Kathleen Wilsbach and Emil Volcheck of the 3000 block of Guilford just returned from a wonderful vacation in Ireland. They were accompanied by Kathleen's 85 year old mother, Isabel, who lives in Havertown, PA. The visited the towns in County Cavan where Isabel's parents were born and grew up before emigrating to Philadelphia in the early 1900's. Her parents met and then married in Philadelphia where they raised 10 children. The next part of the trip was visiting Mary, the daughter of Isabel's Uncle Tom. She lives on the beautiful West Coast in the town of Fenit which is associated with Saint Brendan, who discovered America before Columbus (so claim the Irish). Mary was full of stories about family, growing up on a farm in Cavan, and running a B&B in Fenit for many years. We saw 6 rainbows but the leprachauns are feeling the recession so unfortunately, no pot of gold. -Kathleen
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Dawna Cobb <dawnac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all: I have to write my Village Chat column this weekend so if you have > any good news to share about yourself or a neighbor please let me know. If > something positive is happening on your block or if you are looking for > neighborhood support for something, let me know that, too. > > Thanks so much, Dawna Cobb > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/