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| Finduella |
Posted on: 04-Sep-2008, 06:42 AM |
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I guess you could try Ebay . you never know your luck ! |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #260500 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 31-May-2008, 12:30 AM |
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That's fair enough Patch.America is a totally different country and history , and yes there will always be drug lords cause people like drugs!!! And we' can agree to disagree on what stops or starts the escialation of crime! I'm out of here ,cheers |
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Forum: Politics & Current Events · Post Preview: #250905 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 29-May-2008, 07:53 AM |
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dear Shrule Egan, I noticed in an earlier post that you bring rocks back with you, I do too.
When I came back from Scotland and Ireland a bought back 3 kilo's of beach rocks , I love them and I have found my family really adore them,sometimes treasuring them more than the gifts I buy.
I thought it was a fairly excentric thing to do and I'm glad the airport customes didn't mention it ! |
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Forum: Ireland · Post Preview: #250791 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 29-May-2008, 07:41 AM |
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Oh yes please, I improvised when I got home ( in the kitchen I mean) so a real recipe would be great !
One thing we learned the hard way about the scottish is they are very punctual people in general and very much so about food.
We were caught out in Edinburgh with our evening meal. It was 1 minute past nine and we were refused service and found it very difficult to find meal after that, so be warned dinner stops at nine ( and that is in the capital!), I had read this in our guide book , but didn't reolize how firm they would be.
In the country we saw a sign saying }eggs for sale "2'o'clock sunday " and you can bet thats exactly what they meant.
I tried to buy eggs at a farm that had a "eggs for sale sign " and the farmer told me would only have "eggs for me" in 2 days time at 2pm go figure ???????
Another site I've just thought of is www.celticcastles.com it has a variety of castles in u.k and Ireland that are now b+b's or hotels. Of course a bit more expensive than a comon b+b but as you know I'm keen on Castle's and myself will stay at least one night in a Castle on my 2009 trip. |
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #250789 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 29-May-2008, 06:57 AM |
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| QUOTE (John Clements @ 06-May-2008, 06:10 AM) | | QUOTE (Patch @ 05-May-2008, 02:30 PM) | | QUOTE (maisky @ 05-May-2008, 05:41 AM) | | QUOTE (Patch @ 05-May-2008, 08:42 AM) | Australia passed a law outlawing all but single shot long guns and required registration of those. The last I read, violent crime had increased in Australia by 26% since gun control became effective. Every one gets to choose how much risk they are willing to take.
Slàinte,
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I believe Australia was populated by transported Irish, much like the US. Hmm. Doesnt that sort of explain all the violence?  |
I believe that Australians was populated as a British prison colony. There was a diversified group from all of the British Empire. The increased violent crime I am talking about came after gun control was imposed. The Irish here settled mostly on our East coast. It does not explain the unusually high crime rates in California. (a gun control state) As the UK passed more stringent gun laws their violent crime rate increased even more than Australians. Their problems are now greatly attributed to Muslims. By violent crimes that would be Murder, Assault and Rape.
Slàinte,
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I’ll take good discussion over violence anytime, (as long as it gets some where)! (Anyway I guess being “unarmed” in Australia makes you an easy target.)
So let’s keep talking,
JC
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Australia is an amazingly peaceful and laidback place!.
I just visited the National crime statistic website and here goes. Quote"the percentage of homicides commited with a firearm continue a declining trend which began in 1969 (the summer of love).
In 2003 fewer than 16% of homicides included firearms!.
Averges of people killed per year in the 2000's are 240 nationwide so less than 50 people per year are shot (and killed) in Australia a year !!!!!!!!!!! end quote"
We never even think about who is carrying a gun the only people who are, are bank robbers and crazy loons that you just can't stop anyway.
I am in my forties and have never seen a hand gun on the street or in doors.
Oh and the criminals in Melbourne had a gang war and managed to shoot themselves out without 1 civilian casualty which lead to the collapse of drug trade in Melbourne, So I would like to reassert that Australia is a sunny peaceful place to live without guns thanks very much !!!!!!!!!
