Yes, this is a friend of the Whittier Maddens. I grew up on the same street as Laura and Martin, and when I started teaching in Oregon, I had summer play dates with Jennifer, as Laura and my other friends were working. Laura asked me to catch up with her, as I live and wiork in Germany. So, 2 friends of mine are joining me as we fly from Nurberg, Germany to Dublin on the 27th of October to become honorary Maddens. As I said to Laura last night on the phone..."See you on the otherside of the pond"!
Looking forward to sharing stories about Laura, Martin...one, two, paree, Jennifer and of course Marty, everyone's favorite Irish neighbor, and Jeri.
Martha McCollum Howell
Monday, September 25, 2006
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Maddens-in-Ireland
Maddens-in-Ireland
For those of us who couldn't be at Uncle Bill's services, the eulogy that Jeanne so eloquently wrote is on the memorial website. Please continue to add pictures and stories. The website is available for a full year so we can post as much and as often as we like.
I heard the secret is out about Cathy and Chris joining us in Ireland. I am kind of hoping that even more may join us.
Blessings to all of you.
maureen♧
For those of us who couldn't be at Uncle Bill's services, the eulogy that Jeanne so eloquently wrote is on the memorial website. Please continue to add pictures and stories. The website is available for a full year so we can post as much and as often as we like.
I heard the secret is out about Cathy and Chris joining us in Ireland. I am kind of hoping that even more may join us.
Blessings to all of you.
maureen♧
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
A Cell Phone for Ireland
As far as I know our regular US cellphones will not work in Ireland. I have rented one Irish cell phone for us to share while we are there. We will get the number in advance so we can give it to others who may need to contact us; I will let you know as soon as I get it, but it will not be til much closer to our departure date. I think it will be good for us to have a number where our families can reach us, and for us to call each other if we go off in different directions, and to hook up with Dan & Christina et al while we are there. But I didn't buy extra minutes or calling cards with it (I suppose we can get them there if we really need them) so don't be expecting to talk non-stop!
love, kathleen
love, kathleen
Happy and Sad
Maddens-in-Ireland
♥In a little over a month, we will all be together. I am hoping we can find a fitting way to honor our dear Uncle and father who so generously gave of what he had to all of us. Jennifer is working on our " team" shirt.
I have sent the classified ad looking for our kin in Galway. It will be published for the two weeks up to our arrival. I am eager to see what this will bring. I am scurrying to find appropriate rainwear since we have little of it in California. I am working on ancestry.com ~thanks to the great information that Cathy Ann has discovered I have leads that I wouldn't have had. I so regret not listening better to Nanny's stories. There are missing pieces to our history that I am hoping to fill in. If any of you have stories from your mom or dad that include places and names in Ireland send them my way. Blessings,
Maureen♣
♥In a little over a month, we will all be together. I am hoping we can find a fitting way to honor our dear Uncle and father who so generously gave of what he had to all of us. Jennifer is working on our " team" shirt.
I have sent the classified ad looking for our kin in Galway. It will be published for the two weeks up to our arrival. I am eager to see what this will bring. I am scurrying to find appropriate rainwear since we have little of it in California. I am working on ancestry.com ~thanks to the great information that Cathy Ann has discovered I have leads that I wouldn't have had. I so regret not listening better to Nanny's stories. There are missing pieces to our history that I am hoping to fill in. If any of you have stories from your mom or dad that include places and names in Ireland send them my way. Blessings,
Maureen♣
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Searching for kin
Maddens-in-Ireland
"Descendants of Annie Dillon born 1894 and Martin Madden born 1886 ~ We are looking for ye!" Their grandchildren will be in Galway on October 26 and 27 and Williamstown on October 27. We can be reached at the Radisson Galway 091 538300, ask for Maureen Tynan Houtz."
This is the ad I will place in the Galway Advertiser. I hear it is the way to find out who is still there. also, checking in at the post office, butcher shop, churches is another way. We are 48 days in counting!! Can't wait.
Maureen ♣
"Descendants of Annie Dillon born 1894 and Martin Madden born 1886 ~ We are looking for ye!" Their grandchildren will be in Galway on October 26 and 27 and Williamstown on October 27. We can be reached at the Radisson Galway 091 538300, ask for Maureen Tynan Houtz."
This is the ad I will place in the Galway Advertiser. I hear it is the way to find out who is still there. also, checking in at the post office, butcher shop, churches is another way. We are 48 days in counting!! Can't wait.
Maureen ♣
Monday, September 04, 2006
The Most Reason I'm Going to Ireland
(Nanny would call 5, 6, 7 times a day. Each time she'd say "the most reason I called....." I always loved that phrase.)
I'm going to Ireland for lots of reasons - to be with all of you wonderful people for a week, to see a beautiful country, to cheer Christy on in the marathon, to celebrate Jeanne's 50th birthday, and there are probably other reasons I'm forgetting. But I'm also going because I want to BE in the place where our family lived and where we all come from, and I want to get as close to that particular place as I can. I can be content to travel around the country seeing all of the beauty that is Ireland, in the company of people I love. But I'd really LOVE to go to the town/area/village/whatever where Nanny and the kids lived for those years during the Depression in America. Problem is....where IS that place? Is it Williamstown? Is it Derrywode or Derryvode or some other similarly-named place? Is there a church or a school or some landmark we can look for, where we can take a moment and say "here we all are, together, 73 years later!"
I am happy to hire a car or arrange with our driver or do whatever it takes to take us there while we're in Galway, but I need your help in figuring out where THERE is.... (why didn't I write it all down when I could've??????)
If you would also be interested in such a side trip, let me know, and let's figure out a way to find our destination or get as close to it as we can!
love, kathleen
I'm going to Ireland for lots of reasons - to be with all of you wonderful people for a week, to see a beautiful country, to cheer Christy on in the marathon, to celebrate Jeanne's 50th birthday, and there are probably other reasons I'm forgetting. But I'm also going because I want to BE in the place where our family lived and where we all come from, and I want to get as close to that particular place as I can. I can be content to travel around the country seeing all of the beauty that is Ireland, in the company of people I love. But I'd really LOVE to go to the town/area/village/whatever where Nanny and the kids lived for those years during the Depression in America. Problem is....where IS that place? Is it Williamstown? Is it Derrywode or Derryvode or some other similarly-named place? Is there a church or a school or some landmark we can look for, where we can take a moment and say "here we all are, together, 73 years later!"
I am happy to hire a car or arrange with our driver or do whatever it takes to take us there while we're in Galway, but I need your help in figuring out where THERE is.... (why didn't I write it all down when I could've??????)
If you would also be interested in such a side trip, let me know, and let's figure out a way to find our destination or get as close to it as we can!
love, kathleen
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