Edited to add the correct answers to the questions:
Dad's mom's maiden name was O'Connor, and her relatives came over from County Cork. So y'all picked the right place, but had trouble with the name. :) I also have other Irish ancestors - Dad's other side of the family (which I'm not sure what the name was or where in Ireland they came from...fill me in, Aunt Toots, if you know!) as well as in Mom's background. She had a great-grandmother named Virginia McSherry who came over with part of her family because of the Irish potato famine.
Three cheers for Ireland!
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!
Around the Mountain Musings household, we're celebrating our Irish roots today! A few years ago on the blog, we posted about the story of the real St. Patrick, so go on over there to read more about him.
There's Irish music playing, the table is set with green checked placemats, the green shamrock plant is the centerpiece, there's a green key lime pie in the freezer for supper, and of COURSE - I'm wearing a green shirt and my new St. Patrick's Day socks. :)
Just as a fun little exercise, I have created a couple of polls here for all of our readers to guess where our Irish ancestors lived in the old country and what Dad's mom's maiden name was. :)
~Sarah
Good Girl Sarah! I love the socks. I'm going to the Noah Webster House tonight for a St.Paddy's Day dinner. There's also going to be music, and 18th century games. It will be like a mini CW, but "the aura" won't be quite the same. :)Enjoy the rest of the day. Love, Aunt Toots P.S. Obviously I didn't do the poll, seeing I knew the answers.
Posted by: Toots | Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 02:18 PM
I love your green socks. I took your 2 polls and guessed at both answers......I bet I guessed wrong so will be awaiting the answers. :-)
Posted by: Connie | Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 06:38 PM
Hope you enjoyed the day.Love your socks.I wore a green shirt that says Dublin Girl Scouts from when we lived in Dublin,Ohio.Gregory wore a green Boston Celtics shirt and Allison had a shirt one that said Irish was a little taller.
Posted by: Tammy | Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 11:04 PM
Very nice post. The polls would not load for us but we guess O'malley or O'Grady?? My great g'ma's name was Somers - a great Irish name. In fact one of our boys has it for a middle name, as does my father. I love names with some history behind them. Blessings to you all.
Posted by: Kathy | Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 08:00 AM
Looks like fun at your house. I am 1/4 Irish, but I didn't celebrate it much this year. We always celebrated more when my grandpa was alive. E celebrated by dressing in a lot of green. We got pedicures and she got sparkly green toes!
Posted by: Stephanie in MI | Monday, March 19, 2012 at 07:20 AM
Hey Sarah,
Your great grandmother's maiden name was Crowell(Eleanor). She was born here, but her mother Mary Crowell came here from Ireland. I'm in the process of trying to find out from what area. I've been doing some research on ancestry.com. Your grandfather doesn't know what her maiden name was, so it's been a little slow going. According to the 1900 census she was married in 1890 to John J. Crowell. I'm trying to find the marriage record to get her maiden name, so I can cross reference to immigration records. I've been wanting to research this for a long time, so thanks for sparking my curiousity.
Posted by: Toots | Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 01:48 PM
I'm too late for your little quiz.... the name sounds Italian to me. LOL! That looks like some good celtic music to me!!
Posted by: GardenOfDaisies | Monday, March 26, 2012 at 10:14 PM
Don't all the good Irish stock come from a Murphy?
Posted by: Linda Murphy | Friday, April 06, 2012 at 04:02 PM