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September 2001
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°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø IN THIS ISSUE ~~~~~ Foreword ~~~~~ Keep us Free! ~~~~~ New Free resources at the site ~~~~~ News Snaps from Ireland ~~~~~ Ireland by Kevin MacDowell ~~~~~ Irish Movie Review: My Left Foot by Dawn Hayden ~~~~~ Ireland in the Old West by Chuck Peabody ~~~~~ Boxty by Al O'Rourke ~~~~~ Debbie's trip to Ireland by Debbie Leer ~~~~~ Irish Quotations of the Month ~~~~~ Gaelic Phrases of the Month ~~~~~ Shamrock Site of the Month: Irish Newsletter Forum ~~~~~ Searcher Site of the Month: Townland Database ~~~~~ Monthly free competition result °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø FOREWORD ~~~~~~~~ This is easily the hardest newsletter that we have ever had to compose. Already more than a week late we finally mustered up the mental energy to try to get back on track despite the veneer of gloom that has descended on the world. The Irish reaction to the tragedy has seen huge queues form outside the American Embassy as people offer their signature along with those that have already mourned. We want to take this opportunity to offer our sincere condolences to all those who suffered as a result of the terrorist atrocities in the US. The world has been changed forever but hopefully there will be a change for the better in our hearts too. Michael. WE NEED YOUR HELP! PLEASE - send this newsletter on to your friends or relatives who you think are interested in Ireland. By doing this you are helping to keep us 'free'. Got something to say? Don't keep it to yourself! Why don't you submit an article for inclusion in the next edition? 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Visit our brand new Newsletter Forum here: https://www.ireland-information.com/cgi-bin/newsletterboardindex.cgi NEW IRISH RECIPES ARCHIVE The archive has just been started. We will be offering a downloadable ebook soon with all of the recipes. Here are the next batch to keep you going! Steak and Guinness Pie Apple Barley Pudding Baked Parsnips View at: https://www.ireland-information.com/irishrecipes.htm °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø NEWS SNAPS FROM IRELAND ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 30 IRISH FEARED LOST IN ATTACK ON NEW YORK The devastating attack on the World Trade Centre in New York has left 30 Irish citizens missing, presumed dead. Already confirmed dead are the Irish priest working for the Fire Department of New York, and a number of passengers who were on one of the planes that crashed into the WTC. It is feared that there may be many other Irish unaccounted for who may have been working in the area without an official visa. Irish Taoiseach (leader) Bertie Ahearn voiced the opinion of the nation in condemning the attacks and was among the first of the many thousands who have signed the 'Book of Condolence' that is stationed outside the US Embassy in Ballsbridge, near Dublin City Centre. Long queues continue to form outside the Embassy as Irish people, many with relatives living in New York, waited to add their name to list of sympathisers. A delegation for the Irish Fire Brigade visited the US Ambassador to express their solidarity with their New York and Washington counterparts. A national day of mourning was observed on Friday 14th, with all but essential businesses closing their doors. Church attendance swelled as special commemorations were held and a two minute silence was observed at 11:00 throughout the country. Sporting events over the following few days, professional and amateur, also observed a one minute silence in memory of those who perished. IRELAND TO ALLOW US FORCES TO REFUEL IN IRISH AIRPORTS Irish leader Bertie Ahearn has announced that US forces will be allowed to refuel at Irish airports and be allowed to use Irish airspace as part of any military action against terrorism. Ireland has recently assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council at this critical time. TOURIST INDUSTRY TO SUFFER GREATLY The tourist industry is facing into hard times. The global lack of confidence in air travel has already seen massive cancellations of hotel accommodation throughout all of the major tourist towns in Ireland. Tourist chiefs were just beginning to recover from the effects of the Foot and Mouth Disease when the disaster struck. Massive cancellations of flights into Ireland and of hotel accommodation have already taken place. IRISH STOCKS PLUMMET The turmoil in the world stock markets has hit Ireland with technology firm Horizon seeing 30% of it share value wiped out. Ryanair fell by 12% as airlines worldwide continue to struggle while the Jury's Hotel Group has seen their share price fall from IR£11.80 earlier in the year to its current trading level of IR£6.41 IRA ARE READY TO DECOMMISSION THEIR WEAPONS In a stunning development in the Northern Ireland peace process the IRA have indicated that they are about to put two arms dumps beyond use in a gesture that may well