INDEX to Blogs by Topic
As of today – August 17, 2016
– I have written 258 posts. Here they are grouped by topics:
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Silver Bowl Research Project Posts
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Reviews of Restaurants, Meals and Other Travel
Related Bits
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Just for Fun & Other Bits
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Book Reviews &/or Mentions Of Books
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Recipes &/or Food
Silver Bowl Research Project Posts (updated August 17, 2016)
Oct. 2010
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The Quest for the Silver Bowl. My very first post.
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First Day in London – this is a pretty lumpy post, not my best.
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Nov. 2010
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Two Versions – the contribution
of genealogy to scholarship.
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Research Update from Ireland
Mentions of Jacksons in Glengarriff & Carrigallen; Olivers & Huguenot roots.
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Research Work in Two Irelands
Just some practicalities for someone from Canada.
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The Blogging Beast The imperfection that is part of these
posts – like wearing pyjamas in public.
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Drogheda and a Perfect Day
– seeking the JACKSON Coat of Arms – to no avail. Drogheda City Hall
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Curses and Blessings The science of luck and Lucky Jackson.
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Chinese Food in Ireland Fan’s Chinese restaurant, on Dame Street in Dublin, is where Samuel
BROWNE, linen merchant carried out his trade in the mid 1800s, and where my
great grandfather – Thompson BROWNE son of Samuel – also resided. NOTE:
Fans is now closed.
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Too Much Food – Field Book includes mention of David
Jackson’s house in Leitrim in 1841
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The Picture of Dorian Gray – stories
of Clandeboye and BLACKWOODs. Meeting Lady Dufferin. Anne BLACKWOOD nee
JACKSON (1724-1814).
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Till It’s Gone – the story of
a missing gravestone at Creggan Graveyard. Mary Skuce’s transcription of
several JACKSONs who I have yet to learn more about.
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Dec. 2010
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Random Acts – Random Acts of
Genealogical Kindness – meeting Dawn at the Deeds Registry.
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Blogs and research Mary Cumiskey & Jackson research;
Tullyvallen, Creggan, NOTE: I had misplaced hopes for finishing the book
in 2011 – dream on!
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Jan. 2011
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A Mysterious Dundalk Cousin J.W. JACKSON aka John W. JACKSON of
Castletown, near Manchester.
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No Success Like Failure Exploring likely links between JACKSONs of
Creggan Parish, Co. Armagh & JACKSONs of Co. Wicklow and Co. Wexford.
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The Voice of Patrick Flynn Mary Cumiskey’s story of the Creggan
Charter School, and my 5th g-grandfather George JACKSON. Patrick
FLYNN was a student who spoke out about the appalling conditions, and was
helped.
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Feb. 2011
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TJ and the Story of his Statue Sculptor Mario RAGGI, the story was
trashed in WWII, and found again
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In Defence of Not Knowing – links
to 19th C Hong Kong photos. Dr. Janet Davison Rowley quote
about observational research.
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Choosing Rooster Scratches instead of
County Louth Photos of
Cavananore
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Organic Gardening Advice from 1802
– old practices, new soil. Reference to
Killynure smoked hams.
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1898 Avast the Mast – photos of Irish in 19th C Hong
Kong – including a woman who shinnied up the mast of a ship in full skirts.
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Mar. 2011
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Memory is Like Water Personal memory – and a meditation on how
this connects to the political.
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Memory is Like Water Part 2 – Memory and a re-evaluation of key
historic incidents in Ireland
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One Good Deed Deserves .... Work in Deeds Registry
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Apr. 2011
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Tip of the Iceberg How inscriptions don’t always tell the
truth. Thoughts on TOLLEMARCHE connection;
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Sometimes a Picture: The Dares of Yokohama. George Mildmay DARE
& Annie Dorothea Caroline EARNSHAW; Also, my father as
Poo-Bah in The Mikado.
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May 2011
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A Walk in the Rain. This jumps from present to past and is a
meditation on community – then and now A meditation on time and place.
Mentions of Urker.
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Stories From the Graves. Adelaide Fingal Smith
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My Web Feet – Quack Quack. This is about how research and connections
work – thanks to the Internet. Stories
of tracking down the Silver Bowls.
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Knock Knock – Who’s There. On the power of sharing research – as well
as some guidelines.
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Facts and Theories. Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness aka
RAOGK. JACKSONs of Co. Down, Meath,
Monaghan and America. John HENRY of Broomfield & JACKSONs of Lisnaboe.
Also mention of Quaker JACKSONs.
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Nature, Nurture and Family. Image of double helix; epigenetics
anecdotes; personality theory
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Reading Irish History. The importance of perspective. “Je me souviens”; Charles Foran “The Last
House of Ulster”; Ascendancy to Oblivion by Michael McConville;
Governor KENNEDY of Hong Kong & Co. Down;
Anglo-Irishman, Arthur Wellesley, is better known as the Duke of
Wellington, the defeater of Napoleon
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Jun. 2011
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Ngaio Marsh Links to the DARE
family of Yokohama, Singapore & Hong Kong.
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Being and Irish Tourist & Meeting
Turtle Bunbury. Mention of
pubs.
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Tales of the Elusive Julius – Part One. His connection to the DAREs of Yokohama: Near this place lyeth interr’d the
Body of Capt. William Julus [Julius] late Commander of His Ma. Ship the Colchester who departed this life
ye 3d of Oct. 1698 Aged 33 years
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Tales of the Elusive Julius – Part Two.
