"...to seek and to find the past, a lineage, a history, a family built on a flesh and bone foundation."

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Hello Everyone

Hello Everyone,

I have been experiencing major technical difficulties in Ireland, and so have been unable to post. This post is courtesy of a friend back home. See you all next week. Weather is great here in Ireland. Hope the sun is shining on your part of the world. Cheers! Jennifer

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Little neighbours at the National Library

Curious little creatures (fellow archive rats) on the ledge outside one of the large picture windows on the upper floor of the Manuscripts Reading Room of The National Library, Dublin.

Copyright ©J. Geraghty-Gorman 2010

Friday, August 6, 2010

Fizzy Friday: Neopolitan Fizzy Floats

At times it seems as though family history research involves far too much gloom, doom, death and despair.

So...

In addition to my Follow Friday post, I've decided to launch a new idea today. Posts on Fridays are going to be about a little levity, silliness, and comic relief. Surely it's okay to be silly one day a week.

I'm going to call it Fizzy Friday. This name fits because it reminds me of silliness on very hot summer days when I was a kid. When my Mom was at home, instead of at work, she would make us wonderfully delicious Fizzy Floats. I LOVED THEM! They were made of a very simple combination of Neopolitan ice cream (strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate) and 7-Up. Sometimes we'd get silly and experiment with different flavours of soda, such as orange, lime, root beer, cream soda, or any combination thereof. The classic combo of just 7-Up and ice cream was always my favourite.

Mom bought tall soda glasses and bendy straws, so that we would feel like we were at the Stoney Creek Dairy when we were drinking them. Often she would buy a couple of large bricks of Neopolitan ice cream and make floats for all of the kids in the neighbourhood. It was silly and fun; it was great! Thanks Mom! Here's to Fizzy Fridays.

Follow Friday: 'A Parenthesis'

Do you ever click on 'Next Blog' in the Blogger header? Every so often I do, and it can lead to some very interesting finds. Early Tuesday morning I came across 'A Parenthesis'. Although you cannot sign up as a follower, it is pleasant just to stop by this site and have a read every now and then. If you need some uplifting meditations or simply a laugh, visit 'A Parenthesis' at http://mingchen.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday: Michael Collins, Irish Patriot

Born 16 October 1890 near Clonakilty, County Cork, Michael Collins is credited with leading the successful guerrilla war campaign of the Irish War of Independence which forced the British into the truce of July 1921, the ultimate result of which was the Irish Free State. On 22 August 1922 Collins was killed during the Irish Civil War in a gun battle at Béal na mBláth (translated:"The Mouth of Flowers") in his native Cork. He was 32 years old. Over 500,000 people from both sides of the conflict attended his funeral in Dublin.

All Photographs: Copyright ©J. Geraghty-Gorman
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