McCanns Easter break Donegal 2007

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On google earth, road view 360 degrees, number 30, Main street, Dungloe,
Donegal.
Outside the shop 'Books and Charts', where green dustbin stands, is a little
wall where the children could be sitting eating ice creams with Tulleys behind
them, over the road, and with car parked beside the children in bay.
Slight raised curb, enough for kids to sit on.
A photo I saw whilst searching, can't find it now, has human sized ice-cream
cornet outside the book shop.
In the Google Earth pictures (2009) the road is in wet conditions. The photo I
saw was sunny. Perhaps the large ice cream cornet is put out seasonally.
The photo could be correct.
The buildings have been repainted since the Donegal photo. A date for the change
would be interesting. It's just perhaps the timing of the photo might be
different. However, a little wall is possible as the raised curb by parking.

Daisy wrote:

Get 'em Gonçalo wrote:This message was sent to me via email for inclusion on this thread:

On google earth, road view 360 degrees, number 30, Main street, Dungloe,
Donegal.
Outside the shop 'Books and Charts', where green dustbin stands, is a little
wall where the children could be sitting eating ice creams with Tulleys behind
them, over the road, and with car parked beside the children in bay.
Slight raised curb, enough for kids to sit on.
A photo I saw whilst searching, can't find it now, has human sized ice-cream
cornet outside the book shop.
In the Google Earth pictures (2009) the road is in wet conditions. The photo I
saw was sunny. Perhaps the large ice cream cornet is put out seasonally.
The photo could be correct.
The buildings have been repainted since the Donegal photo. A date for the change
would be interesting. It's just perhaps the timing of the photo might be
different. However, a little wall is possible as the raised curb by parking.

Thanks Get 'em, for forwarding the message and thanks to the person that sent in the info. I hope this doesn't come across as being smug but we had already conceded this photo is from a genuine location. (few posts beyond ^)

Still strange though, that out of all those beautiful surroundings and locations of that 'holiday' they chose the kerbside of a main road, right opposite the betting shop for a photo opportunity?

Why not show photos of this event?

According to Aunt Phil McCann: “She's just learned to swim from taking lessons and in Donegal, she had her water wings off for the first time."

And

"Patricia Cameron (aka McCann) remembers vividly a holiday in Ireland with 46 extended family and friends, and playing rounders on the beach.
Patricia said: "Madeleine was a little daredevil. She was the only
one who would go in the water. It was the Atlantic and it was freezing.
She was a determined little thing."

So where are these photos? the ones that capture the essence of Madeleine? Because the few photos we have been shown do not portray "a determined little thing"

And, question to whoever sent that message in ^, what do you think of the McCanns exagerrated portrayal of Irishness, that in turn mislead the people of Ireland to being the biggest contributers to their fund?

Ps... I also questioned the differing images on google but Lady-Heather answered that one for me.

TrollAng wrote:

Daisy wrote:

Get 'em Gonçalo wrote:This message was sent to me via email for inclusion on this thread:

On google earth, road view 360 degrees, number 30, Main street, Dungloe,
Donegal.
Outside the shop 'Books and Charts', where green dustbin stands, is a little
wall where the children could be sitting eating ice creams with Tulleys behind
them, over the road, and with car parked beside the children in bay.
Slight raised curb, enough for kids to sit on.
A photo I saw whilst searching, can't find it now, has human sized ice-cream
cornet outside the book shop.
In the Google Earth pictures (2009) the road is in wet conditions. The photo I
saw was sunny. Perhaps the large ice cream cornet is put out seasonally.
The photo could be correct.
The buildings have been repainted since the Donegal photo. A date for the change
would be interesting. It's just perhaps the timing of the photo might be
different. However, a little wall is possible as the raised curb by parking.

Thanks Get 'em, for forwarding the message and thanks to the person that sent in the info. I hope this doesn't come across as being smug but we had already conceded this photo is from a genuine location. (few posts beyond ^)

Still strange though, that out of all those beautiful surroundings and locations of that 'holiday' they chose the kerbside of a main road, right opposite the betting shop for a photo opportunity?

Why not show photos of this event?

According to Aunt Phil McCann: “She's just learned to swim from taking lessons and in Donegal, she had her water wings off for the first time."

