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Post by doyle1876 on Oct 29, 2007 18:40:45 GMT -6
Wow, I've found Nirvana. I've been obsessed with the battle and its participants since I was a little boy. Of course living only 25 miles from Leighlinbridge, Myles Keogh has been my main focus of my LBH passion. My Dad took me to The Orchard to see Keogh's home place many years ago and the seed for learning about this remarkable man was sown. I look forward to reading this message board on a regular basis........
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Post by Diane Merkel on Oct 29, 2007 19:30:15 GMT -6
Welcome! We are glad you found us.
You'll find lots of fellow Keogh admirers here. Enjoy your time with us!
Diane
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Post by harpskiddie on Oct 29, 2007 22:15:20 GMT -6
Welcome, indeed!! As Diane mentioned, there any number of Keogh afficionados on these boards. You'll doubtless find at least one thread under Seventh Cavalry Members, and there are others spread throughout the boards.
Don't hesitate to post either questions or information you might have, that you think someone might find interesting. There is more to learn by joining in the discussions than be sitting quietly on the sidelines, and you can make use of the Personal Message feature to reach a particular member.
Gordie, in the lilt of Irish laughter, you can hear the angels sing..........................................
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Post by elisabeth on Oct 30, 2007 1:00:53 GMT -6
Yes, welcome many times over! Lovely to have another Keogh fan aboard. You've actually been inside Orchard? What's it like? And what did you see? (I've glimpsed the outside from the road, but that's all ...)
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Post by doyle1876 on Oct 30, 2007 2:39:23 GMT -6
Hi Elisabeth, Sorry for the misunderstanding. Unfortunately I have never been in the Keogh's home-place but like yourself viewed it from the road. I did think of calling to the door, saying hi, telling of my interest etc but reckoned that, as its not a museum and is still the home-place of the Keogh's, they may be weary of 'Keogh fans" doing the same over the years. I'll be driving past Leighlinbridge each day next week so if any other LBH fans would like to see what Keogh's hometown and house (from a distance!) now looks like I'd be happy to send on photos for posting on the site.
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Post by elisabeth on Oct 30, 2007 5:10:32 GMT -6
That's OK -- at least I can stop being envious now! Yes, I went through exactly the same thought-processes as you, and I think we were right ... Better to be tactful than not. (Unfortunately.) Nice-looking place, isn't it? It's very easy to imagine him having a happy, comfortable childhood there. Are you familiar with a website called Past Homes -- www.pasthomes.com -- which specialises in Irish townland maps? On there, with a bit of trial and error, you can get to see the house on an 1840s map. Quite a bit bigger than it looks from the road, and with a substantial garden behind it as well: possibly formal, from the map, but it may simply have been a very well-ordered kitchen garden. Fascinating to see, anyway. I'm sure there'll be a clamour for the photos. Great!
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Post by doyle1876 on Oct 30, 2007 18:42:02 GMT -6
Talk about coincidence - learned tonight that a relation of Keogh's, Cummins, is a customer of my Dad's (apparently has one of Keogh's swords). He'd be happy to meet me so I may yet get inside The Orchard. I'll keep you in touch. The expertise on this site is unbelievable and a little bit daunting......
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Post by elisabeth on Oct 31, 2007 1:07:09 GMT -6
That's fantastic news! Brilliant. Oh, if only you could ...
He'd be a descendant of Keogh's aunt Bridget, I think?
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Post by Melani on Nov 1, 2007 12:24:30 GMT -6
Hey, doyle and Elisabeth, is the "Soldiers and Chiefs" exhibit still at the Collins Barracks in Dublin? They have Keogh's sword, a Winchester that wasn't his, and what they described in the signage as his captain's commission, though a reading of the actual document through the glass showed it to be his American citizenship paper. (It would have been nice if they'd read it before producing the sign.) What I found especially fun in my own case was that I had come from California to see it (and other things as well, including Elisabeth!), and found that all the items were on loan from the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles!
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Post by "Hunk" Papa on Nov 1, 2007 12:30:36 GMT -6
Hi doyle1876, I have left you a personal message in connection with this thread. I hope that you will accept it in the spirit in which it was intended.
"Hunk" papa
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Post by elisabeth on Nov 1, 2007 12:51:24 GMT -6
Melani, from what I can see from the tourist office website, the end date is December 31st 2008. But that's no guarantee that some items (e.g. the Keogh items) mightn't be removed earlier. If doyle1876 or anyone else is in the happy position of being able to get along there, it might be wise to check first.
Did you ever raise the signage question with them? If you did, it would be appalling if they've left it unchanged. (Poor Keogh; it seems he's doomed forever to be misrepresented ...)
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Post by doyle1876 on Nov 1, 2007 13:45:48 GMT -6
Hi Melani & Elisabeth I was at the Soldiers & Chiefs exhibition a few months ago. It really is well worth seeing if you get to Dublin as it is jam packed with all things related to Irishmen fighting abroad and in Ireland. I got training in how to use a Springfield rifle and got to hold one.Although the end date is supposed to December 2008, I was told by a curator that it will go on indefinitely as a permanent exhibition. As regards the Keogh items, I was too chuffed to finally see some items "belonging" to him that I didn't scrutanise the adjoining posted details. I'm going up again in a few weeks and may bring the mistakes to a curator's notice. I'm sure the National Museum were only acting on information provided by the lending Gene Autry museum.
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Post by elisabeth on Nov 1, 2007 13:53:29 GMT -6
That's great news -- and I'm sure you're right about the wrong info coming from the Autry museum. They are a bit cavalier with some of their labelling.
Oh, I must get over to Dublin soon ...
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Post by Melani on Nov 1, 2007 14:48:34 GMT -6
Yes, the Gene Autry guys have made similar mistakes on their website. Makes one wonder...
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Post by harpskiddie on Nov 1, 2007 16:23:28 GMT -6
Elisabeth:
If they have a train that takes you across the seas to Ireland, you should see about having them run a service to New York City.
Gordie
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