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15-24 June 2003 :: Texans in Scotland and Ireland!
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Texans on the hallowed grounds of St. Andrews, Tuesday,
17 June
On Wednesday, 18th June, the group travelled to Loch Tummel
at Allean House, the Scottish home of June and Archie Bennett.
The Bennetts converted an old ferry boat and brought it
to the Loch for tours on the lake.
The Irish Texans visited the Castle
Saunderson estate, located on the
Cavan/Fermanagh border, on the 25th of June where Chief
Scout Peter Dixon was to mark the beginning of work on the
Scout site.
While travelling in Northern
Ireland, Netta Blanchard -Director of the Dallas chapter
of The American Ireland Fund, Ray Quinn , and Jean Kelly
of
The
Speedwell Trust visited a possible venue for
a Gaelic college in Ballycastle on the northern Irish coast.
Our base in Edinburgh was the Howard Hotel, located in
a renovated Georgian townhouse. The welcome dinner was held
in the Cumberland Room.
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Photo Index
1. L-R Luther and Dorothy Campbell, Deanna McHugh, Netta
Blanchard, Brinda and Kevin Curley
L-R (above) Ray Quinn, Chuck Reagan
2. L-R Chuck Reagan, Ray Quinn, Deanna McHugh, Brinda
Curley, Netta Blanchard, Kevin Curley, Dorothy and Luther
Campbell.
3. L-R Luther and Dorothy Campbell, Luanne Tierney,
Brinda and Kevin Curley, Kerry Chaffers, Michelle Reagan,
Ken Gorman, Netta Blanchard, Joshua Reagan, Chuck Reagan.
4. Far left: Brenna McHugh, Devon McHugh, Deanna McHugh,
Ray Quinn
Right: Bobbie Sue Williams chatting with the Scouts
5. Chief Scout Peter Dixon, and the turning of the sod!
6. Jean Kelly of The Speedwell Trust and Netta Blanchard
in the children's garden
7. Devon McHugh and Brenna McHugh at the Howard Hotel
8. Kevin and Brinda Curley, Brian Wilson, British MP-
Deanna McHugh and our host, Jack Irvine
9. Deanna McHugh, Dr. Donnie Munroe (former Runrig front
man and now director of development at Sabhal Mor Ostaig
on the Isle of Skye), Craig Paterson, Fay Sheehan, Steve
McHugh
10. Steve McHugh and Sir Iain Noble
11. Ray Quinn, Mary Ann Smith, Kingsley Aikins, the
former Lord Provost of Edinburgh- Mr. Eric Milligan,
and Sir Iain Noble
12. Ray Quinn and Ken Gorman
and June and Archie Bennett
13. former Lord Provost- Mr. Eric Milligan, Ray Quinn,
Kingsley Aikins, Ken Gorman
14. Ray Quinn, Kingsley Aikins, Ken Gorman
15. Kinsley Aikins and Mary Ann Perryman
16. While travelling in Northern Ireland, Netta Blanchard
(left), Ray Quinn (center), and Jean Kelly of Speedwell
(right) visited a possible venue for a Gaelic college
in Ballycastle on the northern Irish coast.
17. Netta Blanchard and Ashley Bush outside the church
18. Sharon Bush, Dolores McCall, Ashley Bush and Netta
Blanchard at Glenstal Abbey attending the christening
of Aimee and Joe Tillotson's baby Kennedy
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