Top ten things to do when you touch down in Ireland

KerryLKing, If you go to Ireland you can check with the records hall in Dublin for your grandmother's birth cert. They have books by year and you can go through them. Also, if you know the townland she was born in, you can check the census records for 1901 and 1911 online (that should give information on the parent and siblings names and ages). I spend quite a few hours each year in the records hall and am now searching for my gggrandfather's information (Theady Casey).

That is funny because living in Toronto now for 10 years and going back quite a few times that is the exact same path we follow. Looks like my Son could b writing the same story for IC in 14 years! I wil bet things wont have changed that much by then either.

How this warms me heart. Good on ya O'Shea. Tanks.

Jaysus Mary and Joseph!!! 17 posts and all of them happy!! Even Antoman himself! Not a begrudger or a whinger in the lot. Kerry O'Shea you have created a miracle. More please from you.

"Up with the birds and thrust into Irish time."??? Not in Mayo. Once was spotted by an old neighbor of the family passing by her house on my way to fish the Bunowen River in the AM. "Don't you know that fish can't tell time", she yelled at me when I told her I thought fishing would be better in early morning. Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/travel/Top-ten-things-to-do-when-you-touch-down-in-Ireland-130734903.html#ixzz1ZNcemtV7

Great article! My experience mirrors that of yours Kerry, except it happens in Mayo. You got it right and summed up the warmth of a visit to Ireland! Keep those articles coming!

Slainte !!

The cups of tea.....Christ, I went back one year, and I said to myself that I wouldn't refuse a cup of tea, and would keep track of them. Landed on a Thursday morning & flew out early the Monday morning, 53 cups of tea thrust upon me during the visit.

Nothing beats coming back from the pub after closing with a stop at the chipper, then back to the house, where you start again with cans. Pubs close at 1130, but its around 4am when you hit the bed

Have not been home in six years, so you stirred up some wonderful memories for me. Thanks. I wind up staying more with my family in Ennis and Kilrush but do leave some days to stay with the rest of my family in Listowel.

I love all the bread and muffins I eat in Ireland. Sorry I can't help with your ancestor Ellen Breen

Ah..sounds like a FINE TIME to me!! May I join ya next time :-) you know with myself also being named after a Kerryman...er, in this case a Kerrywoman (my grandmother), but I'm STILL trying to find her darn birth certificate info. Anybody know of a Jennie Breen born in 1890?? Would love to hear from ya.....

Car hire is such a rip off

Compared to English food, Irish food is absolutely fabulous. Love their bread and tea!

Sounds like a very calorific holiday : ) Seriously though Kerry, your experience tallies in with my own quite closely. My parents live in Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, so I'm very familiar with the yummy fry breakfast off the plane (although we usually wait till Adare) and then I also pack only one suitcase for me and 2 kids as the car's tiny!