tellin ya bout passed me letter on to Kelby woman so i,m jus waitin to see if she gets back to me, all the best to ye -----kilby-----
Hi Kilby, good to meet you.
I do know Ballina in Co Mayo. In fact, I was there not too long ago, a nice part of the country where we have some good friends.
Good to hear you have travelled much of Ireland but hopefully you will one day get to Tipperary:)
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Paddy J.
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PaddyJ
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| 12/14/2008 1:13 AM |
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Posted By Shahnee on 13 Dec 2008 08:08
Hello Paddy,
Welcome to the site and i hope you get plenty of conversation!
My great grandfather came from Dublic in 1895 so there is a wee bit of the Irish in me! LOL!
Hello Valerie,
I have similiar problems with geting records of Dublin - mainly coz of the fire there - so if you get any info for there or Ireland in general, please let me know, thanks.
All the best to you both,
Shahnee
Hi Shahnee, nice to know you. Yes, the Irish seem to be everywhere and in almost everybody:D
Interestingly, a lot of my own relations are all over Ireland and the UK. For example I have an uncle Pat in Wales, all of his kids - now grown up with their own family - were born there. It's the same with other relations in places like London and Oxford.
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Paddy J.
http://travellerstalk.forumotion.com/forum.htm |
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kilby
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| 12/14/2008 11:39 AM |
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| Hi again Paddy j, so your a Cawley are ya, whose ya frients up in Ballina, ya dont know Jackdaw Cawley from there do ya or what about Paddy Delaneys crew, Gavins , or Lawrences, some Muldoons there an o course plenty McDunnaghs. see ya later -------kilby------- |
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