save the ongoing peace negotiations. The Northern Ireland Assembly has been suspended for a third time by the Northern Secretary John Reid, following on from David Thrimble's recent resignation as First Minister. The destruction of paramilitary weaponry has been the major stumbling block since the creation of the Good Friday agreement with Unionist's insisting that progress on other matters cannot be achieved until the paramilitary organisations start to remove the gun from politics. The impending destruction of weapons by the IRA marks a significant moment in its history as the move towards a purely political representation of their aims takes a new step forward. JOHN HUME RESIGNS AS LEADER OF THE SDLP Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and co-creator of the Good Friday Agreement, John Hume, has announced that he is resigning as leader of the moderate SDLP because of health reasons. Finance Minister Mark Durkin has emerged as his likely successor since current deputy-leader Seamus Mallon has announced that he will not become a candidate for the position. HOUSE PRICES RISE BY 6.8% IN LAST YEAR Further confirmation that the Irish housing market has stablised came with the announcement that the rate of increase in 2001 was 6.8%, compared with a 14.8% price hike in 2000. The average price of a Dublin house is now IR£192,000, and IR£128 for a house outside Dublin. AER LINGUS IN TURMOIL Aer Lingus, the State airline, is in deep trouble and has announced layoffs of over 1000 staff, 25% of its total workforce. EU rules prohibit national governments from injecting finance into airlines but despite that Aer Lingus has stated that it needs IR£300 Million to keep operating. Aer Lingus routes are to be cut by 25% and its fleet reduced by 7 jets. The Government had hoped to privatise the airline but the likelihood of finding a buyer now seem remote. Massive hikes in Insurance costs for airlines worldwide have also hit Aer Lingus which is faced with the prospect of not being able to fly its planes because of the new costs involved. England and Germany have already indicated that they are going to underwrite the insurance liability of their airlines and it is possible that Ireland may follow suit. SPORT: IRISH DEFEAT HOLLAND IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER A tremendous performance by Mick McCarthy's team has eliminated Holland form the World Cup to be held in Japan and Korea in 2002. The winning goal from Jason McAteer saw off the Dutch who had missed a couple of good early chances. The victory means that Ireland are certain to finish at least second in the group as Portugal are likely to have a much better goal difference when the qualifying matches are concluded. Ireland will thus have to endure a play-off and have been drawn against the runners up of one of the Asian groups likely to be either Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar or the UAE. It had been intended to play two matches to decide who qualifies for the World Cup, but given the turmoil in the middle East it now seems unlikely that Ireland will be told to travel to the region. A single match playoff in central Europe is a much more likely compromise. The improvement in Irish performances in recent years has seen the country rise to 22nd place in the FIFA world ranking of national teams. °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: Interested in Genealogy? You Need Genealogy Detective! Discover the most unusual and hardest to find information about your ancestors! Save time, money and effort. Put your investigations on the right track by unlocking the power of the Internet - access over 500 databases. Risk free, low cost, money back guarantee - but you won't need it. Genealogy Detective puts an end to wasting time! Find out more here: https://www.ireland-information.com/gd.htm °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø IRELAND by Kevin MacDowell Drops of dew slide along your face, You wake up and a smile lights up my day. The sun rises through branches. A whisper of wind, heather flowers, smoke from fireplaces. Damp and friendly grass my bed. Your blue sky, clouds sudden appear and disappear, moss and hot milk and honey scent. Dauntless rock of your awe inspiring cliffs witness of daily fights. Your gentle and romantic beaches. Joyful yells whose love u..... Good morning, Ireland. °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø IRISH MOVIE REVIEW: MY LEFT FOOT by Dawn Hayden ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Left Foot is the life story of Christy Brown who was born into an impoverished family in working class Dublin in 1932. Christy has Cerebral Palsy which makes him virtually immobile and treated with disdain by his father. His mother however is sure that there is life within her crippled son and makes the breakthrough when the young Christy manages to write the word 'mother' on the floor with a piece of chalk gripped with his left foot. Aided by his mother Christy establishes himself as an artist and writer and overcomes the limitations of the