A Reunion of All the Gallagher Clan
The Gallagher Clan is holding a week long worldwide reunion from September 8 to 15, 2007 in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. Talks, displays, and more will be given on subjects of interest to Gallaghers from all over the world or to anyone with an interest in history, family history or genealogy.
The Gallagher Clan organization was established in April 2005 to promote worldwide Gallagher heritage in its various versions. This it hopes to do by collecting information about Gallaghers worldwide, the conservation of this information and its communication to a worldwide audience.
It is also intended to collect and conserve artefacts of particular Gallagher interest. The Clan organization is a not -for -profit, cross -community, cross borders organization, which, at the moment, is reliant on the generosity of benefactors to help finance its work. (Note: By Gallagher we mean all Gallaghers or those having variants of the name - over 30 variants at the last count.)
The Gallagher Clan is calling all with Gallagher "connections" back to where the Gallagher line originated some 1,500 years ago. September 2007 is the chosen date and this will be the first time the Clan has come together since its dispersal began after the ending of the native Gaelic system 400 years ago in 1607. This came about after the Flight of the Earls in that year. That event will be commemorated concurrently with the global gathering of the Gallaghers.
The Gallagher Clan encompasses people of many different creeds and none. The heritage of all will be recognized and celebrated as will that of the many nations who accepted in the Gallaghers and whose communities were enriched with their coming. Ireland's loss was the gain of other nations.
For more information, write to: Secretary, The Gallagher Clan, Lisnanees, Woodlands, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. Call (011) 353-74-91-24689, e-mail: postmaster@gallagherclan.org, or visit: www.gallagherclan.org as it becomes available.
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