Irish Genealogy and History Show 120From the Irish Roots Cafe at www.Irishroots.comSearch all of ourbooks http://www.irishroots.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/videos http://www.irishroots.com/content/view/102/155/and podcasts for free !Phone 816 256-3360 to leave your comments on my recorder….TRY IT YOU’LL LIKE IT !Among Todays Topics:1) The Irish Family Name of the Week is: Erwin2) 21 Irish embassys to be scrapped ?3) Irish Roots Audio: The Life of Joseph Murphy4) Searching: Moriarty, Brannagan and Anderson5) Dublin Irish Festival and Academy end of month !6) The Great Land Rush to Genealogywise7) 2009 World Fleadh coming upTimeline for this weeks audio broadcast:This Weeks Topics:Notes from Mike:Book of the Month:The Magnificent Seven:Irish Name of the Day:Websites of the Week:Curious News and Notes:Time:Notes This Week:1) Dublin Irish Fest Begins July 31 to Aug. 2. http://www.dublinirishfestival.orgDublin Academy courses from July 29 - 30. http://www.dublinirishfestival.org/academy/We will be at the Dublin, Ohio fest at the genealogy tent,and at the Dublin Academy classes for the Sean Nos class.Pittsburgh Irish Festival is Sept. 11 - 13.The Riverplex at Sandcastle.http://www.pghirishfest.org/2) The 9th Annual British InstituteOffering Irish and English ResearchThe courses are taught by experts in their field of genealogyresearch. in Salt Lake City, October 5-9, 2009. $415 for ISBGFH members, $435 for non-members.See the Web site for more information – http://www.isbgfh.org/-per Kathleen W. Hinckley3) The biggest overnight sensation I’ve seen in awhile:GenealogywiseIf you are researching your family check it out.It’s free, you get your own page.Take a look at my group page, leave your search and join in !http://www.genealogywise.com/profile/MikeOLaughlinBook of the Month:Audio Book excerpt #1Today we will include some excerpts from our first audio book,Missouri Irish. We cover Joseph Murphy and the Murphy wagonin some depth in this book. His story began in Ireland as a youngboy. He came to have a major impact on all those who settled inthe American west. Below is a bit of what the life of Joseph Murphywas all about.( as read by Molly Nickle, adopted from the book, ‘Missouri Irish’.)Young Joseph AbandonedHere we touch on the Life of Joseph Murphy, born in Irelandand sent to St. Louis as a boy to meet with the Hullen brothers,his uncles. The Hullen boys had disappeared however, and Josephended up as an apprentice wagon maker to Mathew Doherty.The Murphy WagonThe words ‘J. Murphy’ would one day adorn thousands of wagonson the Californian and Oregon trails. His specially designed‘Murphy Wagon’ served the Sante Fe Trail as no other. Murphycame to be the #1 wagon maker for those travelling west, and some 200,000 of his wagons are said to have been used by Americans inthe west…………For more about this book go to:http://www.irishroots.com/id4263.htm__________________________________ _______________________Coming Up:The 2009 World Fleadh is coming up !Which Irish County has the honors… and when_________________________________________________________Time to raise our eyes skywards, give thanks, and ask for help !Here are todays “Magnificent Seven” :1) Diane Dehn of Portland, OregonYour County Mayo genealogy and family history notes has shipped.2) Denise E. Ford of Mt. Compass, SA, AustraliaYour County Down genealogy / family history notes book shipped.3) Welcome new member Joan Albright of Desboro, CanadaYour County Armagh genealogy and family history notes book has shipped.Looking for info.on grandfather daniel d. moriarty born approx. 1872maybe in killarney parents daniel moriarty, mothers maiden namecamiol k. larned.4) New member Erin Brannagan of New Milford, NJ, welcome.Searching for Brannagan who came to Jersey City, NJ in May 18485) Annie J. Brooks of Dorset, in the U.K., your ‘The Fall of Irish Chiefsand Clans”, v.1 of the Conquest of Ireland has shipped.6) New member Diane Ricker of Falmouth, ME, searching for lineageof James Anderson, reportedly from Moneymore, County Londonderry, who was one of those who emigrated to the US in the 1718 5-shipUlster migration. He supposedly was one of the original settlers of Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA, and my 6th gr-grandfather.7) Deborah Thomson of Research, Vict., Australia, your Annals ofIreland by the Four Masters has shipped !Check out our online search list at:http://www.irishroots.com/content/view/21/45/_________________________________________________________Thanks to all of our members - without you thesepodcasts would not be possible - !