Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIU_45uYzh9QGF54fLGQDTEQ68QAaAxoxJbvKSf2rz5I39_NBpvXiaHTJkkat_GlpHz1l_T9JtlHi4c2S1mdqr5VExoD8s_Zp60YWgStWrZs-UuhxB1VtCbUgPjGRtNIEMeK2yM3P76u4/s1600/DSCN5980.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIU_45uYzh9QGF54fLGQDTEQ68QAaAxoxJbvKSf2rz5I39_NBpvXiaHTJkkat_GlpHz1l_T9JtlHi4c2S1mdqr5VExoD8s_Zp60YWgStWrZs-UuhxB1VtCbUgPjGRtNIEMeK2yM3P76u4/s1600/DSCN5980.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />We were in Chicago this past weekend where they celebrate St. Patrick's Day big!  Here's the view from our hotel window of the river being dyed green and later on that day, up-close. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Hope you have a Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Erin Go Bragh - Ireland Forever.</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBuFO5v-W0BgZ2SmdBhp1mH2dfNYtpeBhr0PJkXzdvCVc3Q0dEfbDWeA2GII7IABexJvvYkxCgEoTITF-eqB8wLbhid8F8Yp5eigy8w8CoSwKocQ-FAkhTB04ijJ1gNFw-BvdtYHYF9lE/s1600/DSCN5984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBuFO5v-W0BgZ2SmdBhp1mH2dfNYtpeBhr0PJkXzdvCVc3Q0dEfbDWeA2GII7IABexJvvYkxCgEoTITF-eqB8wLbhid8F8Yp5eigy8w8CoSwKocQ-FAkhTB04ijJ1gNFw-BvdtYHYF9lE/s1600/DSCN5984.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVk1lhmWgJTSD5v3Srmw1O0dWJc7nCoP3ghQLpd0lXiWqME2Ld0EGrDPwqCa5XTzBiWAMOLYp52T7-TG1K37IZjLnOxaywQ9s8lXxNjCaXd57v_bdzlCQNflCJ9m54mRXVsAxaLUYE6P72/s1600/DSCN5987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVk1lhmWgJTSD5v3Srmw1O0dWJc7nCoP3ghQLpd0lXiWqME2Ld0EGrDPwqCa5XTzBiWAMOLYp52T7-TG1K37IZjLnOxaywQ9s8lXxNjCaXd57v_bdzlCQNflCJ9m54mRXVsAxaLUYE6P72/s1600/DSCN5987.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2OJ0cSAv9n71p27eQMLWr6IWaRTvuFi5qBknCoJVVB6xGA1oU0sS2L0kTXr247RuALVcqmMGdMmCtH8G1nV6nI0Hlz32figSyCIlRUDePjJZYv54GumXqRcYCtI-B4wV8NdYsnBZntr_/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-03-16+at+9.45.10+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2OJ0cSAv9n71p27eQMLWr6IWaRTvuFi5qBknCoJVVB6xGA1oU0sS2L0kTXr247RuALVcqmMGdMmCtH8G1nV6nI0Hlz32figSyCIlRUDePjJZYv54GumXqRcYCtI-B4wV8NdYsnBZntr_/s400/Screen+Shot+2013-03-16+at+9.45.10+PM.png" width="353" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May your neighbors respect you, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Trouble neglect you, </div><div style="text-align: center;">The angels protect you, </div><div style="text-align: center;">And heaven accept you.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqeF7KwYOTev-SgsixPGUU0iZPJZ1l7mw88AbBl5JZT1SBuFJtz9R0VRqgCL1HY19iP2OUelN323gQkHGt7x_URy7VB1TR3aExmhRiviJnwDh7nj6N7gxx2wi1ySNR9hDAwBRIx9eeC6h/s1600/Ireland-cloud-free-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720901031731010050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqeF7KwYOTev-SgsixPGUU0iZPJZ1l7mw88AbBl5JZT1SBuFJtz9R0VRqgCL1HY19iP2OUelN323gQkHGt7x_URy7VB1TR3aExmhRiviJnwDh7nj6N7gxx2wi1ySNR9hDAwBRIx9eeC6h/s640/Ireland-cloud-free-sm.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><b></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Erin Go Braugh! Ireland Forever. </span></span></b></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Hope you have a great St. Patrick's Day!</span></span></b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> (Cloud free NASA image of the Emerald Isle, October 11, 2010 from <a href="http://www.maptd.com/rare-cloud-free-satellite-image-of-ireland/">here</a>.)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqeF7KwYOTev-SgsixPGUU0iZPJZ1l7mw88AbBl5JZT1SBuFJtz9R0VRqgCL1HY19iP2OUelN323gQkHGt7x_URy7VB1TR3aExmhRiviJnwDh7nj6N7gxx2wi1ySNR9hDAwBRIx9eeC6h/s1600/Ireland-cloud-free-sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720901031731010050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqeF7KwYOTev-SgsixPGUU0iZPJZ1l7mw88AbBl5JZT1SBuFJtz9R0VRqgCL1HY19iP2OUelN323gQkHGt7x_URy7VB1TR3aExmhRiviJnwDh7nj6N7gxx2wi1ySNR9hDAwBRIx9eeC6h/s640/Ireland-cloud-free-sm.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Erin Go Braugh! Ireland Forever. Hope you have a great St. Patrick's Day!</span></span></b> (Cloud free NASA image of the Emerald Isle, October 11, 2010 from <a href="http://www.maptd.com/rare-cloud-free-satellite-image-of-ireland/">here</a>.)<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">When Irish Eyes are Smiling</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There's a tear in your eye, </div><div style="text-align: center;">And I'm wondering why, </div><div style="text-align: center;">For it never should be there at all. </div><div style="text-align: center;">With such pow'r in your smile, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sure a stone you'd beguile, </div><div style="text-align: center;">So there's never a teardrop should fall. </div><div style="text-align: center;">When your sweet lilting laughter's </div><div style="text-align: center;">Like some fairy song, </div><div style="text-align: center;">And your eyes twinkle bright as can be; </div><div style="text-align: center;">You should laugh all the while </div><div style="text-align: center;">And all other times smile, </div><div style="text-align: center;">And now, smile a smile for me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">When Irish eyes are smiling, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">In the lilt of Irish laughter </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">You can hear the angels sing. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">When Irish hearts are happy, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">All the world seems bright and gay. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">And when Irish eyes are smiling, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Sure, they steal your heart away. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For your smile is a part </div><div style="text-align: center;">Of the love in your heart, </div><div style="text-align: center;">And it makes even sunshine more bright. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Like the linnet's sweet song, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Crooning all the day long, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Comes your laughter and light. </div><div style="text-align: center;">For the springtime of life </div><div style="text-align: center;">Is the sweetest of all </div><div style="text-align: center;">There is ne'er a real care or regret; </div><div style="text-align: center;">And while springtime is ours </div><div style="text-align: center;">Throughout all of youth's hours, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Let us smile each chance we get.</div></div>