physical world that have been imposed on him. Directed by Jim Sheridan this film is a harshly realistic look at the life and times of this extraordinary man who embodies the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Superbly portrayed by Daniel Day Lewis, Christy Brown is depicted along with all of his human flaws. This is not intended as a whitewash of a persons life with a view to seeing only the good aspects but rather a genuine exploration of a very complex character who insists on challenging life. Brenda Fricker and Ray McAnally are equally terrific as the parents of this poor family whose antics continually provide the viewer with a sense of both poignancy and comedy. Directed by Jim Sheridan in a manner that realistic and yet sympathetic, My Left Foot is well worth watching, not only for the consummate display of acting from all involved, (Brenda Fricker both won Oscars for their performances), but for the sheer entertainment value of the exploration of another person's life! Well worth viewing. Dawn Hayden °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø A BIT O' BLARNEY.COM We deliver Irish smiles minus the Irish miles, and that's no Blarney! Screensavers, Jokes, Toasts and Blessings, Wedding and Irish Gifts Galore http://www.abitoblarney.com °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø IRELAND IN THE OLD WEST by Chuck Peabody There is a city in the old west that was founded by a colorful Irishman named Hugh O'Conner. After having their land confiscated by the British in the 17th century, O'Connor gained passage to Spain. He joined his cousin, Field Marshal Alexander O'Reilly, in the Spanish Army. At the end of a war with Portugal, he was transferred to Cuba. During this time he acquired the nickname 'Captain Colorado', (The Red Captain), because of his bright red hair and the red uniform jacket he wore. The name 'Hugh O'Conner' was difficult for the Spanish soldiers to pronounce, so it was distorted to 'Yugo Ekkoner'. Later documents referring to him using this name. While serving in Cuba he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, charged with the responsibility of shoring up the defenses in the North American Territories. He founded 21 presidios (forts) between California and Texas. One of these was in Tubac Arizona. On August 20th, 1775, Hugh wrote to Spain for permission to move the presidio 40 miles north, to a site near a Pima Indian village of 'Stook-Zone'. He built it in what is now the center of the town. He named the new presidio, 'San Augustin de Tucson'. Every March 17th a large four leaf clover is painted in the intersection in the old center of town. New arrivals are often very confused by the strong Irish influence in the midst of the predominantly Mexican culture, in a town in the old west. Chuck Peabody °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø BOXTY by Al O'Rourke Several things happened all in one week in July. I visited my Granny´s grave just to keep the weeds in check and to find a few moments away from the hustle and bustle of city life and commune with my ancestors who are buried in the same graveyard in County Leitrim since around 1600. I get a nice relaxed feeling about being there with my folk even though I never met them. After walking around in this wilderness of daisies and dandelion, thistles and other thorny things, looking for other ghosts from my family, I stopped again to say another goodbye to my gran. I thought about the awesome lapse of time from her birth in 1871 to the summer day she died 1960 and to the day in July 2001 as I sat at the foot of her grave. Then I thought of the times from my tender years when she used to make butter, jam, bread, and her heavenly Boxty. I then thought about a rainy day in June 1959 when I called to her house because there was nothing else to do, and she was starting to make Boxty. She had peeled a load of potatoes and they were all lying in a bucket of water and she asked me if I would like to help her make the boxty and that if I did, I could have as much as I wanted, and some more to take home with me. Well I had already tasted Granny´s boxty and I always felt that I never got enough, because there was always a crowd around with their tongues hanging out, and they were always bigger and faster than me when the pile was put in the middle of the table. When you went for a piece, you ran the risk of being stabbed to death by a fork wielded by a bigger, hungrier cousin. My Granny said I was like the poor crow in the famine waiting for the scraps, and that today, I could eat at my ease. What an invitation! Firstly, she grated a potato showing me how to keep my fingers away from the sharp grater and telling me to go slowly. She told me that she was going to get the fire up in the stove, and the butter, and the plates, and when she had that done she expected me to have no more, and no less than one potato grated. As I grated slowly and then fast, not knowing how long she needed, she started telling me about her Granny, and how she lived through the Great Famine of the