Louisa Caroline JULIUS’s marriage
proposal from Horatio NELSON. She subsequently married Phocian DARE.
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Have trod, have trod ... Disappointments in research. – also stories connected to deeds from Wendy
Jack and Nigel Dickie.
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Jul. 2011
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The Jackson “Connexion”. Jacksons of Lisnaboe; stories of Henry
JACKSON of Pill Lane, Dublin; connection to Arthur HALEY of Roots;
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Crests and Coats of Arms – 1st in a small
series The sheldrakes in
JACKSON trees; my experience with Mission City designing of heraldic arms in
the 1980s.
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The Red Hand of Ulster – 2nd in
a small series O’Neills,
Jacksons, sheldrakes, the story of the red hand as told by Derek Lundy.
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The Sheldrake and other elements – 3rd
in a small series. Mention
of Jacksons of Ahenesk, Ballyboy, Doncaster, Duddington, and Glanbeg.
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Aug. 2011
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Lorna Goodison This is not only about the poetry and
memoir written by Lorna Goodison, but also about Howe Peter BROWNE of Ireland
and Jamaica.
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Carolan's Farewell, a novel by Charles Foran based on the life
of harpist Turlogh O’Carolan, one of the last premodern harp composers.
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How the Irish Saved Civilization
by
Thomas Cahill Doubleday, New York. My
book review
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Sept 2011
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Pete of the Glorious Berkshires
A tribute to my mentor on townland
research.
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Talk at Armagh & District History
Group An ad for a speech I
gave.
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Oct 2011
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Strongbow & Deeds My visit to his tomb & the link to
JACKSON deeds. John
JACKSON of Athy, Co. Kildare, Gent … lands of Currageen cont 630 acres,
Barony of Kilkea and Moon, Co. Kildare… lives of said John JACKSON &
Sarah his wife & George DEACON of Athy, Gent… rent of 283 pounds 10
shillings to be paid at Strongbows
tomb in Christ Church Dublin….
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Nov 2011
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Thomas JACKSON Kildare farm - some
detective work Sir Thomas
JACKSON (1841-1915) seems to have had a farm in Co. Kildare. Story of Patrick
LYNCH.
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Original Jackson – exploring his links to Irish JACKSONs.
NOTE: Three sheldrakes on his grave marker. This Original
Jackson lived at Godmanchester,
Cambridgeshire not far from the JACKSONs of Duddington. There seems to be a 2nd
Original Jackson: St. Nicholas's Church, Whitehaven:
April 9, 1787, Isabella Jackson, wife of Original Jackson, buried.
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Island Hall in Godmanchester –As I mentioned in my previous post,
Island Hall was built by Original Jackson for his son, John.
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JACKSONs and the Samuel Pepys connection
References to the marriage of John Jackson and
Paulina Pepys – sister of Samuel - in Pepys’ diary
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Dec 2011
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Thomas and Samuel Jackson - Pewterers of
London – exploring their
relationships with Ireland. Pewterer Thomas Jackson (1600-1680) & Thomas’s
only known surviving son, Samuel (1634-1716) Family tree of the Jacksons from
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Berkshire and London.
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Henry Jackson of Dublin - a 1690 will
Henry Jackson of St. Peters Parish Dublin; mention
of Lodowick JACKSON.
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Goldsmiths, Jacksons, London, Ireland
& some ongoing mysteries – starting
with Alexander Jackson who advanced money to finance Cromwell’s war, and was
allocated property in the South-East corner of the Barony of Navan, Co.
Meath. He was also granted land in the Barony of Morgallion. The townland of
Lisnaboe – where the Jacksons of Monaghan and United Irishmen fame came from
- is in the Barony of Kells, County Meath. These three baronies adjoin each other.
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Jan 2012
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A couple of "Unchurched Olivers"
– William OLIVER of Killynure, Co.
Armagh, and Mary Anne MALLON
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Irregular Marriages – what I learned from a news article about
the controversy & the part of Rev. Daniel Gunn BROWN[E]
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Feb 2012
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Nepotism: Yea or Nay. This is
in part a book review of Citizens
of The World: London Merchants and the Integration of the British Atlantic
community 1735-1785.
David Hancock, and partly a look at Sir Thomas Jackson of Armagh’s hiring
practices at HSBC in the mid to late 1800s.
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Inching towards Kildare. This page links to at least a hundred
pages of original compilations of research that I have recently done.
Includes Quaker JACKSONs, a photo of a Stone House in Monasterven. The
lands of Athgarvan and Kennagh are wo of the townlands that these Kildare Jacksons
were supposedly granted for services under William III.
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Apr 2012
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Jacksons of Grange, Kings Co, Ireland.
These JACKSONs did not stay in one
place – sightings of them range from adjacent counties to America. Mentions
of Robert Jackson, Henry Jackson (Co. Wicklow), Thomas Jackson, Drechet,
Quakers, Nicholas Jackson of Kilbank, Seawaite, Lancashire,
England, Birr Castle, Birr aka Parsonstown, Arthur Tenison Groves research,
Seirkieran, & Edenderry in Kings co,, .
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Imagining a Parish and its People.
