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Message: [QUOTE="Inger Sheil, post: 45646, member: 139659"] If there's one person on earth who does not need tips on Irish newspaper contacts and archival research, it's Senan Molony (he [i]is[/i], after all, a senior correspondent for the largest newspaper in Ireland, as well as the one man who has done perhaps more work than any other in Irish newspaper archives). And there speaks the pot, having a word to the kettle. He did [ATTACH=full]7695[/ATTACH] Like just about everyone else who has spent time in Cobh, he thought the people there were wonderful, their hospitality unmatched. Even later that night in the [i]Mauretania[/i] pub, when Oz beat Ireland in the RU World Cup we were all watching on TV, the genuine warmth and cameraderie were unabated. I need to find the rest of my Cobh/Old Head photos. Welllllll...to be fair...I can understand why others don't all share my enthusiasm for building biceps by hauling out GRO index volumes, covering decades at a time. Or willingly submit themselves to the blinding headache that arises from an afternoon with the microfiche. But then, they'll never know that very particular thrill arising from finding a missing piece of the puzzle. [/QUOTE]