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#155156 - 08/02/08 02:47 PM
Re: I'm back from Ireland and New York!
[Re: Dancing Dolphin]
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1. Why did Pat come to the states, and why did the sisters not come here to visit or him go there to visit over the 60 years? ANSWER: Pat's father wanted him to become a priest and sent him to seminary school for several years.
Thanks for the answers to my prying questions... So, Pat's father sent him to seminary school in the states, instead of local? So interesting, to me anyway, to hear how people end up where they do and become what they may.
Also, about the twins... do you think someone could set them up on cams for their computers (assuming they use computers), so they can visit via the net? I live so close to most of my siblings... it seems hard to imagine not having them within driving distance. And, sixty years - WOW! Of course when he came over times were different, families and single members did such things (not that some still don't, i.e. persons under oppressive rule). Was Ireland as Pat remembered it?
AND, I must add my THANKS for the pictures... I love pictures, being a visual person... yours are terrific!!!!!
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#155157 - 08/02/08 04:35 PM
Re: I'm back from Ireland and New York!
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Hi Gims - actually, Pat's father sent him to seminary school in Ireland. Pat dropped out right near the end, so I can understand his father's distress - - but maybe Pat didn't want to go in the first place and didn't know how to tell his father "no". When he left, he decided to come to New York, where one of his older brothers lived.
The sisters live next door to each other, and one has her daughter living with her. I think she has a computer, so the web cam thing is a good idea. Pat usually has access to a computer wherever he's staying; he travels around between CA, OR, and OK where his children live. He's never used a computer, but if someone set it up for him, that would work.
Things were very different than Pat remembered. He said if you put him down in the middle of his old village, that he wouldn't even recognize it and wouldn't know how to find his way home. He used to ride his bike from Claremorris to Galway, but now it's a busy two lane highway. Just the normal growth you would expect in an area over 60 years - I know our community has grown in a similar manner.
You"re welcome! I love pics too, in case you couldn't tell!
K
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#157147 - 08/22/08 05:26 AM
Re: I'm back from Ireland and New York!
[Re: chatty lady]
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I just saw the pictures for the first time.The countryside apart from the thatch is very like here here I live. Celts of course..
I so appreciate seeing the sisters and your FIL .Think of the life story. Irish people have been through so much.Famine and starvation. Thank you Mpuntain ash
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