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My Irish Last Name: Ginnerty

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeB6FGmYqP4JcErh3o2YTO2Y4AIHQ2O2J7xX2ASdyTJzjETZ-fdXnosqeg_sFXsbVmbrcBckCEm8f5y-nV_b34H-0zqAtdfQy-cpBnaC0zeFBPhQee_daduXpyvmLTWEuz_5ITGgpKLWg/s1600/wedding.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584877406358038242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeB6FGmYqP4JcErh3o2YTO2Y4AIHQ2O2J7xX2ASdyTJzjETZ-fdXnosqeg_sFXsbVmbrcBckCEm8f5y-nV_b34H-0zqAtdfQy-cpBnaC0zeFBPhQee_daduXpyvmLTWEuz_5ITGgpKLWg/s400/wedding.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 349px; height: 400px;" /></a>People often assume the reason I didn't change my name when I married was to make a statement about gender equity. It wasn't. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">It was all about scentimental attachment, with a bit of mystery thrown in. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">(here I am greeting my grandfather after my wedding- still sharing the same last name)</span><div><br /></div><div>My great grandfather, Patrick Ginnerty, immigrated to the US in 1895, but since he died when my grandfather was young, little was known except that he had a brother. For as long as I can remember, the curiosity in our family has always been, "Whatever happened to all the other Ginnerty's?" Whenever we traveled, my Dad always made a point to thumb through the local phonebook looking for Ginnertys. Even today, an internet search of the name Ginnerty will reveal the 17 or so here in the US that are my blood relatives and a small handful in Ireland and London. A few years I ago I called one of the Ginnertys in Ireland and he said, "Could you spell your name for me, just to check?" I did and he replied, "You're the first Ginnerty outside of my own family I've come across." The 1901 Irish census lists none, and the 1911 census shows only 3.<div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGteF3EPWz_QF1qU1JbcVvbf1xB5MtxRRrSq2wEJeRyay8N9_WvNFhglK5I92_CNVWtJ6tYTQ7cU8YNmg59__D2Q_25gEpFdXhAklljIdGh_EqGVCPkfU6N7YDUTuMduzPwIXj4OH8JA/s1600/gramma2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584882636935262338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGteF3EPWz_QF1qU1JbcVvbf1xB5MtxRRrSq2wEJeRyay8N9_WvNFhglK5I92_CNVWtJ6tYTQ7cU8YNmg59__D2Q_25gEpFdXhAklljIdGh_EqGVCPkfU6N7YDUTuMduzPwIXj4OH8JA/s400/gramma2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 383px; height: 400px;" /></a>Here I am, all of 2, on my Gramma's lap "playing" cards with 3 of my 4 Ginnerty cousins. There are now 4 great-grandsons with the Ginnerty name, the same as there were in my generation.</div><div><br /></div><div>The lack of knowledge about the Ginnerty family is in sharp contrast to all I know about my Irish immigrant grandmother and her family (Griffin and Sheahan) and my mom's Irish relatives (Ryan and Duffy).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtuxpTWGVrg9b2E9m5MSy34dCYhyu3iYq_LJhUGTt7hMEljHwHbjeOBnwyALwITSJGtdbfuMt6NDQo-3zoibHKVtqlHotOmerhYSGUqbUd4ojRYR1dV8wTccfPu5-yZ9MBPGCujqL2KQQ/s1600/unclemick.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584879762383529458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtuxpTWGVrg9b2E9m5MSy34dCYhyu3iYq_LJhUGTt7hMEljHwHbjeOBnwyALwITSJGtdbfuMt6NDQo-3zoibHKVtqlHotOmerhYSGUqbUd4ojRYR1dV8wTccfPu5-yZ9MBPGCujqL2KQQ/s640/unclemick.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a>My first trip to Ireland was in 1989 and a good part of those 3 weeks was spending time with family. Here's my Great Uncle Mick Griffin with a favorite cow at the farm on Ballinakilla Rd in Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry where my Gramma was born.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgIxf7oaM9syHx61pTd-Or8TPcxYJ8946UpW_EogL17l98eVqfDhsJnQrGVt1N6fF3ZwVKbsOnY1__2CkzHJCwJ2HlQZUD2c4qJNzzUJq4vK5Lxl1xQwH2yQ7Fd2Ni7kOsRjyOnZ1g8s/s1600/dublin.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584877134769516338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgIxf7oaM9syHx61pTd-Or8TPcxYJ8946UpW_EogL17l98eVqfDhsJnQrGVt1N6fF3ZwVKbsOnY1__2CkzHJCwJ2HlQZUD2c4qJNzzUJq4vK5Lxl1xQwH2yQ7Fd2Ni7kOsRjyOnZ1g8s/s640/dublin.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width;" /></a>So, at 46 I'm still as curious as I was when I was 25. And that's why, this St. Patrick's Day, I'm blogging about the Irish surname Ginnerty. </div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">Happy St. Patrick's Day!! </span></b> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span>Here's Céad Míle Fáilte to friend and to rover<br />That's a greeting that's Irish as Irish can be<br />It means you are welcome<br />A thousand times over<br />Wherever you come from, Whosoever you be<div><br /></div><div>(An Irish Welcome)</div>

