My great-great-grandfather, Michael O’Donnell was born in Ballybunion, County Kerry, Ireland and emigrated to Québec, Canada at the beginning of the great famine. His daughter, my great-auntie Mae returned to Ireland several times and shared slides of her journeys. We used to tease her since she never married and how a man holds her by the waist as she is lying on her back kissing the Blarney Stone. She would get a good chuckle out of that.
I would love to visit my roots one day and check out the castle ruins in County Kerry. Maybe I would be inspired to write a fairy tale or two.
A little bit about moi:
I am a mom, a nana, a sister, a woman, a friend, a human being…a youth counsellor, Family Life Educator.
I have been working in the helping profession for over 25 years and volunteered in various capacities from youths to seniors.
Tournesol is my nom de plume for haiku and other Japanese form poetry here at Tournesoldansunjardin https://cheryllynnroberts.wordpress.com I hope you enjoy reading through my daily waka.
I also have another blog "Stop the Stigma" where I may stand on my soapbox now and then and hope it will become a place to drop in and share or comment on issues important to you. In that vein this could be a great way to learn from each other.
http://stigmahursteveryone.wordpress.com
Namaste!
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6 thoughts on “Irish eyes are smiling (haibun)”
I would love to visit my ancestral home of Ireland one day! It must be beautiful!!
Yes, I must check with my family who have been several times to get the places to see and as many of us older people, visit the graves of our ancestors too
So true..many Irish came to Quebec because it was known to be predominantly Catholic. In those days not only French Canadians were oppressed, many Irish worked the same menial jobs, struggled with large families.
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I would love to visit my ancestral home of Ireland one day! It must be beautiful!!
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Yes, I must check with my family who have been several times to get the places to see and as many of us older people, visit the graves of our ancestors too
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Thanks for sharing an interesting bit of your heritage…those smiling emerald eyes!
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That would not be me (blue eyes) but my vision of an Irish lass but I think many behave like they kissed the Blarney Stone (chuckles)
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Wonderful! You have the Irish gift of the gab, and it is so interesting how some big steps our ancestors did changed our lives.
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So true..many Irish came to Quebec because it was known to be predominantly Catholic. In those days not only French Canadians were oppressed, many Irish worked the same menial jobs, struggled with large families.
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