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From: "Deb Bohentin" <>
Subject: Re: [KER] Kerry Trip
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 19:30:33 -0500
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OK, I'm going to Kerry on July 15th. We're taking a fly/drive (I'm up for
an adventure). We will only be there for a week and in that week I'd love
to do some research at the Killarney and Tralee Libraries. I think we'll be
visiting Killarney, Tralee and Abbeydorney.

So, this is what I need...

Tips on researching at the libraries
The places I should not miss (I'm thinking at least 1 castle and a woolen
mill)
Any favorite bed and breakfasts in the area.

Thanks!

Deb
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Subject: [KER] Kerry Trip


> Hi friends of Kerry,
> My dad and family had this great trip to Ireland. We went to Co Galway
first
> week and then to Killarney. We drove and caught the ferry at Killimer that
> goes into Tarbert, crossing the Shannon and seeing Kerry shore was such a
> great feeling of "going home," then down past Listowel, Tralee and into
> Killarney. We had 2 weeks there with a side trip by train to Dublin. Never
in
> my wildest dreams did I ever think I would get to the National Library and
to
> Trinity College to see the Book of Kells. Earlier in my trip, I also made
it
> to the Tralee library, where I was dropped off for 2 hours and one of
those 2
> hours the library closed for lunch. I was traveling with a group so I
made
> the most of the hour that I had. Nice helpful librarians at both places.
The
> library at Killarney has computers now but you have to go to Tralee to
access
> the microfilm, (if you want to use a computer in these libraries, you have
to
> call in the morning and schedule a time). Cyber Cafe's are plentiful in
> towns and offer computer access to send emails home at a reasonable price.
I
> was in Ireland 5 years ago and was real surprised to see all the new
changes.
> The "roundabouts" (confusion corners) were a challenge not to mention
driving
> on the opposite side of the road. I came away with some great "stuffs,"
> County Kerry, Killarney Roots, Exploring Family Origins in Killarney by
Noel
> Farrell, Contains the 1901 Census, Killarney Pub list 1927, 1911 Census,
> 1943/44 Electors List, 1858 Griffith's Valuation and the Old Killarney
1857
> Map. Dad is reading a great book about the "troubles" around Killarney,
> "When Youth Was Mine, A Memoir of Kerry 1902-1925 by Killarneyman,
Jeremiah
> Murphy. I purchased that book at www.killarneybookstore.ie.
> We also took some great photos of the Glen Flesk Church and Killaha
Cemetery.
> We were on private property and greeted by dogs when we stopped to take
a
> photo of the ruins of O' Donoghues Castle. Our group left there in a hurry
> and without even one photo of it. Later a stop was made at the South Pole
> Inn in Annascaul. Inside the Inn, the walls are covered with photos of Tom
> CREAN and the Expedition. On then to the town of Castlegregory where my
great
> grandmother had lived. I stopped a woman by the local post office and
asked
> her, if she had ever heard of the Thomas FERRIS family. I loved her reply,
> "well there was a man that could have told you all about that but he went
to
> Heaven last year. He knew everything, but to us, it went in one ear and
out
> the other." She did make a few inquires which was so typical of the Irish
> people you talk to, very friendly and helpful as they can be. Another
> favorite day was our trip to Glencar to see the place where a house once
> stood of my gg grandmother. She was married to Thomas HARTNETT and her
maiden
> name was Nora O' MAHONEY. What a trip through the narrow roads in the
> mountains, beautiful scenary. Our cousin from Beaufort drove (thank God).
We
> stopped for gas at a local store, named KISSANE'S in Beaufort and I took a
> real nice photo of Nora KISSANE outside her store. We stayed busy the
whole
> time. People came in the day and evening to visit Paddy Joe and most
nights
> we stayed talking in the lobby until after midnight. It was a great
reunion.
> The weather was abit cold and my brother and I have agreed to bring along
an
> umbrella on our next trip. Here is a favorite quote from our trip from a
> boatman on the Killarney Lake Tour, "when you look to the mountains and
see
> clouds you know it is about to rain, if you don't see any clouds, it's
> already raining." What a great trip! The day we were leaving I asked dad
if
> he enjoyed his trip, he replied "keep entering me in contests."
>
> Bridget
>
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