News from Ireland
Remittances and the Great Irish Famine
When: Tuesday, 12 September, 2023For the million or so emigrants who left Ireland during the hungry 1840s (and immediately after) the memory of their home place was never far from their thoughts. In particular, Famine emigrants were anxious that parents and family members would be free from the continued threat of hunger and ev
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Chronicles Insight - Irish Olympians
When: Monday, 20 April, 2020Pictured: Peter O'Connor and his family pictured in Tramore, 1927. Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland
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IrelandXO Insight - What is a townland?
When: Thursday, 14 September, 2023Gaelic in origin, an baile fearainn (baile = home/town fearann= land/territory) aka town-land pre-dates the Norman invasion and is the smallest territorial unit to have survived since medieval times.
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IrelandXO Insight - Pronouncing Irish Place Names
When: Tuesday, 1 August, 2023It’s no secret that Irish signage can be the undoing of even the most seasoned traveler. Even Irish natives know how easy it is to get a place-name pronunciation wrong when they are not local to the area.
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Irish Migration from Derry to Canada
When: Monday, 6 December, 2021From the late 1600s, in the age of the sailing ships, to the onset of the Second World War in 1939, when the last transatlantic steamer sailed from the port, Derry was one of the principal emigration ports in Irel
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County in Focus - Derry
When: Wednesday, 30 November, 2022County Derry, also known as Londonderry or Doire in Irish and is one of the six counties in Northern Ireland. Derry is famous for its old intact city walls which surround the city and for the pretty Sperrin Mountains and Lough Neagh.
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How to locate parish of origin
When: Monday, 22 July, 2019Interwoven in the Irish subconscious is this strong attachment to one's ancestral land. So it's no surprise that the quest to find one's way home is at the heart of what makes genealogy so addictive.
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Tracing your roots with DNA
When: Tuesday, 8 August, 2023The journey began in 2005 when the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) was founded by dedicated DNA project administrators with a vision to promote and educate people about genetic genealogy.
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