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Chronicles from Ballynabloun in County Kerry

Between 1880 and 1895 all but one of the O'Leary children, born and raised in the townland of Ballynabloun, emigrated to Connecticut in the USA.

Giants Grove. Redwoods, enjoying their benign new home at Birr

Image above: Clara Clark and Lord Rosse 10th September 2018

Ballycurragh to Tasmania 1649 – 1868 The Grey Family and Innes Clan

Image above:  ecclesiastical site at Roscomroe in County Offaly

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IrelandXO Insight - The Guinness Archive

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.

Connect your Ancestors on the Ireland XO Chronicles

Now that you have created more than one Ancestor on the XO Chroncles, you can also connect them with each other.  

Ireland XO Genealogy Round Up

An interactive guide to burials in Fingal (http://buried.fingal.ie/)

IrelandXO Insight - Historical Church Records

Lewis' Topographical Dictionary

The publication is part of works on England, Scotland and Wales, which together form Topographical Dictionaries of the three aforementioned countries and Ireland.

State (Civil) Records 1864 onwards

With the introduction of state registration, birth and death information was required to be provided to the local registrar who was usually the doctor, within 21 days. Late registration resulted in the imposition of a fine. Hence, in order to avoid the payment of a fine, later birth and death dat