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Forum: Politics & Current Events · Post Preview: #250784 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 28-May-2008, 06:49 AM |
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Thanks for that camac. I'll definatly keeep a lookout for a bridie, I've tried the Arbrouth smokie ,which is out of this world. My own food discovery was "Cullen Skink" best place to try one is the fish and chip shop at the railway viaduct in Cullen. t is a soup made of poato leeks smoked fish and cream,mmmmmm yummy! |
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #250683 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 25-May-2008, 07:39 AM |
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many Irish Scot's and aboriginal marriages took place as they all had one thing in common , being oppressed by the English Empire today most aboriginal families have people with green eyes and it is a beautifull genetic blend. Australian bush music has a celtic base with a definate rebelious flair, many fine songs were written about brave bush rangers.
Celtic and indeginous culture does have similarites in story telling and mythology but both modern cultures were being so harshly brutalized that it didn't have a chance to develope
Unfortunatly today segrigation and misunderstanding of indeginous culture are the norm. |
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Forum: Australia · Post Preview: #250272 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 24-May-2008, 08:25 AM |
Replies: 36
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What is a Bridie??? That is my sister's name. We stayed at the Dornoch Hotel just before the Isle of Skye and walking distance from the amazing Eileen Doonon Castle, They had the most amazing fresh smoked kippers . Iv'e never had anything like them in my life and will never forget them !!!!!
I found a very good value Guest house in Edinburgh "Davenport house"eazy to google they have a 4 night for 3 deal from mon to thurs which brings the price down to out of town B+B price and is in a very nice quite part of town ,yet only 10 mins walk from Princess St. uphill but downhill on the way home, Edinburgh is best on foot and hilly so start walking . Only issue with The Davenport is the rooms are 2 floors up, we didn't mind at all.It is a beautifull old house and the breakfast fresh and yummy!
This part is a quote sorry I don't know how to use the quotes yet
"I find it interesting that you are the third (or more?) David Campbell in your family. Was it a tradition, you think, to have the same name repeated once in each subsequent generation? That must have been common because I have at least three generations of "John Stewart". "
My family tree is a thousand years old and we have John , Gavin, Patrick ,George Frederick again and again fo 100's of years, there is even a format . First son John , second George etc, and even though we didn't know this there is still John;s and Fred's in my generation. So if it goes for 3 generations could well be 20 further generations behind that ! |
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #250184 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 24-May-2008, 08:09 AM |
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Hi lady of Avalon. I rode Connemarra ponies in Ireland and was a bit nervous as I hadn't ridden for years and certainly didn't want an injury miles from home. No worries at all. The Connemarra is a sturdy short legged breed that looks similar to the lovely photo c.t has of the Icelandic horse. I felt very safe on the sturdy little ponies.
I would love to make it to Iceland and will be very interested in your trip, how exciting! |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #250183 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 24-May-2008, 08:01 AM |
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mine comes from a name in my family tree in the 1500's |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #250181 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 24-May-2008, 07:55 AM |
Replies: 224
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Hi to everyone on this thread and specially to Ulsterscotnut, we havent met yet but I am in the band "the Scuttlers" and I see you like our version of 'I put a spell on you.
I was in west Ireland in 2007 and think I know the friendly little open air pub in Letterfrack, we stayed in a cottage there for week , amazing value staying in a cottage we use 'Shamrock cottages " =eazy to google.
Sounds like the weather was great , we were rained out of going to Aran Isles last trip but will try again in 2009 will try to beat the que for Patric's jaunting car !!!!
It's such fun reading your travel memories , such a buzz telling everyone and great to hear all about it specially when all I'm doing is saving so spending plenty of time on the net, cheers and keep the stories comming.
ta fi |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #250179 |
| Finduella |
Posted on: 22-May-2008, 08:29 PM |
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in Australia it's up to $1.50 a litre!!! |
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Forum: Quizes & Polls · Post Preview: #250004 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 15-May-2008, 07:22 AM |
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I WENT TO SCOTLAND IN 2007 AND BOOKED A WING IN A LOVELY LITTLE CASTLE FOR A WEEK .IT'S CALLED FORDYCE CASTLE.
WE USED A MIX OF ACCOMODATION ,I LIKED TOURING BUT ALSO LIKE HAVING OUR OWN PLACE, WHERE I COULD COOK AND WASH CLOTHS , LIVING IN A CASTLE FOR A WEEK WAS A DREAM COME TRUE.IT WAS ALSO IN THE HEART OF MY FAMILYS HISTORY SO IT WAS PERFECT FOR US.
