Couldn't sleep, so i decided to browse my laptop, from Boston, it is now 3:30am here, if this reaches Mike, Bridie and Kevin Fitzgerald, well hello there, how are ye, its very hot in Boston at the moment, actually for the last two months. How is Tony and Maura, and say hello to Kathleen and Gerry and Marie and John.
My Grandfather, Michael Keane, came from a spot high on the hill outside of
our old President Ronald Reagan's Irish Roots (visited the visitor center in
Ballyporeen) in a corner of three counties coming together (Cork, ?,
?). He called it (sounds like) "Gert-Nesh-Keh-Hee" . I've been over to
Ireland and actually stood on the place his homestead stood and visited
cousins. Now I am trying to find out if the above subject line would
properly describe this spot where he is from or is this another area in
Cork? No one seems to know the correct spelling of this area!
I understood that even though they'd have been from the Roman Catholic
parish in Ballyporeen, that they went to a R.C. church just over the hill
from where they lived as it was closer.
Does this ring a bell to you or make any sense?
Would you know of the name of the Church or the town "over the Hill" would
be?
Thanks for your help!
>From a not to educated in Irish Yankee,
Anne Marie Gardner Kennedy
I was delighted to discover the site and in particular the tales of Paddy Geoghegan. As the grandaughter of Eily Murphy I remember well how she spoke of the friends she had around the Grand Lodges. My mother Margaret, aunts Helen and Angela and uncle John are all well and were equally delighted to recall the tales of their childhoods!
