Charming door in Courthouse Road in March 2025
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Lovely Ladies in Vincent’s Listowel
Nancie, Hannah, Mary and Liz volunteering in my favourite charity shop on Friday March 7 2025. It is always a pleasure to meet these ladies and they are always so helpful and hard working.
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Listowel and Curraghcroneen
Deborah Cronin has been in touch with pictures of her Irish ancestors. These McAuliffe and Fitzmaurice people are the Chicago branch of a very Kerry family.
McAuliffe sisters; the child standing is Deborah’s grandmother, Maude Fitzmaurice
These two people are Deborah McAuliffe Fitzmaurice and
John J Fitzmaurice
Deborah gave us a full list of the family;
John J. Fitzmaurice was born in Listowel in 1861. His parents were James Fitzmaurice (1833-1898) and Mary Dee (1840-1905.) John arrived in Chicago in 1879 and ultimately became a Police Sgt.
Deborah McAuliffe was John’s second wife. She was born to Thomas McAuliffe & Margaret McCarthy in Curraghcroneen in 1870. She died in Chicago in 1896. John & Deborah were parents of my grandmother, Margaret (Maud) Fitzmaurice born in 1892 in Chicago.
Deborah died when Maud was 3 so she (standing child) was raised by her Aunts (Deborah’s sisters.) All the Aunts moved to Chicago, their brothers stayed in Ireland.
The McAuliffes:
Johanna 1861-1945
John 1862-1926
Bridget 1864-1944
Nell 1867-1914
Margaret 1868-1958
Deborah
Ellenor(1872-1915)
Michael (1874-1933)
Catherine (1876-1954)
Daniel (1879-1912)
Thomas McAuliffe’s children from a prior marriage to Honora Fitzgerald.
Hannah (1856-?)
Patrick (1858-1948)
Mary (1858-1917)
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We only have now
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Just because
A horse is a horse, of course, of course
And no one can talk to a horse, of course…
Not true. This fellow was out to the door posing for the camera with his ears cocked as soon as he heard my voice.
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End of an Era
Postboxes in Copenhagen…(picture from the internet)
The Danish post office has been collecting and delivering letters since 1624. After December 2025 that service will be no more and the postboxes will be removed from the streets. 1,500 jobs will be lost. Parcel post will still be handled and I think you will still be able to send or receive a letter through the post office mail room.
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A Fact
The first Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade took place in Dublin in 1931.
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Delia
Deb Cronin s greatgrandmother and my grandfather Michael were brother and sister I was reared in the cr cplace in croughcroneen Deb Tim toand coothers had a lovely get together at Tony and Nora mc carthys house in crouch pre covid first time meeting
Deb Cronin
Delia wrote a lovely book about her growing up. We had such a great visit with Delia & Mickey Heaphy!