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Finding & Navigating Old Irish Maps

Finding & Navigating The Old Maps of Ireland

When: Tuesday, 14 May, 2024

Ireland – the first country in the world to be mapped in detail

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Guide to Using Freeholder List

8 FAQs about Irish Freeholder Lists

When: Sunday, 5 May, 2024

Did you know Daniel O’Connell – the Great Liberator inadvertently created some Irish genealogy gold?

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IrelandXO Insight - The Guinness Archive

IrelandXO Insight - The Guinness Archive

When: Thursday, 1 July, 2021

The Guinness Archive was created in 1998 when they employed their first professional Archivist to curate the history of the company and its employees. The foundation document of the Guinness Archive is the 9,000 year lease signed by Arthur Guinness on the St.

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Guide to researching Irish Military Archives

The Military Archives and How to Search Them

When: Thursday, 21 March, 2024

The Archive was set up in the early 1920s by Col M J Costello and Thomas Galvin with the purpose of not only meeting the immediate needs of the new Military but as a ‘

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Landed Estate Court Rentals

Landed Estate Court 'Rentals'

When: Wednesday, 15 February, 2023

Until about 1900 the majority of land in Ireland (97% in 1870) was rented out to tenant farmers rather than used by the owner himself.

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Registry of Deeds - A Repository of Wills & Land Transactions

Registry of Deeds - A Repository of Wills & Land Transactions

When: Thursday, 18 January, 2024

The importance of the Registry of Deeds is built on the fact that it is a repository holding memorials of deeds and wills that mention the names, ages, life events, places and family relationships of people involved in land and financial transactions from the mid-1600s to the present day.

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Irish Records

Irish Records

When: Monday, 12 June, 2023

MOST POPULAR An Introduction to Irish Records

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Irish Provincial Directories VOL 3 SEPT 1967

IrelandXO Insight - Trade Directories and other sources

When: Wednesday, 3 June, 2020

Classes excluded from Trade Directories include: small tenant farmers, landless labourers and servants. It is worth noting that every entry is at least 6 months out of date by the time of publication.

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Ten FAQs about Irish Marriage Records

Ten FAQs about Irish Marriage Records

When: Monday, 30 January, 2023

Among all the records we might hope to see on our Irish family history quest, a glimpse at the marriage of both ancestors probably tops the list.

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Farm land near Lough Corrib c.1890 © National Library of Ireland via Wikimedia Commons

Griffith's Valuation and Cancelled Books

When: Wednesday, 3 May, 2023

In this IrelandXO Genealogy Insight, we will show you how to unravel the threads of information contained within the Books and demystify the 'colorful' annotations.

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