My Return Trip to Ireland - July 1999

Family Research Mission Impossible


40 Shades of Green

Forty Shades of Green

The flight from Chicago left at 7:15 pm and was about seven and a half hours long. Arrival at Dublin was 2:45AM U.S. time and 8:45AM Irish time. This time I tried to beat the jet lag by waking up 6 hours early and getting myself onto Irish time early. I slept a bit more on the flight over and did much better the first day by changing over to Irish time. I roomed at DCU - Dublin City University this year for a very reasonable summer rate. I could catch the city centre bus to anywhere and grab a cup of coffee and a fresh baked scone from the corner shop called KEHOE'S!!

I met my roommate from last year's USIT Summer School, Pirjo from Finland and her 17 year old daughter Kaisa and 15 year old neice Miia at Aisling B & B. We had tea before we headed to a wonderful reception atTrinity College of Dublin hosted by USIT.

If curious about going to school in Ireland see my website from Summer School in Ireland 1998.

Sean Mac Reamoinn

I was thrilled to visit Trinity again and listen to Sean Mac Reamoinn speak. Some of the same organizers were there as well as the group from Boston College.

I spent time at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin working on Kehoe family research. I met with a genealogist and he was very helpful. However I felt I could have accomplished just as much in an LDS library at home. You had to leave your bags checked at the desk and sign up for the reading room. Copies could not be made immediately. They had to be ordered and would be mailed to you after paying the fees requested. I decided to search more at home.

A highlight as always is dinner at Pat and Pat's. Gary is such a cutie too.

Then it was onto the Yola Farm Heritage Center in Co. Wexford, where Eamon Kehoe is the coordinator.

Arriving early in the morning I was so excited to be in Co. Wexford where the majority of the Kehoe's in Ireland reside to this day (or so they say). I arrived to receive a note saying that the parrish priest had been in earlier in the week and that there was no genealogists on site to help. I thought I could just look at records and they said...noooooo only the parrish priests or the genealogists were allowed to look at the records. Please fill out this form and attach 50 pounds  or about $75.00 for an intial  search.

Yola Farmstead Folk Park Tagoat, Rosslare, Co. Wexford.
Contact : Eamon Kehoe Tel : 053 31177 Fax : 053 32612
18th Century themed-village. Admission £1.00-£6.00
Also County Wexford Heritage and Genealogy Centre.
Email:yolafst@iol.ie
While in Co. Wexford I visited Kilmore Quay and of course a visit to Kehoe's Pub and Maritime Museum.

Kehoe's Pub and Maritime Museum.

Church

Mass on Saturday night was followed with a very accurate weather report from the father.

Beach

Sunshine and wonderful summer weather brought out the children who loved to get their feet wet.

Boats

Kilmore Quay is a beautiful fishing and resort village. It's narrow streets meander down and around thru a wonderful area that seems to be untouched by the modern world. Oh it's there but gazing at the boats and dining on wonderful fresh seafood makes you think that time has stood still in Kilmore Quay.

A real treat was to meet Elinor Kehoe and Celia and Joseph Kehoe. They were so gracious and offered tea and I discovered JAFFA cakes. YUM

Wexford LibraryCelestine Rafferty of the Wexford Library
Then on to meet up with Celestine Rafferty of the Wexford Library. She is a marval. Thanks to her I came home loaded with Memorial Inscriptions from Brian J. Cantwell's Memorial Inscriptions of the Dead. This information is documentation of some 300 graveyards in Co. Wexford and 100 in Co. Wicklow. This should help so many Kehoe's find more and more clues to family research.

Going to Ireland in the summer has one benefit. Flowers are growing everywhere, as this lovely windowbox attests. Pirjo

A break from shopping with the girls, Pirjo and I found a place to have tea.

The Famous Galway Races

The Famous Galway Races were so exciting to be at.


Mary and daughter Rachel with Chloe.

Out for lunch with the "girls". I can't wait to go back!

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