Mayo Orphan Girls - An Earl Grey genealogy project
When: Saturday, 21 May, 2022Earl Grey Assisted Emigration Scheme
Mayo
Making the most of your ancestors' photographs
When: Wednesday, 18 May, 2022There are more than 10,000 ancestors now on the XO Chronicles. (Thank you IrelandXO community!) Undoubtedly, those that stand out, and really bring to life the stories of the people featured, are those that have a photograph.
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An Irish Wake for the Living: American Wake
When: Wednesday, 11 May, 2022Picture above: An 1868 engraving by Henry Doyle, entitled 'Emigrants Leaving Ireland'.
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Finding & Navigating Old Irish Maps
When: Saturday, 7 May, 2022Ireland – the first country in the world to be mapped in detail
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The Scott/Quilty Clan Reunite after 152 years
When: Thursday, 28 April, 2022Local family historian Bob Quilty has managed to reunite an entire clan 152 years after the emigration of his two granduncles to upstate New York in the later part of the 19th century.
Ballybricken (Limerick)
Cures & Remedies from The Schools' Collection
When: Wednesday, 20 April, 2022The Schools' Collection compiled in the 1930s provides a great local history resource for anyone i
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8 FAQs about Irish Freeholder Lists
When: Monday, 18 April, 2022Did you know Daniel O’Connell – the Great Liberator inadvertently created some Irish genealogy gold?
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Rachels search for answers - uncovering the story of David Connelly
When: Friday, 15 April, 2022Rachel’s Grandad, David Connelly was born in Drumcroon (Mascosquin civil parish) Co. Derry in November 1872. But Rachel could find no record of him (nor his mother) for the period between his birth and marriage.
Derry
Irish National Education sources relating to the 19th Century
When: Friday, 15 April, 2022A new school system begins
Ireland XO![Young Boys in Connemara c.1892 & Miss Crowe and Mr Gildea with their pupils at Kilglass National School, Ahascragh, Co.Galway [ ]](https://irelandxo.com/sites/default/files/styles/news_scale/public/news-images/Education.png?itok=72RZbwpy "Young Boys in Connemara c.1892 Miss Crowe and Mr Gildea with their pupils at Kilglass National School, Ahascragh, Co.Galway [ ]")
IrelandXO Insight - Pronouncing Irish Place Names
When: Friday, 1 April, 2022It’s no secret that Irish signage can be the undoing of even the most seasoned traveller. 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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