38 Wednesday June 7, 2017 NEWS THE MONARO POST, YOUR LOCALLY OWNED NEWSPAPER The Monaro Post plays a unique & valuable role in our local communities of the Snowy Monaro Region. With all the latest news, sporting results, rural news, and a great advertising environment for businesses. www.monaropost.com.au Cooma: 59 Vale St • Bombala: 138 Maybe St • Jindabyne: Clock Tower Office Ph: 6452 0313 NEWSPAPERS ARE THE No.1 SOURCE OF LOCAL INFORMATION A Princess in Enniscorthy Castle As part of a cultural exchange, Jennifer Wood (nee Prendergast) presented a gift from the Snowy Monaro Council to the Chairman of Wexford County Council, Paddy Kavanagh, in Enniscorthy, Ireland on Tuesday 30 May. “Every girl dreams of being a Princess in a Castle,” commented Jennifer as she watched the tables being laid, the flowers being arranged, the food being plated up and people running to and fro to ensure that everything was ready for her High Tea to take place in Enniscorthy Castle last week. Following her very successful visit to Ireland in 2015 in the quest to find Prendergast ancestors, Jennifer decided to continue her research by travelling back to Ireland in May this year. She needed to conduct further research to help answer the inevitable series of questions that had arisen since her quest began. As part of her thank you to the people of Enniscorthy for the warm ‘Welcome Home’ they bestowed back in 2015, Jennifer exchanged a beautiful book featuring the Snowy Monaro region and a warm letter addressed to Paddy Kavanagh from Dean Lynch, Administrator of the Snowy Monaro shire, who on short notice, met with Jennifer on her recent visit to Cooma. In front of her guests at the High Tea, Jennifer delivered a conference paper on ‘The Quest to find Prendergast Ancestry’ that detailed all the work and hours she has spent over the last three years researching her Australian Prendergast family and her Irish Prendergast family (with 30 variant spellings of the Prendergast surname) both in Australia and Ireland. Enniscorthy Castle is situated in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland and was built by Jennifer’s ancestors, the Prendergast’s in 1190, who went on to live there for 300 years. After an attack to the castle in the 15th century, the castle was burnt down in 1569. The current castle was originally built in the 16th century, was used as a prison during the 1798 Rebellion and now houses the Wexford County Museum. “As we sipped tea from the dainty china cups, the banter flowed and everyone from Enniscorthy was interested in hearing what had happened to John Prendergast, Irish Rebel, transported for his involvement in the 1798 rebellion. I was able to tell them his story and played a video that my husband, Barry, had made for the event. It brought his story to life and his family’s once he arrived in Australia,” says Jennifer. You can read more on Jennifer’s quest to find the Prendergast family, on her blog https:// familiesofireland.com Pictured: Jennifer Wood (nee Prendergast) presenting a gift to Paddy Kavanagh, Chairman of Wexford Country Council in Ireland last week. www.monaropost.com.au www mon SUBSCRIBE NOW! VISIT OUR WEBSITE NOW AND SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE NOW! READ THE MONARO POST ONLINE KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LOCAL NEWS, SPORT, CLASSIFIEDS AND MORE ON YOUR COMPUTER, TABLET OR SMARTPHONE

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38 Wednesday June 7, 2017 NEWS

THE MONARO POST, YOUR LOCALLY OWNED NEWSPAPER

The Monaro Post plays a unique & valuable role in our local communities of the Snowy Monaro Region.

With all the latest news, sporting results, rural news, and a great advertising environment for businesses.

www.monaropost.com.auCooma: 59 Vale St • Bombala: 138 Maybe St • Jindabyne: Clock Tower Office

Ph: 6452 0313

NEWSPAPERS ARE THE No.1 SOURCE OF LOCAL INFORMATION

A Princess in Enniscorthy CastleAs part of a cultural exchange, Jennifer Wood (nee Prendergast) presented a gift from the Snowy Monaro Council to the Chairman of Wexford County Council, Paddy Kavanagh, in Enniscorthy, Ireland on Tuesday 30 May.

“Every girl dreams of being a Princess in a Castle,” commented Jennifer as she watched the tables being laid, the flowers being arranged, the food being plated up and people running to and fro to ensure that everything was ready for her High Tea to take place in Enniscorthy Castle last week.

Following her very successful visit to Ireland in 2015 in the quest to find Prendergast ancestors, Jennifer decided to continue her research by travelling back to Ireland in May this year. She needed to conduct further research to help answer the inevitable series of questions that had arisen since her quest began.

As part of her thank you to the people of Enniscorthy for the warm ‘Welcome Home’ they bestowed back in 2015, Jennifer exchanged a beautiful book featuring the Snowy Monaro region and a warm letter addressed to Paddy Kavanagh from Dean Lynch, Administrator of the Snowy Monaro shire, who on short notice, met with Jennifer on her recent visit to Cooma.

In front of her guests at the High Tea, Jennifer delivered a conference paper on ‘The Quest to find Prendergast Ancestry’ that detailed all the work and hours she has spent over the last three years

researching her Australian Prendergast family and her Irish Prendergast family (with 30 variant spellings of the Prendergast surname) both in Australia and Ireland.

Enniscorthy Castle is situated in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland and was built by Jennifer’s ancestors, the Prendergast’s in 1190, who went on to live there for 300 years. After an attack to the castle in the 15th century, the castle was burnt down in 1569. The current castle was originally built in the 16th century, was used as a prison during the 1798 Rebellion and now houses the Wexford County Museum.

“As we sipped tea from the dainty china cups, the banter flowed and everyone from Enniscorthy was interested in hearing what had happened to John Prendergast, Irish Rebel, transported for his involvement in the 1798 rebellion. I was able to tell them his story and played a video that my husband, Barry, had made for the event. It brought his story to life and his family’s once he arrived in Australia,” says Jennifer.

You can read more on Jennifer’s quest to find the Prendergast family, on her blog https://familiesofireland.com

Pictured: Jennifer Wood (nee Prendergast) presenting a gift to Paddy Kavanagh, Chairman of

Wexford Country Council in Ireland last week.

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SUBSCRIBE NOW!

VISIT OUR WEBSITE NOW AND SUBSCRIBE

SUBSCRIBE NOW!

READ THE MONARO POST ONLINEKEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LOCAL NEWS, SPORT, CLASSIFIEDS

AND MORE ON YOUR COMPUTER, TABLET OR SMARTPHONE