Creggan Parish, Co. Armagh. Photo of
Jackson & Johnston enclosures
at Creggan graveyard; Ursula LeGuin quote;
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May 2012
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Cavananore – unearthing the tale.
Cavananore, a townland of some 219 acres in Co.
Louth, was occupied at least as early as the late 1600s by a Presbyterian
family named Coulter. They were supposedly awarded the land for their valour
at the Battle of the Boyne on the side of King William.
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Jul 2012
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Handsome James Jackson of Drogheda.
I stumbled upon a description of John Jackson, son
of Alderman Jackson of Drogheda in The Dublin Scuffle. It was printed in 1699, and written by John Dunton, an eccentric
bookseller and even more eccentric writer.
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Jul 2012
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Research bits on Handsome James Jackson.
The earliest known ancestor of handsome James
Jackson was Richard Jackson of Drogheda (carpenter, sheriff and merchant) a
man who seems to have been quite successful. His son, another Richard
Jackson, became an Alderman of Drogheda and was also a successful merchant ...
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Sept 2012
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Francesca aka Frances Bertha Marion
“Daisy” Sexton. If you were to see Mrs. Noble in 1890, just after
the birth of her youngest child and presiding as President of the Ladies
Recreation Club of Hong Kong, you would think that the world was her oyster.
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Sept 2012
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George Edward Noble. At
the peak of his bank career, he was Chief Manager of HSBC.
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Oct 2012
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The Irish Governors of Hong Kong.
At least eight Irishmen became Governors of Hong
Kong in the 19th and early 20th Century. Other
governors married Irish women or had other such connections.
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Nov 2012
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Sir Robert Ho Tung (1862-1956) Ho
Tung was one of Sir
Thomas Jackson’s cherished friends.
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Nov 2012
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Shameless Self Promotion #1. Sir Thomas Jackson and The Bank: Not your
average banker.
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Nov 2012
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Crowd Sourcing and the Dares. A
quick flypast describing Amelia’s brothers and brother-in-laws, with a focus
on their inter-connected business involvements.
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Nov 2012
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Shameless Self Promotion #2. The
next speaker at the Royal Asiatic Society is an unusual choice. She failed
history in High School, and then steered clear of all such courses at
university.
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Dec 2012
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500 Words. I
received several emails from people who were unable to attend my talk at the
Royal Asiatic Society in Hong Kong in November, so I promised to publish
parts of it in future blogs. This is the first installment.
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Flibbertigibbet. A round-about intro to a 1902 description
of a banquet in Hong Kong.
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Jan 2013
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Hong Kong & Ireland: Two British
Colonies. An excerpt from a speech delivered to the Hong Kong
branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in November 2012.
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A Hong Kong Embroidery 1902. A
1902 news account described the attempted presentation of this embroidered scroll to Thomas
Jackson in Hong Kong at a banquet
celebrating his life in the Colony.
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Feb 2013
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The Land League Hut at Shortstone. I
first saw this picture in the study of Willie Tracey, an elderly farmer who
lives and farms at Shortstone, Co. Louth. Includes the
murder of Samuel COULTER in 1849 & the care of Widow Wiseman by his sons.
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Apr 2013
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Jacksons of Drogheda & Creggan.
JACKSONs in St. Peter’s of Drogheda
Parish Register in late 1600s.
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Last Day in Ireland – This Time.
Description of working in Deeds
Registry and such.
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May 2013
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Jacksons of Co. Cavan. Exploring links between JACKSONs of
Kildare and the northern counties of Ireland; finding a counterfeit dollar;
“The Jackson
family of Kildare were related to most of the big Quaker
families. ...... Armagh ; at Lisna- garvey or Lisburn ; at Belturbet
in Co. Cavan ; at Grange ...”;
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The Dog That Didn’t Bark. Research examining some of the supposed
origins of the Irish Quaker JACKSONs, and possible links with JACKSONs of
Coleraine; quote about how broke Rev. Richard JACKSON was; quote from Edmond
T. Bewley;. NOTE: Names have since been added and updated in family tree.
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Jun 2013
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Woof - Part One. Following up on the family of Richard
JACKSON (1595-1680) of Westmorland. Link to Jackson Hall, Kirby Lonsdale, now
known as The Royal Hotel,
Photo of Jackson Hall aka Manor House in Coleraine;
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Geekdom Fascinating bits found in Deeds such as the legal arrangements
made between Thomas and Mary Jackson, and John Halpin - a comb maker, because
the Jackson's marriage had come asunder in a time before divorce was an
option. Me & Nick Reddan in Dublin.
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Jul 2013
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Stones Can Talk - Part I. Some Jacksons in Dublin memorials
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Stones Can Talk – Part II. More transcriptions of grave stones.
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Sep 2013
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Email Serendipity. The tombstone of Anne Day Woodville
in Bekegem, Belgium. She was the widow of Sir George Jackson (1776-1840), her
second husband. Sir George was born in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry and later
also lived at Forkhill, Co. Armagh. In later life he lived and died in
Belgium.
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Nov 2013
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The Tale of a Townland. A primer on how to learn much from maps
using the townland of Urcher aka Urker as an example.
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Dec 2013
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Urker Lodge. Archival photos compared with contemporary
photos and maps.
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Jan 2014
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Urker and Sir Thomas Jackson. Linking fairy tales and features which can
be found in the landscape of South Armagh.
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Creggan on the Peak. Sir Thomas JACKSON of Creggan parish in
south Armagh built a home in Hong Kong that he named Creggan.
