tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post8091773570269562402..comments2024-03-22T23:04:53.937+00:00Comments on Black Raven Genealogy: Our ancestral playground ~ The Curragh, Co. KildareDara http://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-39277589867211429272016-05-11T08:20:49.045+01:002016-05-11T08:20:49.045+01:00I'd walk up those footprints as well if I had ...I'd walk up those footprints as well if I had the chance even although I have no connection with Ireland.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-60910674514321729592016-05-10T16:55:29.369+01:002016-05-10T16:55:29.369+01:00When the sun shines, there is nowhere I'd rath...When the sun shines, there is nowhere I'd rather be, except maybe if I could bring my horse.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-1442715289154146202016-05-10T16:54:10.027+01:002016-05-10T16:54:10.027+01:00Thanks Ellie.Thanks Ellie.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-7039142329466859352016-05-10T16:53:48.040+01:002016-05-10T16:53:48.040+01:00We have 3 collies, the best pals ever.We have 3 collies, the best pals ever.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-5947515460612934092016-05-10T16:52:43.041+01:002016-05-10T16:52:43.041+01:00Thanks Jodi, I agree.Thanks Jodi, I agree.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-7258762725637338562016-05-09T08:44:24.528+01:002016-05-09T08:44:24.528+01:00Maybe next time, Jennifer ;-)Maybe next time, Jennifer ;-)Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-86346078290367452732016-05-09T04:37:51.259+01:002016-05-09T04:37:51.259+01:00What a beautiful place and how wonderful to be abl...What a beautiful place and how wonderful to be able to walk the where your ancestors once walked.Michelle Ganus Taggarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238452675846882700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-71547490259480755712016-05-09T03:09:28.514+01:002016-05-09T03:09:28.514+01:00Wonderful blog post, and photos too!Wonderful blog post, and photos too!Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597553254090967849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-7624076303229425702016-05-08T18:21:05.241+01:002016-05-08T18:21:05.241+01:00Lovely landscapes and the footsteps story is charm...Lovely landscapes and the footsteps story is charming. Aren’t you lucky to own a sheepdog - such clever animals.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-10700287098272099152016-05-08T14:14:15.749+01:002016-05-08T14:14:15.749+01:00The footprints are fascinating. The way the pictur...The footprints are fascinating. The way the picture shows them going over the top of the knoll makes me want to follow them too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04989416794506254640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-89093253822928378592016-05-08T14:12:14.819+01:002016-05-08T14:12:14.819+01:00Dara, the Curragh is such a beautiful place, as de...Dara, the Curragh is such a beautiful place, as depicted in your photographs, and your stories make it more so. I love the idea of you walking on the lands where your ancestors may once have trod. The folklore about Donnelly is wonderful. I was at the Curragh Military camp in March. If I’d known you live nearby, I might have given you a ring to meet for a cuppa ;-) Éire Historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588116386284997687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-27323888500872168382016-05-08T09:36:09.331+01:002016-05-08T09:36:09.331+01:00They really captured my imagination too, Jo. :-)They really captured my imagination too, Jo. :-)Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-12635544748555377302016-05-08T09:35:20.616+01:002016-05-08T09:35:20.616+01:00Thanks Leslie, it is lovely to hear that. I do bel...Thanks Leslie, it is lovely to hear that. I do believe all families have great stories to tell. Find out what was happening around them - don't wait for the story to be perfect, just tell it.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-8901480518083157332016-05-08T09:30:39.616+01:002016-05-08T09:30:39.616+01:00I know what you mean, and it left a lasting nasty ...I know what you mean, and it left a lasting nasty impression for those on the receiving end, though I've no doubt many of them believed they were rightly fighting for 'God and country.' Some, of course, were just mad or bad.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-36371026373928083902016-05-08T09:20:54.658+01:002016-05-08T09:20:54.658+01:00Thanks Barbara, it sounds like a lovely book, I wi...Thanks Barbara, it sounds like a lovely book, I will bear it in mind when I'm adding more books to my e-reader.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-56280350405008695042016-05-08T09:18:56.916+01:002016-05-08T09:18:56.916+01:00Thank you for taking the time to comment, Jo, I li...Thank you for taking the time to comment, Jo, I like finding out what likely happened to them in their lifetimes Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-32208774237829976572016-05-08T09:16:13.747+01:002016-05-08T09:16:13.747+01:00Thanks Wendy, they may give you a clue as to their...Thanks Wendy, they may give you a clue as to their topics of conversation anyway, and if they ever traveled from Limerick to Dublin, they probably went through the Curragh.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-36033644580243572492016-05-08T09:10:26.721+01:002016-05-08T09:10:26.721+01:00and quite a coincidence too, Deb. Many different f...and quite a coincidence too, Deb. Many different farmers have grazing rights on the open plains of the Curragh, so they each mark their sheep so as to later tell their own.Dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/16643201998217385573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-25668949815139700632016-05-08T08:13:03.744+01:002016-05-08T08:13:03.744+01:00That's an interesting story, and I love the ph...That's an interesting story, and I love the photo of the footprints.Jo Hennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566276500934815959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-61846272713659684442016-05-08T02:21:07.565+01:002016-05-08T02:21:07.565+01:00I love the way you write.. it brings your story to...I love the way you write.. it brings your story to life. I feel as though I am there. I wish I had family stories such as this to pass on. Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041934929479574202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-42669677294899196162016-05-07T18:38:09.831+01:002016-05-07T18:38:09.831+01:00Back in the day, some of the British leaders in ba...Back in the day, some of the British leaders in battles were inhumane men who wielded their power in nasty vindictive ways. I have always hoped men like the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden, and Sir James Duff at Gibbet Rath were consigned to an everlasting personal hell when their day to face Peter at the Pearly Gates arrived. La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-81025319164611655742016-05-07T17:40:07.346+01:002016-05-07T17:40:07.346+01:00You write so beautifully I feel as if I've jus...You write so beautifully I feel as if I've just been walking by your side. What an absolutely stunningly beautiful place. I would have to step in those footprints, have you tried them for size?<br /><br />I’ve just finished reading The shepherd’s life by James Rebanks set in the Lake District and described as ‘affectionate, evocative, illuminating and a story of survival – of a flock, a landscape and a disappearing way of life’ I have to agree and recommend it wholeheartedly. If you are ever at a loss for something to read you might enjoy it. I’m reading a murder, mystery at the moment and can hardly wait to finish so I can read the shepherd’s life again. <br /><br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-64599700576236558502016-05-07T14:28:55.379+01:002016-05-07T14:28:55.379+01:00How wonderful to be living where you can walk in y...How wonderful to be living where you can walk in your gg-grandfather's space -- an amazing historical connection. What's the blue on the sheep? Some form of identification?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658880722411505714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-48680704044780816432016-05-07T13:35:59.614+01:002016-05-07T13:35:59.614+01:00Lovely that you are telling the stories and recrea...Lovely that you are telling the stories and recreating photographs of ancestral family places. It's easy to take things for granted and leave no pictorial records for our descendants.Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6900963722618733171.post-14351694449207641542016-05-07T12:33:33.439+01:002016-05-07T12:33:33.439+01:00If any of my Irish ancestors told stories of their...If any of my Irish ancestors told stories of their life in Ireland, they did not make their way to me. I am glad Sepia Saturday prompted you to tell these stories and share these photos to give me a glimpse into their world.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com