_________________________________________________________Irish Family Name of the Day:Erwin_________________________________________________________Related Spellings of the NameIrwin, Erwin, Irvine, Ervine, Irving, Erwing….Varient Spelling Groups: #950, 951(Taken from the Master Guide to the Various Spellingsof Irish Family Names) http://www.irishroots.com/id4918.htmHistory of the NameThe names of Irvine and Ervine, are often found equated withthe names of Irwin and Erwin. They actually represent twodistinct families. Note the place name of Irvinestown in Fermanagh.This marks the former family of the name, who had many holdingsthere and in Donegal and surrounding areas. Some give the nameof Irvine as coming from a Scottish place name, others give Irwinas of English origins…….The Irwin family of Rathmoyle, Co. Roscommon descends fromJohn Irwin of Ballinderry, b. 1618. The Irwin family of Derrygore,Co. Fermanagh descends from George Irwin who died in Derrygorein 1791. The Irwin family of Mount Irwin, Co. Armagh is given inthe Irish Book of Arms, as are the other two families cited.copyright 2007, IGF, based in part uponThe Book of Irish Families, great and smallhttp://www.irishroots.com/id4098.htmIrish Family Coats of ArmsHere is some of the information given in the Irish Book of Armshttp://www.irishroots.com/id4861.htm1) Irwin of Rathmoyle, Co. Roscommon2) Irwin of Mount Irwin, Co. Armagh3) Irwin of Derrygore, Co. Fermanagh_________________________________________________________Coming Up Later in this episode:What it costs for a phone line in County Kerry….Cows still graze free in the Burren, Co. Clare_________________________________________________________The Free Master Index Search of Irish Namesat Irishroots.com finds the family name many timesincluding the following examples :http://www.irishroots.com/content/view/21/45/1) Erwin, among early Irish in Albany (JAIHS 23)2) Erwin: Milesian Families of Ireland3) Erwin: Irish Names and Surnames by Woulfe4) Erwin: The Families of County Donegal, Ireland (2)5) Erwin: Surnames of Ireland with 200 maps6) Erwinge, C. : Special Census of Ireland, Pynnars Survey7) Erwin: Names of Irish Passengers to America (4)Websites of the Week:1) ERWIN: Genealogy Querieswww.cousinconnect.com/p/a/0/s/ERWINErvin, Irvin, Erwin, Irwin and related surnames …www.leavesonbranches.com/2) Irish Roots Community on Genealogywisehttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/MikeOLaughlin3) International Genealogy Festival at the University of StrathclydeTuesday 21 to Friday 24 July 2009, Glascow, ScotlandA Supported Event in Scotland’s National Homecoming Celebrationshttp://www.strathclydegenealogy.co.uk/igf.htm4) My Favorite Sean Nos Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AFRCWg_kOc&feature=related_________________________________________________________Curious News and Notes1) Tim O’Connor from the Gap of Dunloe, Co. Kerry got the sadnews that it will cost him 29,000 Euro to have a land phone lineinstalled at home.You see, it would take 43 poles and 2,400 metres of cable, so itsa mobile phone for all the folks out there….http://www.independent.ie/national-news/farmer-told-it-will-cost-836429000-to-have-phone-line-installed-in-home-1824518.html2) Cows to stay on free in the BurrenGovernment ministers will allow the program to continue till theend of the year.The cows have been grazing on overgrown sites such as that at Poulnabrone dolmen, improving water quality and diversity……http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0525/1224247324048.html3) Seems that an Irish Board made some cost cutting suggestions:a) All water use to be monitored and paid for (pay by the glass?)b) Teachers should not get 30 days unmonitored sick leavec) No more personal assistants to judgesd) Scrap the 21 least important embassys and sell some buildingse) If your over 65 you would now have to pay for a passport.f) Stop the 1 million Euro project to clean up graffiti - and make thoseconvicted of minor crimes do the clean up !http://www.independent.ie/national-news/the-luxuries-we-may–have-to-survive-without-1826412.html4) World Fleadh comes to County MayoThe World Fleadh, Ireland’s Traditional Folk & Celtic Music Festival,will be held in County Mayo. The World Fleadh is now recognised asIreland’s biggest Irish & Celtic Music Festival. The festival was firststaged in Kerry in 2006 and was set up as a transient event whichwould move from location to location until it found its natural home.Festival organisers are delighted to announce that The World Fleadh2009 will be staged at Castlebar, Co. Mayo between July 31st andAugust 8th. The lineup:Frankie Gavin & De Dannan (featuring Dolores Keane, Mary Black,Máirtín O Connor & and all new band) Sharon Shannon Big Band •Shane MacGowan • Saw Doctors • Randy Travis • Moving Hearts •Damien Dempsey • Mary Black • Kilfenora Céilí Band • The High KingsHal Ketchum • Martina McBride • Crooked Still • Dessie O Halloran •Women Of Ireland • Heidi Talbot & John McCusker • Dave MunnellyBand • Pauline Scanlon • Carmina • Georgette Jones • Mike Denver • Jimmy Buckley • Margo • Matt Cunningham Band • Tulla Céilí Band • Johnny Reidy Céilí Band • Copperplate Céilí Band • Brian Boru CéilíBand • Jeff Tuttle • Cherish the Ladies and many more.http://www.theworldfleadh.com/5) A sign of maybe too popular times…tourists bring, well…Due to too much horse dung being left on site, those famousjaunting carts have been banned from Killarney after refusingto diaper the horses.http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Jaunting-cars-banned-from-Killarney-in-row-over-horse-dung-50872542.html6) Tourists to Ireland drop 18% in May. U.S. remains even fromlast year, Britain shows biggest drop of 23%. 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