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Feb 2014
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Thomas Jackson and the Overland Route.
The experience of travelling from
England to Hong Kong before the opening of the Suez canal.
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Margaret McMillan. When I was reading her book The War the
Ended Peace, it got me thinking about Prince Henry and his visits with the
Jacksons in Hong Kong in the 1890s.
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Mar 2014
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The Sizzle of Connections. A story about the links between the SCOTTs
of Singapore and Sir Walter SCOTT and William Ramsay SCOTT, brother-in-law to
Sir Thomas JACKSON.
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Whitworth Allen and Anna Maria Dare.
Anna Maria DARE was a sister to Sir
Thomas Jackson’s wife, Amelia Lydia DARE.
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May 2014
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The Dummy Clock. Finding the clock at Crossmaglen
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Cabra Castle and Jacksons. Madeline Eglantine Jackson was born about 1816. George
Vaughan JACKSON was a 1st cousin of Madeline. Note the three eagles heads in
the JACKSON part of the crest - upper left segment. At present I cannot rule
out that the original member of the Co. Mayo line of JACKSONs was not Francis JACKSON (1632-
bef 1680), son of Rev. Richard JACKSON and Dorothy OTWAY. Three birds, which
are included in the arms of the descendants of Rev. Richard & Dorothy,
are a common motif in all sorts of Jackson
Crests.
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May 2014
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My Oxstead Visit where I meet the irrepressible Eileen
Johnston and learn of a letter from 1875.
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May 2014
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An 1875 letter from Slieveroe –
the return after a honeymoon of Margaret
JACKSON and Dr. Robert Hamilton REID – wild festivities.
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May 2014
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Photos of people mentioned in the 1875
letter. Margaret JACKSON;
Mary MENARY; Robert REID; Annie REID; Miss ROBINSON; Mrs. MAGEE; Annie
GILBERT; Mrs. BEATTIE, Sarah McCULLAGH, Sarah JACKSON, Thompson & Bessie
BROWNE; John JACKSON.
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Jun 2014
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Brittas and the Belted Galloway.
The story of Capt. Bligh & Brittas
Estate and our visit there.
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Jun 2014
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The JACKSONs of Rathe. Meeting Brian GARVEY a farmer at Rathe; Rathe
had been leased by Henry Jackson of Lisnaboe and his son Thomas Jackson, and
was likely owned by the family for several decades before this. These
Jacksons are related to the Jacksons of Ballybay in Co. Monaghan, and are
also likely related to another line of Jacksons who lived at Ballyreagan, Co.
Down; photo of Rath House; Maps of Rath; Lisnaboe.
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Jun 2014
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Possible Treasures. The 1765 Innes-Jackson will. Mention of
niece Mrs. M’LOUGHLIN; The John BALL who is mentioned in the will as having
given a watch to Jane Innes was the same John Ball who held the lease to
Urker, where the ancestors of Thomas Jackson lived.
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Stint at SOAS Library in London
– The Addis Collection. Archives
of Charles Stewart Addis; letters by Amelia JACKSON; excerpts.
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Jul 2014
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Early Jacksons of Co. Down. Exploring connections between JACKSONs of
Lisburn, also Ballyreagan, Co. Down & Lisnaboe.
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Aug 2014
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David Jackson in Yokohama. Murder on the Bluff – the murder of Mr. Walter
Raymond Hallowell CAREW - includes clues
about the JACKSONs; maps included, as well as info on the love interest of
Mrs. Carew, the murderer: Henry (aka Harry) Vansittart Dickinson, an
accountant with HSBC.
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Aug 2014
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Location of Creggan in Hong Kong.
This is the house built by Sir Thomas
JACKSON (1841-1915) in the late 1870. I have created several maps with
descriptions. Photo of fellow researchers, Annelise Connell, and David Bellis
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Aug 2014
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First Houses on the Peak in Hong Kong.
Some history and photographs to give
context.
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Aug 2014
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Lombard Street & London Bankers.
Starting with 16th C. goldsmiths named JACKSON. Pasqua
Rosee’s Head, the place where London’s first coffee shop opened in 1652.
Later in the 1600s, the goldsmith John Jackson plied his trade nearby, using
the emblem of an angel as his mark. 31 Lombard St. was also the street where
HSBC’s London office was housed until it moved to #9 Gracechurch Street. A
bit about The Banker’s Church, and mention of family who died in WWI. TJ’s
funeral at All Hallowes. In the early 1700s, the firm of Knight and Jackson
operated under the Unicorn on Lombard Street. SEE: A Handbook
of London Bankers. SEE: The
London Goldsmiths. By the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1936 by Sir
Charles Jackson. See also English
Goldsmiths and their Marks, C.J. Jackson, 1905. Also London
Vol 4 ed. Charles Knight page
17ff. for a history of London Banking.Place to eat: Qian Long on 46
Gresham Street
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2014 Sept
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Psychics and the Boltons. Details about Captain
Charles James Bolton whose first wife was Louisa Caroline Dare., a sister
of Amelia Lydia Dare (wife of Sir Thomas Jackson). Death of their son,
Charles James BOLTON. The account was from Bolton’s second wife,
Julia Mitchell, in the Journal
of the Ontario Society for Psychical Research. Volume XVI, 1913. Pages
3-6.