forties , and that the 'Spud' was a gift from God. If I stopped grating to listen to her, she'd say: 'Keep gratin' them spuds or they'll go black', and I'd go at my job again, and she'd say 'Take it easy or you'll be making bloody red boxty'. When she came back to the table, she took over the grating job with a skill and ease that stayed in my memory to this day. She got me to put in a 'pinch' of salt and stir this grey mucky material. Then came the important bit. She put a fistful of flour in the sieve and got me to shake just a little at a time, enough to cover the potatoes like a light snow, then she twirled the mixture around gently until it was well mixed in. Then it was time to shake another bit of flour and on and on it went. When the mixture started to get a little thick she added a half a cup of milk, and we continued to add flour and stir, but this time she told me to watch out for little bubbles in the potatoes because that told her that there was enough flour in it. Sure enough after a while I could see little bubbles, and when I told her, she put the pan onto the hob with a spoonful of butter and told me to put in another little handful of flour just to thicken it up a bit. It was now right to pour slowly onto the pan. She poured a spoonful in and tapped the middle to make it round and even and about a quarter of an inch thick, then three more in quick succession. When the four cakes were flattened, she took the pan off the fire and told me to 'Keep stirring or they'll go black like Famine spuds'. Then she put the pan back on the heat, added another bit of butter, and turned the boxty over. This sealed the boxty when it went onto the pan, then she took it off the heat and let them cook more slowly. After about a minute she took each cake off when they were getting brown, and piled them onto a plate in the oven, and there, the boxty reached maturity. I remember her telling me to always make a few more than was needed, because a poor 'Bacach', (beggar), might call, that's why we call it 'Bacach's Tea' ........Boxty. In July, a 'Cara' penpal in South Africa asked me for the recipe, and in the same week I was telling my neighbours' children about this old Leitrim dish, and they asked me for the recipe too. I couldn't give them a recipe, because I never had one. So I made a pile of boxty exactly as my Grandmother showed me, and they watched and stirred, as I did 42 years ago, and as my Gran did 122 years ago, and now I pass it on to the next generation. I hope that this little story will be a recipe for you. Al O'Rourke. p.s. Boxty can be eaten with a bit of butter and salt, or with some sugar or honey. For a clinical attempt at making boxty, try : 500g Potatoes, 200g plain flour, 100ml Milk, and don´t forget the pinch of salt! °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø GOLF SHIRTS, ENGRAVED DECANTERS MORE WITH YOUR FAMILY CREST We now offer golf shirts, sweaters, fleece cardigans, kids clothes, Sterling engraved glass sets, beer glasses and much much more with the family crest for YOUR name! Solve your Christmas Gift shopping problems early: https://www.irishnation.com/familycrestgifts.htm °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø DEBBIE'S TRIP TO IRELAND by Debbie Leer Well, I've arrived back home safe and sound from my trip to Ireland. What a great time I had! I couldn't believe how long it took to get there - it's major jet lag going East. I spent almost the first three days in bed! We took off around 9:00 p.m. and arrived in Shannon at 9:00 a.m. - the flight was six hours and we gained another six hours. Shannon was only about 1.5 hours south of where we wanted to go - Westport (on the west coast). Ireland isn't known for a great infrastructure when it comes to transportation. So, in order for us to get to Westport, we had to fly to Dublin and then take a train across the entire country - that was about 5.5 hours. Even though it was a round about way to get there, it was worth the ride as it was a beautiful countryside! Arriving in Westport we had a wonderful dinner in the hotel restaurant. By then, we woke up and decided it was appropriate to check out our first pub. Westport is a wonderful town. We walked to the downtown area which was only about three blocks away. I think the most dangerous thing about all of it was watching for the traffic. They drive on the left side which makes a huge difference when you're trying to cross streets. They even walk on the left side of the sidewalk! Needless to say, it took me a while to adjust - luckily I didn't get hit by any cars, but I think a ran into a few people along the way - ha! We went to the infamous Matt Malloy's Bar for our first Guinness of Ireland. What a fun place! We immediately got to talking to some of the locals and told them we had seen Matt Malloy (who is a famous flautist) in concert at the Minneapolis Orchestra Hall in February of this year. They told us he was in the front area of the bar and we should go over and tell him our story. We were hesitant at first as we didn't want to bother the guy, but