Researching Irish Passenger Lists of The Immigrant Ships
When: Wednesday, 27 October, 2021by Brian Mitchell, Genealogy, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Tower Museum
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IrelandXO Cook Club - Barmbrack
When: Saturday, 23 October, 2021Photo: duchas.ie In 19th-century Ireland, Tea & Barmbrack was considered a "substantial breakfast", a "comfortable meal" and an "abundant repast" for any occasion.
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Remembering our Irish Ancestors
When: Thursday, 21 October, 2021Samhain, the 3-day Celtic Feast of the Dead, was celebrated in Ireland up until the 14th century when Rome decreed November 1st and 2nd as "holy days of obligation".
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Chronicles Insight - Irish Fathers of Horror
When: Friday, 15 October, 2021Joseph Thomas Sheridan (better known as just Sheridan Le Fanu) came from a Huguenot family with clerical connections. He was born on Dublin’s Lower Dominick Street in 1814.
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Treaty 1921 – Records from the Archives exhibition in London
When: Monday, 11 October, 2021Above image: Minister Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media viewing the Anglo Irish Treaty 1921 at the National Archives, Dublin, September 2021.
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How to research your Irish family history
When: Friday, 8 October, 2021Finding your Irish family history
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Got an Irish Ancestor named Michael or Mick?
When: Wednesday, 29 September, 2021Lá Fhéile Míchíl ~ St Michael's Day or Michaelmas is celebrated on the September 29th. Michaelmas was an important fair day in the Irish farming calendar, as well as in Ireland's administrative and legal calendar.
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Halloween Competition from the Irish Embassy in New Zealand
When: Friday, 24 September, 2021Design an original poster, postcard, or short film that celebrates Hallowe'en, & you could win prizes! Download the entry form below, & email us at WellingtonEmbassyCulture@dfa.ie with any questions.
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Dublin Festival of History 2021
When: Wednesday, 1 September, 2021DUBLIN FESTIVAL OF HISTORY 2021 What does the recent Mother and Baby Homes Report tell us about gender history in Ireland today? Why is Ireland, as a nation, obsessed with death? Why was a statue of Winston Churchill daubed with the word ‘racist’ in London last year?
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