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2014 Sept
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Discovering Captain Bolton. Happy Valley graveyard in Hong Kong &
meeting up again with Paul Harrison. Lots of research on BOLTONS and ships,
and deaths of children.
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Oct 2014
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Two 19th Century Catholic
Chapels in Creggan. The
memory of Old Rose. When she was blind, TJ would take her down Monag Road
every Sunday so she could hear the church bells. Maps showing Moybane and
Monag chapels.
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Oct 2014
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Old Rose and her Blessing. She was the old nurse of TJ. Research undertaken to unearth her
identity.
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Oct 2014
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The Walls and Floors of Urker. Includes an ad to rent in 1829; photos of
Peter Rogers; thoughts on mortar; Pidgeon House; lots of photos of walls and
construction.
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Oct 2014
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Nov 2014
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Crowd Sourcing – First of Five.
This is the first section of a draft version of one
of the chapters for my upcoming book The Silver Bowl.
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Nov 2014
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Crowd Sourcing – 2nd of Five.
Henry John Temple aka 3rd Lord Palmerston
was 18 years old when his father died. Having inherited an Irish peerage, he
was able to start his career near the top of the military ladder.
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Nov 2014
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Crowd Sourcing – 3rd of Five.
Sir Hugh Gough
(1779-1869)
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Crowd Sourcing – 4th of Five.
Sir Henry Kellett, also an Irishman, and a naval
officer serving on the HMS Sulphur under Belcher’s command, was amongst that
first crew that hoisted the flag at Possession Point on Monday, January 25th,
1841.
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Nov 2014
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Crowd Sourcing – 5th of Five.
It wasn’t until 1842, at the conclusion of the First
Opium War and a year after the flag had been raised at Possession Point, that
Henry Pottinger from Co. Down, as the Queen’s representative, dictated the
terms of the Treaty of Nanking to the Chinese after their military defeat. A
year earlier, aged fifty-two, he had been appointed Envoy and Plenipotentiary
to China by Lord Palmerston.
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Mar 2015
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The Jacksons of Steeple. In
the mid-1700s, the Jacksons of Steeple were connected to the Jacksons of the
townlands of adjacent Holwell, as well as to the Jacksons of nearby Loonburn.
There may also be a link to the JACKSONs of Coleraine. I have included maps
and sources.
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Apr 2015
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The Failure of the Tipperary Bank.
Saturday February 17, 1856, John Sadleir, knowing
his bank was failing, committed suicide. Also, this piece mentions Wilson
KENNEDY, the Regium Donum, and how the failure affected him. Also mention of
Thomas Jackson and Daniel Gunn BROWNE,
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Apr 2015
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Kirkby Lonsdale and the Royal Hotel.
My bedroom at the Royal Hotel overlooks the Market
Square. It used to be part of the gardens attached to a building that was
known as Jackson Hall before it was sold and turned into the Rose and Crown. This was the
property of Rev. Richard JACKSON (1602-1681). He bequeathed it to his eldest
son, William JACKSON (1628-1688) of Coleraine.
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Apr 2015
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Timeline of JACKSONs re: Steeple.
This page includes mention of JACKSONs
of Steeple, Antrim, Holywell, and Loonburn.
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Apr 2015
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Jacksons of Steeple – Family Tree.
There is also likely a connection to
the JACKSONs of Tobermore. NOTE: Extract from "Mackenzie's Memorials of the
Siege of Derry"; Introduction by W. D. Killen, D.D. (1861) Sarah [Born: 1 Oct 1698, Magherafelt, Ireland], the
third daughter of Captain Ash by his second marriage, became the wife of Mr.
John Jackson, by whom she had three sons, William, Hugh, and Luke.
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Apr 2015
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Richard Jackson (1602-1681) of
Westmorland. The family
tree of the known descendants of
Rev. Richard JACKSON of Kirkby Lonsdale and his two wives: Dorothy OTWAY
& Jane CARTER. With these two wives, he sired twenty living children,
many of whom made a significant impact on Ireland from the mid-1600s onwards.
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May 2015
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Aghavilly
– Birthplace of Sir Thomas Jackson. There
are lots of maps and charts here. NOTE: It is not impossible that David Jackson may have
inherited this land from Thomas McCullagh, land which had been previously
deeded to Alexander Wilson. On the other hand: Mind the gap.
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Apr 2015
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Tullyvallen
and My Quest for Jacksons. Lots of
maps and charts. Starting with Thos Ball to the use of Daniel & Sarah Jackson
in 1668 – then a jump to 1864 & Anne JACKSON.
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Apr 2015
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Johnstons
of Woodvale. There are multiple
links to the Jacksons of Urker. Includes a family tree which I updated
February 17, 2016.
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Apr 2015
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Jacksons
of Tullyvallen. – update May 2015.
This line of inquiry might get us closer to either
establishing or disproving the link with both the Jacksons of Coleraine as
well as a possible link to the Richard Jackson who established the Forkhill
Trust in the late 1700s – as well as the JACKSONs of Steeple (Dunaghy needs checking out). Includes 1823 map.
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Apr 2015
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Mitchelburne
and Jackson connections. Col. John
MITCHELBURNE married Susanna Beresford, the widow of William JACKSON &
Richard MITCHELBURNE, his brother, who married a Mary JACKSON.