I HAVE A COTTAGE BOOKED UP IN BETTY HILL IN 2009 I USE 'WHICH COTTAGE.COM' .
THE COTTAGES IN IRELAND ARE INCREDIBLE VALUE |
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #248719 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 15-May-2008, 07:08 AM |
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THANKS ULSTER SCOTNUT, WE DID OUR OWN SCOTTICH WITCH VERSION OF IT |
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Forum: Celtic Music · Post Preview: #248716 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 09-May-2008, 08:42 AM |
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HI HANS AND WELCOME, LOTS OF US HAVE SCOTTISH HERITAGE AND LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT SCOTLAND SO PLEASE TELL US ALL ABOUT IT TA FIONA |
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Forum: Introductions · Post Preview: #247794 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 08-May-2008, 08:03 AM |
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Poor Ulsterscottnutt driving on "the other side " of the road must be so disorienting.
I'm in a band called the scuttlers, he has one of our songs in his favorite song list which is an honour
Ctbard ,in regards to Macgillycuddy's reeks is a faboulous name!. It is a small mountain range close to Kilarney on the Kerry peninsular. Apparently part of a national park and virgin forest still exists on the slopes of the mountains I chose the location as it is in a good location for touring Cork and Kerry (I'll be connecting with my O'sullivan heritage on this trip)
The cottage we have booked is number 105 in the "www.shamrock cottages.com" brochure.We used this company in 2007
Last time in Ireland we rented a cottage in Connemarra.It was amazing value $34 Australian dollars a day! Also was in a rugged and spectacular position. Really was like living in Ireland, visiting the smokhouses to buy fish for dinner. With the roads and being so remote it was best to just act like a local for a week and enjoy the remote location. I was doing family history the area so it was perfect for me. I don't need luxury ,so if you like camping and nature over fine hotels I can recomend cottages .
The only thing about renting we found "very Irish" when we received the directions in a letter it was like, "Well den you go down the little road piece ,acroos a bridge and then it's the cottage 2 doors down from the pink cottage with the donkeys out front !! but we did find it quite easily on the day.
I'll put up some photo's of the cottage in Lettergesh East Connemarra
it is number 248 and has beautiful sea views that they don't even mention on the website.
I'm saving to go back in 2009 so all planning is great to talk about. |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #247598 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 05-May-2008, 08:06 AM |
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hi I'm going back to Ireland in 2009 , my family's from connemarra,I too would love to know of your jaunting cart man!
Last time I stayed in a cottage for a week booked thru "shamrock Cottage" it was fantasic value and the location was amazing. You need to book for a week.We have a cottage booked at "Macgillycuddy's reeks" in cork for 2009, sorry don't know about any haunted castles |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #246932 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 05-May-2008, 07:52 AM |
Replies: 85
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I'm just so very gratefull that Australia doesn't have a Gun Culture, very rarely do we have any gun trouble at all . We had one bad event some years ago and our Prime Minister responded by having a gun amnesty and the destruction of thousands of guns.
I cannot imagine having guns in anyones house at all. I have never seen a hand gun exept for in a police holster, I have never seen one drawn. The only people I have known with guns are farmers. Hunting is not a big sport here. We like swimming , Cricket and Rugby league.
I came home one day and interupted a robber in my house, my scottish genes kicked in and I did quite the Highland charge, the young man cut himself escaping out of the window that he had brocken to gain access, my daughter was amazed how mad a was and always felt that her mum was superwoman after that. I'm glad I didn't have a gun as I might of just been mad enough to use it and I would have hated having a life on my hands, come to think of it I would have shot my exhusband a few times over so once again, I'm really happy living in this big warm peaceful continent |
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Forum: Politics & Current Events · Post Preview: #246931 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 05-May-2008, 07:26 AM |
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I'd like a minature valhalla cerimony. I'm going to buy a little boat shaped as close as possible to a viking ship and I would like my ashes and some of my blonde hair((I'm going to cut a plait and keep it specially)
I would like my family to light it i mean set it on fire) and send it out on Black Wattle Bay, Sydney Harbour. It might not turn out as romantic as I imagine but it has all the elements earth , air, fire, and water .