My Irish Last Name: Ginnerty

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOJZtGsg58rFKuPBBeIXVr9VQXMLnNbR7BgVV4UqopvDF2_2iJPee59NpPbtCK3cK0Z6CGw2w3haX6Jyx2MX-I6Y-u4W3rWwMCw3jO_FkqqCYzTFxkd0ymLitztaW-eOa8VneywGehxX2/s1600-h/rossbeighbeach.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314115084421065506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOJZtGsg58rFKuPBBeIXVr9VQXMLnNbR7BgVV4UqopvDF2_2iJPee59NpPbtCK3cK0Z6CGw2w3haX6Jyx2MX-I6Y-u4W3rWwMCw3jO_FkqqCYzTFxkd0ymLitztaW-eOa8VneywGehxX2/s800/rossbeighbeach.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Happy St. Patrick's Day!! </span></strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><br />Beannacht Dé leat! God's Blessing with You<br /></span></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#006600;">Rossbeigh Strand, Glenbeigh Co.Kerry, my grandmother's birthplace</span> </div>

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Beannacht Dé leat! God's Blessing with You Rossbeigh Strand, Glenbeigh Co.Kerry, my grandmother's bir...

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOJZtGsg58rFKuPBBeIXVr9VQXMLnNbR7BgVV4UqopvDF2_2iJPee59NpPbtCK3cK0Z6CGw2w3haX6Jyx2MX-I6Y-u4W3rWwMCw3jO_FkqqCYzTFxkd0ymLitztaW-eOa8VneywGehxX2/s1600-h/rossbeighbeach.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314115084421065506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOJZtGsg58rFKuPBBeIXVr9VQXMLnNbR7BgVV4UqopvDF2_2iJPee59NpPbtCK3cK0Z6CGw2w3haX6Jyx2MX-I6Y-u4W3rWwMCw3jO_FkqqCYzTFxkd0ymLitztaW-eOa8VneywGehxX2/s800/rossbeighbeach.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> <strong><span style="color:#006600;">Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Erin Go Bragh - Ireland Forever! Hope you have a happy and luck day! Michele</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;"></span></strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Rossbeigh Strand, Glenbeigh Co.Kerry, my grandmother's birthplace</span></strong><br /><strong><br /><span style="color:#006600;"></span></strong>

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Erin Go Bragh - Ireland Forever! Hope you have a happy and luck day! Michele Rossbeigh Strand, Glenbeigh Co.K...

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