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Apr 2015
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The
Twenty Children of Rev. Richard JACKSON. Rev. Richard JACKSON of Kirkby
Lonsdale, Westmorland sired fifteen children with his first wife, Dorothy
OTWAY (1605-1645), and then he sired five more with his 2nd wife,
Jane CARTER. These sons and daughters, and their descendants, had a
significant impact on the next four centuries in Ireland. One of their sons,
William, owned leases for land that covered much of Coleraine in the mid-1600s,
while son Samuel had dozens of leases in Dublin, Monaghan, Meath and Cavan.
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Apr 2015
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Family
Crests and Jacksons. My personal experience in contributing to
a coat of Arms in Mission, BC. Sir Thomas Jackson, and the sheldrakes.
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Apr 2015
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Oral
History – Jacksons and Fairy Rings. JACKSON’S FORT The rampart of the ring of this
earthwork has been levelled into the trench all the way round with the result
that the ring sits several feet high above the surrounding fields. It is now
(1931) in use as an orchard. Mr. Allen, the present owner of the farm states
that his family settled in the adjoining townland of Ternacreevy in 1616. His
mother was a Miss Jackson daughter
of the former owner & the Jackson’s
held the farm “from the days of Cromwell”.
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Apr 2015
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Clay
Pigeons. Exploring connections
between Sir Thomas JACKSON’s sheldrakes, Anne BATES Ashby de la Zouche wife
of Richard JACKSON & three shovellers; Richard JACKSON of Forkhill’s
shovellers. Photos of crests.
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Apr 2015
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The
Irish Referendum & Dorothy Jackson. The frequent invisibility of gay people in family histories. One
remarkable thing about how Dorothy Jackson lived her life was that she was a
lesbian living openly with her partner Dorothy Fitch at Barony House (or
cottage), Glengarriff, Co. Cork . Also, Dorothy Jackson’s relationship with
Phyllis Keys, and her connections to the Bloomsbury group.
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June 2015
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More
Letters found at Gilford. Letters
from Thomas JACKSON in the early 1860s. Descriptions of his trip and arrival
at Hong Kong. His Aunt Barbara DONALDSON, Dr King & the Elgin settlement
in Ontario, and the bequest by her daughter (which likely funded Thomas’
education at Morgan’s School in Dublin).
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June 2015
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Occam’s
Razor or KISS. Trying to suss out
the place where Sir Thomas Jackson had a farm in Co. Kildare. Maps of
townlands where some Jacksons owned land in Kildare. His farm manager Patrick
Lynch of Kildare. In the 1690s, Jacksons were at Athgravan
and Blackrath, in the parish of Greatconnell, lost that land, and then
settled at Narraghmore. Jacksons of Athy.
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July 2015
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Amelia
Lydia Dare and Countess Dysart – fact or fiction. As
a royalist, active throughout the Cromwellian years, Elizabeth Murray even
went so far as to meet socially with Oliver Cromwell, initially to camouflage
her subversive activities, but later as an act of genuine friendship. Unravelling the mystery of the secret marriage of
William TOLLEMACHE; the story of William Ball WRIGHT;
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Aug 2015
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Amelia
Dare & her Cape Town connections. Her grandfather, William
Tollemache Parke (1790-1852), had been an innkeeper at India House on
Rotherhithe Street, in his early thirties. This was near the docks in
south-east London. Then Amelia’s grandmother opened what would become the
world-famous Parke’s Hotel in Cape Town – it was featured in recommendations
from as far away as Bombay
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Oct 2015
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Iceberg
Writing and Silly Boy Pictures. In the meantime, here are some
photo montages created in the late 1800s in Yokohama and/or Hong Kong. They
include several of the Irish lads that I have been writing about.
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Oct 2015
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Intro
to the Silver Bowl. One spring day, young
Tommy was out a-walking with Mr. Malever. Down a lane, it was, back of the
church. They chanced upon a Gypsy. She stopped them on the path. “Would you
be after having your fortune told?” Malever laughed and reached into his
pocket. He crossed her palm with a coin. She pocketed the coin, took the palm
of young Tommy into her hand, and studied it carefully. Then she took the
hand of Malever and as she held it palm upwards, the look on her face
darkened. She shook her head and said, “One of you will be known all over the
world and one of you will meet a dastardly death.”
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Nov 2015
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Presbyterian
& Catholic Olivers of Armagh. Document
from Eliza OLIVER from 1800s, maps of Olivers going back to 1664.
Farmacaffley, Ballnahonebeg, Brootally, Ballycrummy, Killynure, etc. Sale of
OLIVER estate,
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Nov 2015
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Kane
Graveyard – Some History. Tales of the fairies; the story of The Stump;
the COULTERs;
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Dec 2015
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Anniversary
of Sir Thomas Jackson’s Death. Photos of Urker; Marketplace photo; the
story of Old Rose; Rev Daniel Gunn BROWNE; racial and religious tolerance;
charity; his grave at Stanstead.
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April 2016
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Aren’t
you done yet? Mentions of Sir Thomas JACKSON’s farm in Co. Kildare;
shovellers on JACKSON crest; Richard JACKSON of Westmorland; son William
JACKSON of Coleraine & Samuel JACKSON of Dublin; John JACKSON – Oliver
Cromwell’s treasurer; coin used by Sir George JACKSON.
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My
Bags are packed. Blessington Park.
