IrelandXO Insight - Irish Naming and Baptism Traditions
When: Monday, 19 August, 2019TRADITIONAL IRISH NAMING PATTERNS
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Chronicles Insight - An Irish Explorer in Australia
When: Thursday, 15 August, 2019Robert O’Hara Burke was born in 1821 to a wealthy family in the west of Ireland. He left the family home of St Cleran’s, Co. Galway for a career in the military.
Ireland XO
True to Ireland
When: Monday, 12 August, 2019These men from all parts of Ireland including set up and funded an organisation that would take on the might of the New Zealand government to prevent them from being conscripted into the army.
Moycullen (Galway)
IrelandXO Insight - Top FREE Irish Genealogy Resources 2019
When: Monday, 5 August, 2019tl;dr? quick links to top sites are summarised at the end of this page A GOOD START IS HALF THE WORK
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Global Festival Series 2019
When: Thursday, 1 August, 2019In Limerick, the Global Irish Festival Series features two great festivals, namely I.NY (12-20 October) and Richard Harris International Film Festival (22-28 October).
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IrelandXO Insight - Flax Growers List
When: Wednesday, 31 July, 2019Picture: A Linen Bleach Green in County Down circa 1890
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What is a Parish?
When: Saturday, 27 July, 2019Is a civil parish the same as a church parish in Ireland?
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IrelandXO Insight - 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.
Ireland XO
IrelandXO Insight - What is a townland?
When: Monday, 22 July, 2019Gaelic 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 Connections - searching for Margaret Murphy
When: Wednesday, 17 July, 2019Here Lyn talks about her family history search for her great great grandmother, Margaret Murphy, connecting with local the local IrelandXO volunteer network and visiting ancestral homesteads in County Tipperary.
Caher (Tipperary)