Ireland - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Chronology of Ancient Ireland

tartan760 — 31 Mar 2008 1:31:09 GMT

I have done genealogy work in the past on ancient Ireland and have noticed that various accounts differ greatly in their chronologies. Does anyone know whether the Annals of the Four Masters or Keating's History of Ireland is considered to be more accurate in its measure of time? Thanks.

Galloping Hogan

Tweeter_Lee — 26 Mar 2006 8:33:56 GMT

Would anyone know where I can find the song of the "Galloping Hogan"? I would really like to hear the song.

Recently on ebay, have purchased the book "The Quest For The Galloping Hogan" written by Matthew J. Culligan-Hogan in 1979. This is a wondrous book for any Hogan!

I have the limricks to the song but I would enjoy hearing it played and sung.

Anyone have any knowledge of this song and where I may find it sung on tape or CD by an Irish song group?

Thank you for any help.

Sincerely,

Sandy Emerson
2008 Dixon Drive
Bloomington, MN 55431
email: pstuz@prodigy.net
(My Great Grandmother was Ida Belle Hogan in Minnesota
and James Hogan was her grandfather from Ballymore, Ireland)

Galloping Hogan

bkaren140 — 3 Apr 2007 4:58:06 GMT

It it too long to share the story of ...that wonderous event on an August night in 1690.

Thank you!

Karen

Orangeman? and Mason?

EM — 24 Apr 2006 11:50:10 GMT

My great grandfather was a Mason and my Dad told me he was an Orangeman also. What the Heck is an Orangeman?

Superstitions

Eunae — 13 Oct 2006 3:09:41 GMT

My family whom I am quite certain came to America by way of Northern Ireland during the Ulster-Scot immigrations of the 1700's, were Always very superstitious.
Don't shake the table cloth out after the sun goes down
Don't make plans on Sunday
Never pass the salt shaker at the table directly to someone (hand to hand) without setting it on the table first and letting them pick it up.
Always throw salt over your left shoulder for luck and Especially if you spilled the salt shaker.

If a mourning dove landed on the roof of our house my Nana would have a fit and run outside waving her arms and shooing it away because that meant a death in the family.

Never put a hat on a bed
Never rock an empty rocking chair
Only stir the pot in a clockwise direction
On and on the list goes.
Are these common Irish superstitions or just something that was in my family? All of them were and those still living Are still this way today. Just wondering if these were traditions brought over with them from Ireland.
Thanks

Princess of Ireland

Glen Atwell — 5 Oct 2002 8:15:05 GMT

Irish customs as seen by a 2nd generation American

Mary Lou (Quinn) Matulevicius — 12 Apr 2006 7:14:30 GMT

My father told me the proper message of condolence was that the deceased will receive "justice". It was not your place to judge another human but God's.

My grandmother stated that there were 3 types of Irishman. 1.Those that accepted the Church on blind faith and never bothered to question anything. 2. Those who despaired and blamed the 'fates' for their condition. 3.Those who sought the truth and question all dogma concerning the Church. She felt the true Irish Catholic was the one who sought the truth and could challenge the Church.

Clan ancestory

frodo_911 — 19 Jun 2003 4:01:14 GMT

Does anyone know a site or other resource to find out about origins? (Specifically, I'm pretty sure we're Gaelic...). I'm interested in finding out about our clan and such.

Ballad "The Fishermen of Wexford"

mary ann — 3 Jun 2004 2:19:31 GMT

Can someone tell me where I would find the lyrics to "The Fishermen of Wexford?" It begins with "Thereis an od tradition held in Wexford town."My father recited this poem into his 80's but couldn't remember the last verse. He learned it as a young boy in Scrabby, Co. Cavan.

HUB HUB ME LITTLE HORSE....

phillips5phillips1 — 9 Mar 2004 1:23:30 GMT

WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF SOMEONE KNOWS THE WORDS TO THIS SONG THAT MY DAD USE TO SING TO US AS KIDS, THESE ARE THE ONLY WORDS I CAN REMEMBER.....
HUB HUB ME LITTLE HORSE HUB HUB AGAIN,
HOW MANY MILES TO DUBLIN TOWN ?
FOUR SCORE AND TEN
CAN I BE THERE BY CANDLE LIGHT ?
YES AND BACK AGAIN, YES AND BACK AGAIN.

WOULD ME THE WORLD TO ME TO FIND THE NAME OR REMAINING WORDS TO THIS SONG.

THANKS !!!!

Irish Funeral customs

SusanSnyder29 — 26 May 2004 5:24:59 GMT

A friend just told me of a Irish man that died this past week. A son put a Quarter on each eye before he was buried. She was told that is had something to do with Fairies. We would like to know the lore behind this custom.

Irish fighting under William of Orange??

LysaNinAZ — 27 Jul 2003 6:02:40 GMT

The story goes that my Irish ancestor immigrating to the US left Ireland soon after Waterloo. He fought under William of Orange but was captured by the British and pierced in the arm by a sword for refusing to blacken a Brit's boot.
This story has so many things wrong with it. But who does it really belong to?????

Jeremiah owl

bob_law3 — 22 Oct 2003 4:13:04 GMT

Did anyone ever hear a story about Jeremiah the owl who watched sleeping children?

Storey Folklore discovered in the Borders - Cumbria area

jackstorey10 — 20 Dec 2004 7:56:46 GMT

When you visit Cumbria and meet the real people a strange series of family stories emerges - especially if your name is Storey or Armstrong or Bell or Kerr or Crozier or Routledge or Graham.
Everybody seems to know about the problems their Ancestors had in co-existing with their feuding neighbours. There is still a tendency to recall the disputes between many of these Border families.
I described to a local Historian how my father & his uncle would clean their shoes & shave on Saturday rather than on Sunday morning - Sabbath observance. My Historian friend was confident that this indicated Reiver or Border mentality and that my Ancestors had carried these customs with them to Ireland and eventually to the U.S. & Canada.
The Bewcastle Journal published two or three times annually contains folklore, myths & legends about these unique Border people.

irish legends

ajuntas — 20 Jun 2005 6:53:49 GMT

There are many legends told of the Irish and their age old history. St. Brendan's Voyage, the bravest warrier CuChulainn mystical warrier and his otherworld father Lugh from whom he gained supernatural powers. Maeve the queen of Connacht. the Curse of Macha. Plus little people, fairies, Leprachans and so on. So let's here it from the Irish. Judy C