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May 2016
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2016
version of OLIVERS of Armagh. Sir Thomas Jackson (the focus of my
research) and I both descend from a William Oliver who held a lease and
farmed at Ennislare in Co. Armagh - at least as early as the 1700s. Oral
history has it that our ancestors were Huguenots from the South of France. A
map of Ballymoran and images of other documents are included.
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Lace
from Crossmaglen. The story of Susan DONALDSON.
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July 2016
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Killynure
– the Life of a House. Historic photos and links, and the story of our
family’s connection.
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The
Quaigh of rev. Daniel Gunn Brown. Two branches of Rev. Daniel Gunn Brown’s family both originated from
Scotland, but they also had previous ancestral connections to Antrim. The
name Kirkpatrick aka Kilpatrick translates as: church of Patrick. This
has more resonance than one might think. Comparison of language of activist
Presbyterian ministers with that of Karl Marx.
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Reviews of Restaurants, Meals and Other Travel Related Bits (updated
August 20, 2014)
Needs updating!
Oct. 2010
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Leaving Vancouver Includes references to Bill Reid & The
Spirit of Haida Gwai.
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Nov. 2010
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Research Work in Two Irelands A bit of travel advice for newbies.
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Nov. 2010
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Drogheda & a Perfect Day Seeking the family crest of Thomas Jackson
– to no avail,
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Nov. 2010
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Beauty & Three Hotels – Fairmount
Pacific Rim in Vancouver, Granville Island Hotel in Vancouver, Fleet Street
Hotel in Dublin.
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Nov. 2010
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Chinese Food in Ireland – Jimmy
Chung’s, and Fansin Dublin
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Nov. 2010
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Too Much Food – Dublin
Restaurants - Fafie’s, and Diwali’s in Dublin.
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Nov. 2010
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The Picture of Dorian Gray – A performance at Anaverna House, Ravensdale, Co. Louth
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Nov. 2010
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Humped Pelican Crossing Quite possibly my most inane posting.
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Dec. 2010
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Travelling Kicks & Kisses –
mentions of O2; Derby Trains; KLM Boarding; McDonalds in London
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Jan. 2011
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Joy on a Saturday Morning – What
Happens When in New York
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Feb. 2011
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Kinga’s 64th – links
to Vij’s in Vancouver
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Jul 2011
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Norma Kenny House. A restaurant in Mission, BC, Canada
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Aug 2011
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Sushi Bar 5517. For me, the whole point of eating out is to find a
meal that not only delights me but is also something I wouldn’t readily toss
together for myself.
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Sept 2011
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Trashing a Hotel – Praising a Hotel.
My adventures at the Fleet Street Hotel in Dublin.
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Oct 2011
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Heart, Mind, Body, and Concrete.
While sick, enjoying the pleasures of The Granville Hotel.
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Quasimodo Then and Now.
Recalling a long ago trip in the month of my eldest daughter’s birthday.
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Jun 2012
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Still Life at Beauvoisin #1. A bit of an account of a
holiday.
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June 2012
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Saintes Maries de la Mer. A bare bones, paper-plate outdoor café named La
Cabane aux Coquilles had been recommended to us, and we all agreed that it
exceeded our expectations of excellence.
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Jul 2012
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A
Dozen Snaps of France. I have winnowed the usual indecent pile of holiday
snaps down to a dozen. I am hoping that it will be sort of like Goldilocks
and the Three Bears - not too much (aka hot), and not too little
aka cold).
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July 2012
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Two
Orphan Snaps from France. OK, so I already did my holiday flypast, but I
really have to pick the brains of my readers: What do you do with a fish
like this? How do you cook it?
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Nov 2012
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It takes a Village. Some notes
from Hong Kong
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Feb 2013
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Mar 2013
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Home Away from Home – staying
at the Fleet Street Hotel.
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Kilcullin and the Camphill Movement
– my visit in Co. Kildare.
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Fairylands B&B – just
outside Armagh City.
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May 2014
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A Ritual Post – Easter Sunday
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Jun 2014
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Just for Fun & Other Bits (updated August 20, 2014) Needs updating!
Jan. 2011
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Roberts Creek New Year’s Day
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Jan. 2011
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Jan. 2011
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Feb. 2011
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Mar. 2011
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Deep Down, We’re Shallow My annual Oscar night inanity.
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May 2011
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A Walk in the Rain. A meditation on time and place.
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Jun. 2011
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Where Angels Fear to Tread. On my challenges with designing &
making a web site for my husband.
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June 30th. A summing up of some of the month’s events
– with photos.
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Jul. 2011
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Lacuna This is more about my book club than it is about Kingsolver’s
excellent book.
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Jul. 2011
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Chaster Creek Farm My brother’s organic farm in Gibsons.
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Jul. 2011
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Brown Brother’s Blues Three of my brothers perform with members
of a band from 30 years ago.
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Sept 2011
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Pat Tutton. The death of a much cherished aunt.
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Rimsky. My youngest daughter’s cat – RIP.
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Nov 2011
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Gratitude is a Salad. Reflections on Thanksgiving.
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Jan 2012
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Blame Housekeeping. This is sort of an end-of-year wrap, which
is late, of course.
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Apr 2012
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Farm for sale. This is my brother Struan’s farm in
Gibson’s BC
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May 2012
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That`s the Way the Cookie Crumbles.
