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McMenamin (and variants of the name) Web Sites Noel and Barbara
(McMenamin) Fitzgerald of Melbourne Australia, found over 1260 McMenamin
ancestors and relatives of their family, which originated with James and
Nancy McMenamin of Carrickalangan in the 1850's. In 1999 the
Fitzgeralds published the results in a book and on a CD-ROM, some of which
may still be available. In 1998 they arranged and hosted a wonderful
gathering of McMenamins, attended by over 300, at Kilmacrennan, just north
of Letterkenny in Co. Donegal. They have arranged for another
McMenamin reunion over the weekend of July 19-20, 2003 and say that
"anyone interested in attending would be most welcome." The main event
will take place at 'The Lagoon" hotel, Kilmacrennan on Sunday, July 20th.
As of April 15th, 2003, plans for the reunion are firmly GO!
If you are planning to attend, please let them know as it would help them in
their final arrangements. You can also ask them to send you details on
how you can get the most out of discussing McMenamin family genealogy with
that many McMenamins! You can contact
them at noelf@vicnet.net.au . Mac Meanmain Clan Pedigree at http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Fountain/9153/ by Ted McMenomy. It traces the clan and its migrations from the clan's "father" Meanmach, in the 10th century, to the present day. A wealth of historical information! Queenscastle is a wonderful site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6587 , beautiful, info-packed, interactive. Includes general genealogical pages and links, a McMenamin section, Irish and Donegal links, and more. The McMenemy Genealogical Web is a fine new site at http://www.mcmenemy.org . Andy's goal is to collect and share as much as possible about the McMenemy (and variants) clan and name. Many links to McM home pages and even a picture of an unfortunate McMenemy buried in Boot Hill Cemetery! While http://members.aol.com/lochlan/clanmac.htm is primarily a Clan McLaughlin Society site, it has an interesting section on the evolution of the Mac Menamen/MacMeanman sept from the O'Donnell clan as well as a large amount of material on Ulster, Irish clans and families, and an extensive list of Irish links. In 1999 a few of us, Andy McMenemy and Ted McMenomy as prime movers, started a mailing list on RootsWeb to discuss the origin, development and evolution of the McMenamin clan and name. Many McMenamins (and all other flavors of the name) from all over the world have since joined. Our discussions (and sometimes vigorous debates!) have resulted in a large and interesting collection of information on the history of the McM's. We "listers" also welcome and respond to queries on individual searches for McM ancestors. To join, simply send an e-mail message to MCMENEMY-L-request@rootsweb.com with only the word SUBSCRIBE as the subject and also in the body of the message. When your membership is confirmed, you will begin to receive all messages sent by other members and can post messages to MCMENEMY-L@rootsweb.com which will be received by all of them. You will be also able to look at the files of all messages previously posted by going to http://archiver.rootsweb.com/MCMENEMY-L and entering your username and password. You can preview our exchanges even before subscribing by going to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl . Join us - the more the merrier! Genealogy Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet - over 41,550 links, categorized and cross-referenced, in over 100 categories. Includes "how-to's." An outstanding site at http://www.CyndisList.com . Queenscastle is a wonderful site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6587 , beautiful, info-packed, interactive. Includes general genealogical pages and links, a McMenamin section, Irish and Donegal links, and more. "Donegal Ancestry" is a non-profit (but for a fee) genealogical search organization near Letterkenny in Donegal. I've used them a lot. Contact them at donances@indigo.ie and see their web site at http://indigo.ie/~donances . Donegal Website and Genealogy Resources at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal offers some history, some information on researching family trees in Donegal and some on-line resources such as Griffith's Valuation. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild at http://istg.rootsweb.com lists thousands of ships passenger lists by country of departure and date of departure. You can find people with your surname in the U.S., and sometimes Canada, on the Internet. Four I use often are: "AT&T" at http://www.att.net/find , "Big Yellow" at http://www.bigyellow.com , "Switchboard" at http://www.switchboard.com , and "Yahoo" at http://dir.yahoo.com . On most, just enter the surname, without first names or addresses, and you'll get all the people of that name in the country. DonFam's 'Data Index, The Ultimate Irish People Locator,' offers access to and downloading of 320,000 records from as far back as 1603. They say their 'Data Index' "would be benificial almost exclusively to those people who are researching their ancestors who have come from or did live in County Donegal," but that other areas are covered including the western part of Northern Ireland. There is an annual fee of $20 (or its equivalent) for access to the 'Data Index.' Visit