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By Wayne F. Baldwin
Rappahannock News Writer
Early in 1999 I had been contacted via electronic mail by Mr. John Bradshaw of the Tipperary Clans.^Heritage Center, Tipperanr Town, Ireland. Mr. Bradshaw informed me of a Dwyer (O'Dwyer) Clan Rally which had been well attended by Dwyer kindred from around the world.
An invitation was extended for the upcoming rally to be held in September 2000. This rally to be held at Dundrum House Hotel, Dundrum, County Tipperary, Ireland.
So I announced this event at our own Dwyer family reunion in July of 1999. Cousin Annie Dwyer suggested we go, which had only been a vanishing thought to me. My courage and interest were both strengthened and financially I knew I could afford it. By March of 2000 airline tickets, car rental and reservations had been made.
Now the waiting! Sept. 27, the date of our departure seemed eons away. Finally arriving, all packing done, we were off for our 3:45 p.m. departure flight from Dulles, the first leg of our long journey.
We flew to Logan airport in Boston, Mass, for the Aer Lingus plane for Shannon, Ireland. Over Newfoundland our pilot announced it was 9 a.m. E.S.T. here and 2 a.m. in Shannon, whereupon we set our time pieces accordingly.
Landing in Shannon, County Claire, Ireland at 7:30 a.m. we got our rental car and headed to our first Bed and Breakfast, Ivory Lodge, to recover from jet lag. The Rally was scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so we had, having arrived on Thursday, some time before registering, etc. in Dundrum. Before leaving the terminal we exchanged some U.S. currency into Irish pounds.
Friday, en route from Newmarket-on-Fergus, we passed through the city of Limerick, over the River Shannon, the towns of Pallas Green, Oola, Tipperary Town,
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