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About Me:: I am of Irish descent and love Ireland, especially Irish music, history and poetry. I am also interested in genealogy and any information anyone would have on how to conduct genealogy research. I am looking for any information on the O'Quin, Russell, Hall or Wiggins family names. I am also a big cat lover.

Currently Reading? (Books Magazines etc): John Adams by David McCullough; hope to tackle Ulysses

At 14:36 on December 23, 2009, Gary McWenny said…: Dear Lisa,
Thank you for your comment about the picture of the forest (branche with dewdrops) nearby my house. To answer your question.... unfortunately I' don't live in Ireland, however my heart is in Ireland and so with my friends living there.
I live in the eastern part of the Netherlands in a small village surrounded by forest and moorlands. However most of the Netherlands surface lies below sealevel. The particular area where I live is about 600 mtrs above sealevel and the landscape is formed and shaped with hills and dales by the gletscher-ice during the last ice-age.
Because of the ice plowing and toiling the soil, digging dales and throwing up hills, the forest and moorlands here are quite looking like the landscape of particular parts of Ireland like Donegal and Connemara. The climate here with firm cold winds and lots of rain is the same as in Ireland. The same species of birds and wildstock lives and dwells in and through the forest. Therefore your question is justified: this picture might as well have been taken in Ireland. You didn't miss the Celtic atmosphere.
To show you more of this forest on the hillside next to my village (called Nijverdal, which means "Valley of hard labouring people" I will upload some more photographs of this, that I did make two days ago after the extra ordinary snowfall during last weekend!
I hope you will enjoy!

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Greetz,
Gary

At 2:19 on November 13, 2009, Jeffrey Russell said…: Lisa: I am also researching Russell and Wiggins. Maybe we should compare notes.

At 21:29 on September 4, 2009, John McCann Sullivan said…: HERE IS THE SITE FOR THE ABBEY = ENJOY....JOHN
http://www.lookaroundireland.com/clare/quinabbey.php

At 21:04 on September 4, 2009, John McCann Sullivan said…: HI THERE AGAIN ! WENT THROUGH ALL THE PHOTOS FROM THE TRIP IN SEQUENCE AND JUST AFTER A PICTURE OF BUNRATTY CASTLE IN CLARE/SHANNON, THERE WAS A ROAD SIGN WITH A BUNCH OF NAMES ON IT. I REMEMBER WE WENT NORTH UP THE ROAD ALONGSIDE THE CASTLE TO THE NEXT MAJOR ROADWAY AND TURNED LEFT {WEST} TO GO SEE A CASTLE BUT THE GROUNDS WERE CLOSED. THEY HAVE A LOT OF WEDDING RECEPTIONS THERE I KNOW. I'LL PUT THE ROAD SIGN ON MY SITE. I THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ABBY MENTIONED ON THE SIGN...............HOPE THIS HELPS.....................JOHN

At 18:21 on October 18, 2008, Irisheep said…: thanks for the friend request:)..unfortunately some pictures are not from me..but some are..Anyway,I just found them magnificent and so,I wanted to share them with LiveIreland.See you around Lisa

At 10:03 on July 19, 2008, mark richardson said…: Hi lisa
sorry if my pic missled you, glencoe is actually in scotland as I am scottish. still a great pic though.
Like a lot of scots ( probably all of us ) I have irish connections as well.

At 7:07 on June 29, 2008, Maik said…: Hello Lisa ... thanks for your comment

At 13:33 on June 3, 2008, John M. Devlin said…: Hello to another Northern Virginia Irish person. I'm from Fairfax, Virginia by way of Philly. Small world etc. JMD

At 20:57 on May 29, 2008, Ronnie said…: Hi, Lisa!

Yeah, school's proving to be very difficult. My wife's also back in school, so between her and I both not having any spare time, our home can get pretty out of control. The cool thing is we both love learning. It's really fun! This'll be the end of my first year - fingers crossed. Finals are next month.

What's your doctorate in?