http://10.cyberhost.net/donfam/index.html for more information. I have no experience with them as yet but am subscribing and will pass along to you what I learn. Ireland Cllr. Terence Slowey of the Donegal County Council sent details on the Ardara Festivals for 2003. They began with 'The St. Patrick's Weekend Walking Festival' in March. Still to come: 'An Cuppan Tae', 2-5 May; and the 'Céile Dance Festival',24-27 October. The heritage town of Ardara is in the Gaeltacht in South West Donegal., an area rich in folklore and archaeology, home of hand-woven tweed and knitwear. For the keen angler , facilities for lake, river and sea fishing are readily available." You can get brochures and further information from him at sloweyt@eircom.net , or from mccrossanp@eircom.net or dhaughey@eircom.net . Want a virtual visit to the Finn Valley, home of McMenamins for eight centuries? Go to http://www.finnvalley.ie and spend hours "touring" the Glenfin. Lilian Douglas says, "I'm trying to publicize/promote all aspects of life in the Finn Valley...the history, places, people etc." The site also covers sights to see, activities, businesses, family names and shields, local legends, maps, and there are many photos. This site is a "must see!" Donegal On The Net at http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/gen.html has a deceptively large compilation of Donegal information: history, travel facts, lists of townlands, and links to family web sites. Donegal County Council's web site is at http://www.donegal.ie . In addition to county plans and programs, county information and history, tourism, business incentives etc., it has a summary of the resources and services available at the Donegal County Library at Letterkenny. The library is one of the finest sources for research in history and genealogy specific to Donegal. Donegal.net at http://www.donegal.net is "working toward having homepages for all the towns in Donegal." One example is Letterkenny's home page at http://www.donegal.net/letterkenny . The parent site and the city homepages cover sports, tourism, business/commerce, education and personal items. There are discussion groups (you can add yours) , some of which cover genealogical searches, and you can add your site to the site directory. Books "Irish Books and Media" in Minneapolis, MN, has a fine collection of books on very literate and historical subjects. They are a pleasure to do business with and can be reached by phone at (800) 229-3505 or (212) 871-3505 or at IRISHBOOK@aol.com . They have a web site at http://www.irishbook.com . Anne McMenamin, editor, reporter and photographer for the "Finn Valley Voice," a Donegal Glenfin biweekly newspaper, published a book in 2000 titled, "When we were Young." It is a wonderful collection of interviews and photographs of twenty-one older Donegal Glenfin natives and one American and is now in it's second printing. "Irish Books and Media," (see above), included it in their Summer 2001 catalogue. "The Irish Bookshop" in New York City had many good books on Ireland, the Irish in America, and genealogy, as well as good, detailed maps of Ireland and Northern Ireland. BUT, they have gone out of business {:-( ] I asked them to let me know if they start up again and if they do, I'll post it here. If any of you know of other good sources of "Irish" books, please pass it along for this page. Irish Newspapers The Irish Times, http://www.irish-times.com ,published in Dublin, conservative but balanced. The Irish Independent, http://www.independent.ie , published in Dublin, liberal and exuberant. The Belfast Telegraph, http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk , good reporting on Northern Ireland issues. The Irish News, http://www.irishnews.com , published in Belfast, "supports a united Ireland but is opposed to the use of violence for political ends." Local Ireland, http://www.local.ie , more magazine than newspaper, news, almanac, genealogy, audio/video, chart rooms and more - generally for Ireland and specifically for every county. Music Nothing to do with genealogy but at http://services.worldnet.net/~pybertra/ceol , "Ancient Music of Ireland," has a wonderful collection of tunes, many of which you can download. You can hear one of these on my, "In Conclusion..." page. Do any of you know of other good sites for authentic Irish music? Heraldry "Eddie Geoghagan's Web World" at http://homepage.tinet.ie/~eddiegeo/ has a fine section on "Coats of Arms from Around the World." Eddie has helped me understand the background and questions surrounding "our" coats of arms. "The Points of Heraldry" at http://www2.okstate.edu/people/wcross/Heraldry.html is a beautiful and very instructive page which explains "the basics of heraldic design and terminology." "A Beginners Guide to Heraldry" at http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/plaza/ran54/genher.htm is interesting and promises, "more to come." "Heraldry on the Internet" is a very extensive site at http://digiserve.com/heraldry/index.htm which even includes heraldic clipart so you can design coats of arms! "Heraldry Links" at http://www.panix.com/~wlinden/heraldry.shtml includes countless (really!) links to heraldic web sites. Do you know of any other good Irish links? Questions/Problems with Links/Comments: let me know at rjcollins1@earthlink.net |
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