And

"Patricia Cameron (aka McCann) remembers vividly a holiday in Ireland with 46 extended family and friends, and playing rounders on the beach.
Patricia said: "Madeleine was a little daredevil. She was the only
one who would go in the water. It was the Atlantic and it was freezing.
She was a determined little thing."

So where are these photos? the ones that capture the essence of Madeleine? Because the few photos we have been shown do not portray "a determined little thing"

And, question to whoever sent that message in ^, what do you think of the McCanns exagerrated portrayal of Irishness, that in turn mislead the people of Ireland to being the biggest contributers to their fund?

Ps... I also questioned the differing images on google but Lady-Heather answered that one for me.

Wow, Daisy, this gets better. I'm pretty sure swimming in the Atlantic would cause the onset of hypothermia in early April, are these people for real?

Marian wrote:Didn't Kate mention how cold the water was in the pool at PDL but nothing could stop Madeleine going in anyway? Clearly the McCanns are made of stronger stuff than ordinary mortals!

Marian wrote:Hugh McCann doesn't feature on Pamalam's page of Madeleine's relatives.

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By Anita Guidera



Tuesday May 08 2007





THE missing English toddler who disappeared from a holiday apartment in the Algarve visited Donegal with her parents at Easter.
The
east Donegal village of St Johnston which she visited with her parents
Gerry and Kate and younger brother and sister has united in prayer for
the safe return of three-year-old Madeleine McCann who police say was
abducted last Thursday night.
The family and the missing child's
great uncle Hughie and grandmother Ellen McCann spent more than a week
in The Rosses area of Donegal, staying mostly in a Bed and Breakfast in
the Dungloe area.
Ellen, nee Ferry, was born in the Crolly area
of the county but left for Scotland in the 1960's after she married
Johnny McCann from the Donegal village of St Johnston, where he used to
run a pub with his brother Hughie.
According to the current owner
of McCann's bar on the main street in the middle of the village of St
Johnston, the family were regular visitors to the area although they no
longer had relatives in Donegal.
Drinks
But a larger group than usual had travelled to Donegal at Easter, Joe Peoples said.
"They
came frequently to St Johnston and always stopped in the bar for a few
drinks and a chat although at Easter they actually stayed in the west of
the county.
"I believe Ellen came from the Crolly area of the county.
"But they called in here on their way to back to Belfast Airport and I met them all," said Mr Peoples.
The pub which had been run by the brothers had hardly changed at all in the last 25 years.
He vividly recalled the two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie and three-year-old Madeleine whom he described as "a wee dote".
Prayer
"She was just running around all over the bar having a great time, up to all sorts.
"She was a wee dote, a lovely wee girl.
"I can't believe what has happened to her," he said.
He added that as soon as he heard the name of the father of the missing girl he feared the worst.
"It is an awful thing. They must be in a terrible state.
"All we can do is pray for them and pray that she will be found safe," he said.
Joe even had his photograph taken with the entire family before they left.
"I had intended asking them to send me a copy of the photograph but I didn't and look at what's happened now," he said.
Joe said Maddie's dad Gerry was proud of his Donegal roots.
"They keep very much in touch.
"They came to St Johnston almost every year - the years they missed were few and far between," he said.
Anita Guidera
- Anita Guidera

Joe Peoples is currently Treasurer of St Johnston Cricket
Club. He has the distinction of being the first ever person to qualify as
an umpire in the North West Cricket League not to mention being known to have
been rather young to have been an umpire! Furthermore, he became an umpire
without ever have played a Cricket match.



He officiated when the Indian Legend, Kapil Dev was bowling.
In the seventies, he officiated as umpire in two International matches.
The teams were M.C.C. and Sri Lanka.



Joe is a Peace Commissioner and manages Joe's Bar, Main
Street, St Johnston.

uppatoffee wrote:I have now seen the marriage certificate for (Grandad) John McCann and Ellen (Eileen) Ferry from 1958. John is shown as being a resident of St. Johnston, Donegal. His father, Joseph and mother, Agnes are both listed as deceased. Ellen was listed as living in Glasgow, daughter of Patrick and Brigid Ferry.

Interestingly, both John and his father were listed as Spirit Merchants. In my own family research I have found that people who run pubs are, rather unsurprisingly, called publicans on official documentation. The use of the term spirit merchant suggest more that they are dealers in wines, spirits, beers etc. So the suggestion that they ran Joe's bar seems slightly at odds with the official documentation.