decided to go ahead and chat with him. What a nice guy. He was happy we told our story and even agreed to have his picture taken with us. He was so friendly and put his arms around us! That was our first impression of the Irish. They are a very warm and friendly people and we learned later they just love Americans! From Westport we were off to Dublin by train again. In fact, we rode with a fella we had met the night before at one of the local pubs. We had a wonderful conversation and learned a lot about Ireland from him. Once we got into Dublin and found our way to our hotel we were excited to explore a whole new place and what a different place it was from Westport! Our hotel was in a popular section of the city called the Temple Bar area. Our original room was so small we couldn't even open our luggage. Fortunately, they had another room available which worked well but it was on the fourth floor and there wasn't an elevator. We found the hike upstairs to be our daily exercise. We spent the next few days checking out various landmarks including the Book of Kells at Trinity College and, of course, the Guinness Brewery. We also found our way to wonderful eateries and, of course, pubs. I started keeping a list of pub names, but lost count after about 15 or so! We discovered the weekend we were leaving was the belated St. Patrick's Day weekend celebration. Since they had so many worries about the foot and mouth disease, the country postponed St. Patrick's Day until the weekend we were leaving. We were able to celebrate Friday night with them, however. We saw a parade and floats in the river. And, of course, we spent our last night in a few pubs. The last one, however, was a very Irish pub. They played Irish music all night and folks were dancing the Irish jigs, swinging their beers with the music, etc. It was like one giant party and everyone celebrated all together. It was a lot fun. Considering we stayed out a bit later than we had expected that evening, we didn't welcome our early flight back to the states. I was feeling a bit green that morning. Appropriate for being in Ireland, wouldn't you think? So we had just a wonderful, LOVELY, trip. I point out the word lovely because everything to the Irish was 'lovely'. I miss those people and feel like I know them. I hope to go back again someday and explore more of this beautiful and wonderful country. God bless the Irish! Debbie Leer °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø IRISH QUOTATIONS OF THE MONTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other. And to me life is simply an invitation to live Sean O'Casey, 'Eileen', 1976 We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars Oscar Wilde, 'Lady Windemere's Fan', 1892 The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity George Bernard Shaw, The Devil's Disciple, 1901 °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø GAELIC PHRASES OF THE MONTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PHRASE: An bhfuil Gaelige/Bearla agat? PRONOUNCED: On will gale-geh/bear-lah ah-gut? MEANING: Do you speak Irish/English? PHRASE: An dtuigeann tú? PRONOUNCED: On digg/inn two MEANING: Do you understand? PHRASE: Tuigim/Ni thuigim PRONOUNCED: tigg-im/knee higg-im MEANING: I understand/I don't understand View the archive of phrases here: https://www.ireland-information.com/irishphrases.htm °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø SHAMROCK SITE OF THE MONTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Irish Newsletter Forum Leave your thoughts about any of the issues raised in this newsletter. Visit at: https://www.ireland-information.com/cgi-bin/newsletterboardindex.cgi °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø SEARCHER SITE OF THE MONTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Irish Townland Database Searching for a town or townland in Ireland? By entering a Townland and a County, this site will return all details that contain the requested Townland and the requested County. Visit at: http://www.seanruad.com/ °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø SUPPORT THE INFORMATION ABOUT IRELAND SITE HELP US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FREE RESOURCES Get family crest gifts for your or a friends family name and get a free email account: https://www.irishnation.com °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø SEPTEMBER COMPETITION RESULT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The winner was: mshields@kc.net who will receive the following: A Single Family Crest Print (decorative) (US$19.99 value) Send us an email to claim your prize, and well done! Remember that all subscribers to this newsletter are automatically entered into the competition every time. °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø I hope that you have enjoyed this issue. Please keep the feedback coming! Until the next time, STAY SAFE! Michael Green, Editor, The Information about Ireland Site. https://www.ireland-information.com Click here to contact us
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