The lilies of peace on September 10th, 2013

I took this picture of the lilly the other day in our back yard as a symbol of peace.  Apparetly something is happening as Russia has asked Syria to destop its chemical weapons and put it under the control of the United Natons.
Obama will talk to the United States thisevening about this complete change of policy. Since the United States wants to strike because o the issue of chamical weapons that has killed so many people on August 21st, 2013,
So we will have to wait to find out the outcome of the talk tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern time. on September10th, 2013.

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Welcome To Knockninny Parish

Welcome to the parish of Knockninny.  Knockninny parish has two churchs St Ninnidh’s Derrylin and St Mary’s Temore.  The parish gets its name of the the 6th century saint Ninidh.
St. Ninnidh is regarded as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. He is associated with shores of Lough Erne and particularly the island of Inishmacsaint and the parish ofKnockninny (derived from the Irish: Cnoc Ninnidh, meaning The Hill of Ninnidh).
Ninnidh was born in County Donegal, a grandson ofLaoghaire, the High King of Ireland. He was educated underSt. Finian at Clonard. In 530 AD Ninnidh held a 40-day fast on Knockninny Hill, during the period of Lent.
When dying, St. Brigid was attended to by Ninnidh, who afterwards became known as “Ninnidh of the clean hand” because he supposedly had his right hand encased with a metal covering to prevent it being defiled after administering the last rites to Ireland’s patroness.
St. Ninnidh’s feast day is the 18th of January. St. Ninnidh’s well is situated at Knockninny Quay on the shores of Upper Lough Erne and is reputed to have curative properties for eye ailments. In William Henry‘s Upper Lough Erne in 1739 the well was described as a chief curiosity, “being a plentiful foundation of pure water, having a clearance and coolness scarce to be met with. It was at that time a popular spot for boatspeople to retire to for their entertainments for which and around it are arranged benches of sod and over it a shade of aquatic trees”.
St. Ninnidh’s bell, traditionally presented to Ninnidh by St. Senach of Derrybrusk, was kept in Knockninny parish in the 17th century. It was at Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh until 1877, when it was sold at auction to Robert Day of Cork (who sketched the drawing to right). When Day’s collection was sold in 1913, this bell was not part of the sale. Although for some time it was identified with a bell in the National Museum of Edinburgh (probably St. Ninian’s Bell, formerly from the collection of John Bell), the location of St. Ninnidh’s Bell is presently unknown.

Parish Contacts

V. Rev. Fintan McKiernan PP
Parochial House
56 Main Street
Derrylin
Co. Fermanagh
BT92 9LA

Phone:028 677 48315

E.mail: derrylin@kilmorediocese.ie 

Mass Times

Mass Times Derrylin

Weekdays: Monday – Friday 10.00am
Saturday Vigil Mass: 8.00pm
Sunday: 11.15am
Holy Day: (Vigil) 8.00pm

Holy Day: 10.00am

 

Mass Times Teemore

 

Wednesday: 8.00pm

Friday: 8.00pm

Sunday: 9.45am
Holy Day: 8.00pm

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The young lady from County Fermanagh. Ireland

The Irish lady at the Irish monument in Boston at Washington and Milk streets. Actually in front of Borders Book store that does not exist any more.
Mom is wearing her summer clothes, white shoes,white pocket book, white necklace as well as a nice Summer dress. She always looked ver nice and took pride on how she would be dress.
You have seen a picture of her as a young girl at the age of 16 on the ship going to Boston from Liverpool England.
The oldest child and daughter of the Jackson Family. A farm girl from Coragh, County Fermanagh, Ireland. She would be the oldest of 13 children.
The sarifice that her parents made to send her to America which was thanks toher uncle, the step brother of her Father Patrick Jackson. Who was living in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The education of our Mother was limited  because she was helping her Father on the farm and also her Mother who had other children, Margaret, Bernard etc.
But her education in being a strong person in her Catholic Faith was cultivated by her parents. In the evening they would say the rosary together and afterwards she would have a cup of tea. Her Father would wake her up to join them in prayer. Mom was very close to her Father and enjoyed helping him on the farm and the hard work of gathering potatoes etc.
This was her life, her brothers and sisters were very important to her. And alwas even living in the United States. Even though she wanted to become a religious Sister probably due to her Mother having a brother who was a Catholic Bishop in County Cavan.  But God had other plans for her to become our Mother.  Having her own children, Joanne, Maureen, Everett, Bernardine and of course me.  Each one of us were very important to her.  Her own children and her own family.. Dad sent her back to Ireland to see her Mother and fanily members. And also went to Newfoundland to see her sister Sadie.  And then with me to London to see her sister Maggie and also Elizabeth and Kathleen.
Our Mother was shy put her emphasis and concern in life was her Family. And as the family grew and seeing her grandchildren brought more joy to her and of course to our Father.
As i mentioned she had limited education due to her responsibilities in her early childhood. But she would sit with us her children and  learn a lot more through us. And she would encourage us to study and if we did well she would treat us to ice cream at the end of the school year in erly June..

