Sean Treacy Dublin

Irish Volunteer, Brigadier Commander Sean Treacy was killed by British troops in front of #94 Talbot St in Dublin in 1920.... We set ourselves a task to find the memorial. It took four minutes surprisingly..

Go to the General Post Office, GPO site of the 1916 Easter Uprising and directly across the street is a walking mall. About 2 blocks up the mall it will turn back into a street with traffic, this is Talbot street, 300 ft on your right will be #94 .. the memorial is up on the wall about 20 ft off the ground above the door. It looks to have been there since its placement in 1937...

Hill of Ward Cemetery

I still havent found the GGrand parents, Jacks parents, but we did manage to locate their parents and their parents all buried in one site at the Hill of the Ward, near Athboy.

The grave is illegible but for a few words, the inscription was verified by using a rubbing taken around 1900's and records I have found and verified through the Meath County Heritage Society, I will publish what the stone says later, for us kids these are GG, and GGG grandparents to the early 1700's , all Cassidys. I also now have the GPS coordinates for this site , so anyone else can use these to avoid the long search this always takes to find...

Trim Castle

Trim the capital of Meath, is 13Kn from athboy, and site of a famous Norman castle, Trim Castle, Recognized by some as the location for most of the movie Braveheart. The north wall was the seige of York, the opposite wall the execution in London, and the Keep was Henry Longshanks Castle, The window where anne is standing was were the princes "friend" was thrown out of ,in the movie...

Newgrange and Knowth

Also nearby is the ancient buriel / ceremony mounds of Newgrange, Dowth and Knowth, known as the three Sisters. These were built 6000 years ago and already 2000 years old when the pyramids were started. Their use is unknown , except for some funerary ritual, but they are wonderfully preserved and have been rebuilt to what the acheologists believe is their original form., Each is well over an acre in size .. Note the stone carvings, these are the where some original Irish spirals designs were inspired, most have been copied from these carvings..

While standing in line I ran into Morris Richman, Kathleen Donohoe-Richman's husband, a friend from Atlanta, Kathleens brother Liam also an acquaintance from the celtic festival in Atlanta was there as well. Kathleen and her family were visiting her mother in nearby Cavan County, number 8 on the list of people I know whom weve met along the way...

Hill of Tara

The ancient Site of the Celtic Kings of Ireland lies 15 Km from Athboy, it is easy to see why they chose it as the view from any side is spectacular. Here is the Kings Hall, the Hostage mound and the Lia Fial, the crying stone, used by the Irish Kings for coronation ceremonies. The other stone was take from this site and used by British Kings up to Elizabeth II in 1953, it was the coronation stone, under the throne at Westminster abbey, The Brits have since given it back to the Scots, and it resides in Edinburugh, Some want to know when the Scots will give it back to Ireland...

Down to Co. Meath and Athboy

Athboy is the birth place of Annes Father, The town is still intact, the photos include The Church, School house(the two story large building, and a photo of #6 bridge street, listed in the 1901 cemsus as home of Denis and Catherine Cassidy and 1 year old John Anthony... it is right next to newmans mill so it coincides whth rememberences of my Grandfather

Boa Island

Near Bellek is Boa Island on Lough Erne, It has some unigue pre cristian carvings in an old site later used as a cemetery from the 1700's, These are originals left in their place for near 1300 years + ...