My mum bought a niche in the cemetary next to her father, only thing was that nowdays in Australia they only fit half the ashes in. After getting over the fact that mum wasn't going to fit into the space she had spent plenty of $$$$ on I embraced the difficulty. I took some ashes with me to scotland and scattered them in each important Dunbar place. I just couln't scatter any at Dunbar Castle though. It took me a while to figure out why. Castles are pretty violent places really and are not consecrated ground.Castles go "Rrrrraaaaaaaaaaa" and no place to leave my mum. I felt much better leaving them in churches yards and graves yards that ancestor's bones lay.Also in lovely little streams. So mum came with me overseas and had a grand scatter! |
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Forum: Philosophy & Science · Post Preview: #246930 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 20-Apr-2008, 06:48 AM |
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Yep they sure do we ( The Scuttlers) were stable mates with them on Paddy Rock vol 1 |
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Forum: Celtic Music · Post Preview: #245184 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 20-Apr-2008, 06:38 AM |
Replies: 74
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Hi Im amazingly fortunate, on my Dunbar side I can say the names of my grandfathers for 29 generations (about 1000 years). there are a few reasons for this
1 is a distant relative is a geneologist. she maintains an amazing websight I can access .
2 even without her we have a handwritten pedigree that came out with the family in 1837 and is exactly as accurate as the geneologist so it seems our past has been very important to our family.
3 the scots are such good record keepers and fierce defenders "of a bit of granite" , I can read every single legal skirmish the family has ever been in !! )
4 the family were noble so records were kept in the great records and royal seals,my great granfather was the youngest son of 5 generations of the youngest sons so that means no inheritance and off to the new world to find his way.
My most famous ancestor is Thomos Randolph who lead the northern vangard in the Battle of bannockburn,, apparently he married Isobel Bruce, Robert de Bruce's daughter .Their daughter was Black Agness who defended Dunbar Castle from the English for 5 months and won the seige.
Also Robert 11 Stewart is a direct ancestor, his daughter Marjory married a Dunbar (Robert had 21 legitimate children so many scottish family's share descent to Robert 11) .
The Dunbar's are still represented in burkes peerage by a" Gospatrick Dunbar in Scotland" and an American has clamed Cheif of clan status for a different branch of the family 'The Mochrum Line"
So I'am very proud of all this and only really discovered it all in 2005 when full acsess to the websight was achieved .Since then I've been to Scotland and visited many of the castles and churches and graveyards accociated with my family line.
I got to see how the oldest of the oldest sons inhereted. My family isn't rich but the values of education and family pride do run very strong in our family .My Dunbar's were hereditery sherrifs and chancellors of universities and i must say we still seek civic leadership roles. I myself feel like a princess, I just have a smaller castle that's all.
The other side is wild west bog Irish from Connemarra Ireland that cannot be traced past 1850. I'm equally proud of this side of the faily and love CONNEMARRA so there you go |
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Forum: Family History & Clans · Post Preview: #245183 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 20-Apr-2008, 05:57 AM |
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Hi Bryan'I'm a new member myself,I'm in a band called the Scuttlers and Celtic radio are being very supportive and playing it for us so it has been great to join Celtic radio and the forum .hope you find inspiration here |
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Forum: Introductions · Post Preview: #245182 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 16-Apr-2008, 07:00 AM |
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hi everyone and Soibhan (I have a niece of that name ) HI FI is a nick name my family has called me since I was a littl girl so you must have Known, and it does sound like we have some things in common.
Rindy ,we are recording our album at the moment the difficult part for me ,which is recording singing and playing is over.My husband geof is organizing all the other musicians to come and lay there tracks down so I am just biding my time and keeping on making connections on myspace and with interenet radio like this one.
The weather is cooling down but we have had lots of rain and thats great so Hi Fi is now saying ta ta |
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #244525 |
| fionadunbar |
Posted on: 07-Apr-2008, 01:16 AM |
Replies: 11
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Thanks everyone, and I even figured out the right thread for introductions and all! yes everyone has been very friendly and I'm here giving an Australian perspective, everything is so different in the southern hemisphere, it's hot and dry here and the seasons are opposite so I'll just keep letting you know what it is like.
Thanks to all showing an interest in the music.
Also the harp is a very eazy and logical instrument to play I would encourage anyone to have a go ! |
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