Dolphin

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Dolphin

  

The sur name of Dolphin

Where did the Irish Dolphin family come from? Where did the various branches of the family go to?
The surname is derived from the old Norse personal names Dufanan Dolgfinnr. Many Scandinavian personal names were left in the British Isles as a legacy of the Viking raids which plagued the coastal regions of Brit fro the 8th to the 10th centuries  and many of these eventually became surnames in Gaelic, the name was Dolfin.
It was found during an investigation of the origins of the name Dolphin that Church officials and medieval scribes often spelled the name as it sounded. For this reason that their are many spelling variations. Dolphin has existed in various shades, Dolphin, Dolfin, Dalphin, Daulphin, Daulphine, Dolphine, Dolfine and many more.
In the 1840's, Ireland experience  a mass exodus to North America de to the Great Potato Famine. These families wanted to escape hunger and disease.
Richard Dolphin settled in Virginia in 1618.
Christopher Dolphin  who arrived  in Maryland in 1657.
More research would have to be done on the name of John Francis Dolphin in Massachusetts. It would be very interesting to know our early history of the  Dolphin family

Dolphin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Dolphin (disambiguation).

Dolphin Temporal range: 10–0Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Miocene – Recent
A bottlenose dolphin breaching in the bow wave of a boat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cetacea
Family:	Delphinidae

Dolphins are marine mammals closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from 1.2 m (4 ft) and 40 kg (90 lb) (Maui's dolphin), up to 9.5 m (30 ft) and 10 tonnes (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons) (the orca or killer whale). They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, eating mostly fish and squid. The familyDelphinidae is the largest in the Cetacean order, and evolved relatively recently, about ten million years ago, during the Miocene. Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals, and their often friendly appearance, an artifact of the "smile" of their mouthline, and seemingly playful attitude have made them very popular in human culture.

"You Dolphins and all water creatures bless the Lord

Canticle Daniel 3:57-88, 56
Let all creatures praise the Lord
All you servants of the Lord, sing praise to him (Revelation 19:5).
I place my “I love you”, “I adore and worship you”, I become part of each
of these prayers in all I do with my Three powers of Intellect, Memory and
Will. Lord, gather together all who have prayed your Praises in Time and
multiply these in the Divine Will for your Glory.(rl)
Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord.
Praise and exalt him above all forever.
Angels of the Lord, bless the Lord.
You heavens, bless the Lord,
All you waters above the heavens, bless the Lord.
All you hosts of the Lord, bless the Lord.
Sun and moon, bless the Lord.
Stars of heaven, bless the Lord.
Every shower and dew, bless the Lord.
All you winds, bless the Lord.
Fire and heat, bless the Lord.
Cold and chill, bless the Lord.
Dew and rain, bless the Lord.
Frost and chill, bless the Lord.
Ice and snow, bless the Lord.
Nights and days, bless the Lord.
Light and darkness, bless the Lord.
Lightings and clouds, bless the Lord.
Let the earth bless the Lord.
Praise and exalt him above all forever.
Mountains and hills, bless the Lord.
Everything growing from the earth, bless the Lord.
You springs, bless the Lord.
Seas and rivers, bless the Lord.
You dolphins and all water creatures, bless the Lord.
All you birds of the air, bless the Lord.
All you beasts, wild and tame, bless the Lord.
You sons of men, bless the Lord.
O Israel, bless the Lord.
Praise and exalt him above all forever.
Priests of the Lord, bless the Lord.
Servants of the Lord, bless the Lord.
Spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord.
Holy men of humble heart, bless the Lord.
Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, bless the Lord.
Praise and exalt him above all forever.
Let us bless the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Let us praise and exalt him above all for ever.
Blessed are you, Lord, in the firmament of heaven.
Praiseworthy and glorious and exalted above all for ever.
Ant. To you, Lord, be highest glory and praise for ever, alleluia.

This is my favorite reading because all nature blesses the Lord and our family name is included.
I have only a couple of times in my life have seen Dolphins in the ocean waters. But they are so beautiful to see and fr this reason I am thinking of this creation by God.