tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post3725458551742007425..comments2024-03-28T14:38:09.470+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: Four brothers from Co Cork who made their name on the ground and in the air Patrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-32839711696696956522016-11-08T15:19:02.549+00:002016-11-08T15:19:02.549+00:00Dear Patrick,
I came by your Sunday posting on ...Dear Patrick,<br /><br />I came by your Sunday posting on Dunmanway by a circuitous route today after my wife and I returned from a visit to Arkady Monastery in Crete from where you had previously made a posting.<br /><br />We happened to be within a couple of feet of The Greek Preiudent being received by an eminent member of The Greek Orthodox Church on the commemoration marking the 150th anniversary of the Turkush siege of 1866.<br /><br />My wife is from Dunmanway. If you look over the back wall of her childhood home in Sackville Street, you can see Sam Maguire's plot in the graveyard of St. Patrick's Church. Her first cousin now lives in the house adjoining the Model School.<br /><br />I enjoyed the RAF connection as I am something of a warplane 'anorak'. On my return to Cork, I will making a Greek plane that I purchased in Athens. Along with an Irish Air Corps Gloster Gladiator that I also purchased. A retired dentist in Macroom recently died and he was in a bomber crew in WWII. Like the Beamish siblings, my wife and I are both dentists. <br /><br />My mother grew up in 36 Rathfarnham Park(I read your bio notes). I think I recall that the synagogue is now at the end of one of the adjoining roads. If you're still awake, let me thank you again for the posting. As I say to my wife about coincidences: 'my life is ravelling'. We might try that restaurant in Rethymnon tonight, it's very close to our hotel.<br /><br />Regards. <br /><br />Peter O'Brien(Cork).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com