There are some phrases that I totally dislike
hearing. Always have. Ever since I was a child, the phrase that earned its
rightful place near the top of my personal cringe list was: That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
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Aug 2012
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Life and Death and Art. Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written
Arts.
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Oct 2012
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Olena of Brooks Brothers. My escapades in clothes shopping.
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Dec 2012
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Our Christmas Traditions.
Advent wreath, crèche, and recorder playing.
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Aug 2013
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Summer Blogs – cooking at
Cohousing.
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Sep 2013
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The Gathering of the Tribe.
Pierre Berton and the tradition of caring for writers through cooking.
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What I did on my Summer Vacation – Take
Two – the dragon oven at my brother Struan’s farm.
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Summer’s End. My brothers
playing music outdoors in downtown Gibsons.
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Oct 2013
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Tante Gertraut. RIP
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Mar 2014
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Aug 2014
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Feeding Writers – our 2014
Diner.
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Book Reviews &/or Mentions of Books (updated August 20, 2014)
Needs updating!
Nov. 2010
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The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Mention of The Picture of Dorian Gray – mention of Caroline
Blackwood’s Dangerous Muse.
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Dec. 2010
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Book Club Foodies – mention of
DeNiro’s Game by Rawi Hage
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Jan. 2011
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The Voice of Patrick Flynn –
Mary Cumiskey’s books also include: The Famine in Creggan Parish and Creggan
Charter School 1737-1811
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Feb. 2011
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Organic Gardening Advice from 1802
This includes references to: Rural
Recreations or the Gardener’s Instructor and The
Vegetable Garden by M.M. Vilmorin-Andrieux
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Feb. 2011
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Kinga’s 64th -
mentions of Vij’s At Home: Relax, Honey and Vij’s Elegant &
Inspired Indian Cuisine.
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Mar. 2011
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Memory is Like Water Part 2 -
Josephine Tey, Daughter of Time and Fergus Whelan , Dissent into
Treason: Unitarians, King Killers and the Society of United Irishmen
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Mar. 2011
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Politics and Belonging - the
writings of Michael Ignatieff
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Apr.
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Curiosity & Other Creatures
– two books: Joan Thomas’ Curiosity
and Tracy Chevalier Remarkable
Creatures.
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Jun. 2011
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Jul. 2011
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The Red Hand of Ulster – 2nd in
a small series Refers to and
quotes from Derek Lundy’s The Bloody Red Hand.
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Jul. 2011
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Carolan’s Farewell. Charles
Foran’s Book reviewed – alongside the harp music of Máire Ní Chathasaigh.
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Jul. 2011
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Lacuna. This is more about the
food we ate while discussing the book.
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Aug. 2011
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Lorna Goodison This is a riff on her book about her
family in Jamaica, and its connection to the BROWNEs of Westport, Co. Mayo.
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How the Irish Saved Civilization.
Thomas Cahill’s history.
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Nov 2011
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Ill Fares the Land. Tony Judt –
historian and essayist.
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Apr 2012
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Civil Society and Empire by
James Livesay. The book addresses how
civil society was developed in part because of the need for more tools
for managing the British Empire. England was forced to wrestle with what to
do with the issue of governing Ireland, while Ireland had to deal with
England’s powers over them.
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Jun 2012
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Still Life at Beauvoisin #2. I
review Bring up the Bodies by
Hilary Mantel and Eric Enno
Tamm’s: The Horse that Leaps Through
Clouds.
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Nov 2013
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In my Pocket – especially for Kinga.
Stories from Vancouver Literary Fest – brief book reviews.
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Feb 2014
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Margaret McMillan. When I was
reading her book The War the Ended
Peace, it got me thinking about Prince Henry and his visits with the
Jacksons in Hong Kong in the 1890s.
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Recipes &/or Food (updated August 20, 2014) Needs
updating!
Dec. 2010
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Book Club Foodies – incl. Recipe for Dukkah Mix
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Feb. 2011
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Feb. 2011
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Mar. 2011
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Mar. 2011
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Mar. 2011
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Mar. 2011
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Apr. 2011
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Singapore Sling – a drink that connects to the story of the
DARE family in Singapore.
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May 2011
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Jun. 2011
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The Staff of Life. My adventures with bread.
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Jul. 2011
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Aug 2011
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Summer Meal. I
can’t cook for all my friends, especially since they live all over the world,
I can at least share recipes and pictures.
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Aug 2011
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Aug 2011
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Apr 2012
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Monday`s Bread. This particular batch was a mix of spelt
and kamut.
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June 2012
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Still Life at Beauvoisin. A simple meal with fresh produce.
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Oct 2012
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The Full Oddie. My own special Martini recipe with
Cranberries.
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Jan 2013
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My Accidental Vegan Veggie Pie.
I am calling it accidental, because I am not a vegan
and when I started in on this recipe I was mostly guided by significant doses
of guess and by golly
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Jan 2013
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Adapted Caesar Salad – but first the
story. Pierre Berton and his cookbook.
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Aug 2013
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Fruit Fly
Flan – a silly name for a sensible solution.
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Feb 2013
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Sharon’s
dumbed-down Boeuf Bourguignon. A scene in Julie and Julia makes
Boeuf Bourguignon recipe look as if it were a major undertaking. It is
actually a snap.
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Sep 2013
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Dec 2013
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Jul 2014
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Canada Day Duck – with
Port-Cherry Sauce.
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Aug 2014
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