Comments on: “True Irish Roots” Sweepstakes Winner Reports Back on their Trip of a Lifetime

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:23:04 +0000

WOW! Indeed, what a trip of a lifetime, TY for sharing it with us, via photos. EXCELLENT photography!

By: Anne Davison

Anne Davison — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:48:36 +0000

Ahhhh, Michael~~for those of us who had hoped to win this contest, many thanks for generously sharing your visit to the isle. Photos so beautifully capturing the magic your eyes saw~~ that I felt they were my own eyes, and I was there. And the music~~brought tears (we Irish are quick to tear up with emotion, aren’t we?) My only visit to meet family in Dublin & County Mayo was a glorious two months in 1973 just before my son was born back in the states; young & cavalier, we said “the only pictures we need are the ones we’ll carry in our hearts & mind’s eye”~~and so we have. But, I do wish now we’d had a camera! Your pastoral photos are brilliant with color and mood; and the one of Trinity’s Long Room is one of the finest photos I think I’ve ever seen. So, of all those who had a chance to win the trip, I’m glad it was you.

By: Richard McNamara

Richard McNamara — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:44:09 +0000

Thanks for the pictures of my g-g-grandparents homeland. I’m 80 years old and have never fulfilled my dream of taking a trip to Ireland. My relatives, supposedly, came from County Clare and Kilkenny. They lived in Crutt, Castelcomer, for a time. About 1840, She came to Canada, with her 17 kids, and finally settled down about the area of Toronto and places North to Penatanguishene, Ontario. Your pictures are making me think seriously of a trip to Ireland evan at my advanced age. Nice pictures.

By: Louis Aubry Teck

Louis Aubry Teck — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:08:36 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful trip through Ireland via awesome phography and soothing Irish music. I am a French-Canadian descendant of Tahg Cornelius O’Braonain who came to Canada in 1620. He died as Pierre Aubry in 1687 having changed his name after marrying a “King’s Daughter” Jeanne Chartier from Paris. I have 5500 of his descendants in Canada and the U.S.A. in my genealogical database.
My son Sylvain and I travelled to Ireland in 2005 in search of the birthplace of our ancestor and I think we found it in Castlecomer probably Dysart-On-The-Dilen,

By: Barbara Simmons

Barbara Simmons — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:13:42 +0000

Thank You for the truly wonderful pictures. I was born in England and did visit Ireland a couple of times as a young girl. Really brought back the memories for me. I didn’t think my roots included Ireland but ancestry.com has shown me connections otherwise many times over. Lovely!

By: SCWBCM

SCWBCM — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:39:05 +0000

I am so glad that they had this contest and shared the experience with us. I did not know I was of Irish descent until a few years ago and I have a lot of catching up to do.

By: RebeccaSue Daugherty

RebeccaSue Daugherty — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:35:32 +0000

The pictures are awesome and I am so
happy that you won just cannot get over
the pictures, makes you want to live there.
becky

By: Diane McShan Hofsommer

Diane McShan Hofsommer — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:08:18 +0000

Congratulations on winning the trip and sharing your beautiful photos. I was blessed to visit Ireland in 2010 and see the ancestral home of my my Great, Great Grandparents (Tretton, Finn). I fell in love with the villages and kindhearted people living in the Brandon Bay area of Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry – villages of Castlegregory, Camp, and especially Stradbally. My other Great Grandparents (O’Hare) were from Newry, County Down, near Belfast – your photos have inspired me to return. May you have many more travels to Ireland.

By: Anita Barfield

Anita Barfield — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:48:22 +0000

Your pictures are absolutely great! Would love to go to Ireland.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:36:36 +0000

Gorgeous! I went in the fall of 2006 for a two week tour and a piece of my heart will forever remain in Ireland. Friendliest people I EVER met and some of the most gorgeous scenery EVER…We came back with almost 1000 pictures!!! I cant wait to go back again someday…