Eire

Eire is Gaelic or Irish for Ireland.

Ancestral Names

Well judging from names of Irish relatives, the Irish side of my existence is probably a mixture of old Irish/Norse and Lowland Scots who settled in Ulster in 17th century Protestant plantations.

  1. Caskey: Northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ascaidh, a patronymic from a personal name of Norse origin. Mac Ascaidh means 'son of Ascadh', a Gaelic pet form of the Old Norse personal nam Asketill. Found in Counties Derry and Tyrone. Caskey can also be Scottish. See Ancestry.com
  2. Fulton: Scottish name from a place in Roxburghshire, Lowland Scotland on the south-east border with England: from the Old English fugol `bird' + tu-n `enclosure', `settlement'.
  3. Jeffers: English and associated with counties Cork, Clare and Dublin and in Ulster. But, of course, Jeffery came from the Isle of Wight in my case.
  4. Morell: Well it is English, but maybe originally French or even Catalan!
  5. Nimmocks or Nimocks: Nothing, and I've no idea.
  6. Tannahill: Scottish from Tannahill in Ayrshire: western Lowland county on the Firth of Clyde.
Sites

  1. Irish Identity Names, Irish words and so much more.
  2. PD Photo.org Stock images from all over including Eire. The images are declared public domain: this is a great boon.

Images

  1. dante_virgil_hell Dante & Virgil in Hell.

    Two old Irishmen if I ever saw the like.

  2. ../../astro/eire/patrick_day2.gif Patrick's Day.

  3. Eire 1982 Eire 1982.

    Credit: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (public domain). Download site Perry-Casta~neda Library Map Collection. An excellent site for public domain maps.

  4. Dublin: Four Courts (constructed 1786--1796) and the river Liffey.

    Credit: PD Photo.org A free public domain photodatabase; Download site: Dublin, Four Courts.

  5. Ben bulben near Sligo, County Sligo.

    This is on the northwest coast area.

    Yeats died in France in 1939 (on the Riveria), but was reburied to accord with his poem in Drumcliff churchyard.

    Credit: PD Photo.org A free public domain photodatabase; Download site: Sligo, Ben Bulben.

  6. Hore Abbey near Cashel.

    This is in the south in County Tipperary.

    Credit: PD Photo.org A free public domain photodatabase; Download site: Cashel, Hore Abbey.

  7. A celtic cross at the Rock of Cashel.

    This is in the south in County Tipperary.

    Credit: PD Photo.org A free public domain photodatabase; Download site: Cashel, Rock of Cashel, celtic cross.

  8. PD Photo.org Stock images from all over including Eire. The images are declared public domain: this is a great boon.

    1. Newgrange A prehistoric tomb mound with some interesting astronomical alignments I believe. Mid-east Eire???.
    2. Carving at Newgrange.
    3. A Guinness Oh once and awhile for change, but I find them too heavy usually.
    4. Stream through Ardara County Donegal, northwest Eire.
    5. Street scene in Ardara County Donegal, northwest Eire.
    6. Fishing boats at Killybegs No idea where that is.
    7. Strandhill, Eire I've no idea where. There are beautiful beaches on the north coast of Eire: the water is like ice.
    8. Rainbow over Knocknara Near Strandhill wherever that is. Knock means hill and in Knockmult.