Dia
Duit, Cairde (Good Day, Friends),
Before I get started, I would like to pay tribute
to a very dear friend and a wonderful person who
has passed on. This issue of our newsletter is
dedicated to the memory of Teresa Bohan of Lough
Rynn, Mohill,
Co. Leitrim, who passed away on Sunday, October
5th, after being unwell for about a year.
Teresa
was the
second person we met on our first trip to Mohill
in April 1998. We had stopped at a local restaurant
for breakfast and learned that the owner was
John Reynolds. As we sat talking to him about
Reynolds
genealogy, Teresa walked past on her way to
catch a ride to a football match in Carrick-On-Shannon.
Little did we know that, for many years, her
family
had been the caretakers of the Leitrim Estate
at Lough Rynn. John called out to her, introduced
us, and asked her if he could take us out to
the
Reynolds
castle ruins located on the estate property.
Teresa
was a very sweet and soft-spoken person who was
a friend to everyone. She was very well known
because of her years of involvement with the
G.A.A., the
Gaelic Athletic Association. Always happy
and
smiling, you would never hear her say an unkind
word about
anyone. Teresa will be sadly missed by all
who knew
her. Our sympathy goes out to her family,
especially to her son, Gerry Bohan, our dear
friend and
associate, and author of 'The Leitrim Connection'.
Teresa Bohan
Now
that we have finished all of our canning, it
is time to start cooking those hearty fall and
winter
recipes for soups, stews and casseroles. Included
at this time are Dublin
Coddle, Irish Shepherd's
Pie and Guinness
Stout Chicken. I
have also added some Halloween
cupcakes to make
for your children's pleasure.
I
found the cutest book of amazing cupcake decorating
ideas for any
occasion, which is called 'Hello,
Cupcake!'.
I will occasionally include
some of
these clever designs for upcoming holiday treats.
I have written an article about the history
of Irish whiskey, including the most famous
and enduring
companies in the Irish Republic - Jameson's,
Power's and Roe's, as well as Northern Ireland's
Bushmill's
Whiskey.
We have received some interesting submissions since
our last newsletter. One was from Peter Heaney of
Lough Rynn. We learned that his grandmother's maiden
name was Margaret Reynolds. We were very excited
to hear that news because one of Terry's great aunts
had that name, and maybe she is the same person.
We
also heard from Ronan Gallagher, a local film
maker from Lough Errew in Rynn. He had just released
a documentary on John McGahern called 'Three
Days In Summer'.
The film
is about the life of one of Ireland's most famous
authors of recent times, who was known both nationally
and internationally, especially for his beautiful
descriptions of Ireland.
The
film was made in association with the University
of Ireland, Galway.
Ronan's 'Three
Days In Summer' is also going to be screened
during the Clones Film Festival at the Courthouse
in Clones,
Co. Monaghan, Northern Ireland, as part of
an evening with an Irish literature theme.
Two
other
films in
the show will be 'Nead an Dreoilín
/ The Wren's Nest' and 'Blood Relations'
the documentary
on Pat
McCabe as recently shown on RTE. The screening
will take place in the Courthouse on Thursday
23rd October
Bank Holiday weekend 2008 at 8 pm. The Clones
Film Festival is
Ireland's fastest growing film festival,
and is being held this year over the October
Bank
Holiday from
October 22nd through 26th. For more information
please click on the link above.
LittleShamrocks.com
has reached another important milestone, being
that we now have over 200 pages
of content on our web site. Our most popular searched
page is Irish
Cakes and Frostings, with Irish
Cookies running a close second and Irish
Appetizers in third place. There has
also been a lot of interest
in the articles I
wrote over the summer.
It is very exciting to see that our visitors come
from almost one hundred countries around the world
(which varies slightly from month to month), so
we are still having excellent results with our high
traffic ranking. I hope you will enjoy the new
recipes
and the other new items on LittleShamrocks.com.
Until next time...
Sláinte!
Tyna
