News from Ireland
Safe Home Ireland
When: Monday, 9 October, 2017Thinking of moving or returning to Ireland?
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Bournea Reaching Out 2017
When: Tuesday, 12 December, 2017This book has been a community effort, with everyone from primary school students to sporting heroes t
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I have located two ancestors!
When: Tuesday, 5 July, 2016Leonie knew that John Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Rourke and Garrett Barry emigrated aboard the Golconda to New Zealand. John and Elizabeth married in New Zealand in 1862.
Tralee (Kerry) Kerry
Irish Parishes Explained
When: Thursday, 31 March, 2022The different types of Irish Parishes
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From Cove to Canada, the journey of John Doody and Eliza Power
When: Sunday, 7 August, 2016Sheila Hennessy is a descendant of one couple who made the journey from Ireland to Canada as part of the Peter Robinson Scheme. Sheila tells us that 'depending on the source, their origin was listed as either Ballyhooly or Fermoy (both Co.
Cork
Ireland XO Insight - what did your ancestors do?
When: Saturday, 15 January, 2022While it is a generalisation, most of our ancestors worked on the land and their occupations as 'farmer' or 'labourer' reflected the agricultural character of the community. The rural community was one where people worked in their own parishes and rarely strayed beyond.
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May Day traditions across Ireland
When: Wednesday, 1 May, 2019Picture above: Even today lone hawthorn trees are treated with respect and some suspicion in rural areas
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IrelandXO Insight - Disused School houses of Ireland
When: Friday, 19 August, 2016Recently we introduced you to the National School Registers of the National Archives in our Ireland XO Insight - Irish National Education sources rela
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Caherlistrane/Kilcoona Centenary Monument unveiling Sun. 11th Sept at 5pm.
When: Friday, 26 August, 2016A plan that would turn that tattered cloak back into a rich flowing cape. The parish would, suggested honorary long-time mayor, Brendan Gannon, build a magnificent statue in this centenary year.
Kilcoona (Galway) Galway
From Massachusetts To Magic in Moyrus, County Galway
When: Monday, 16 December, 2019Jean and John’s family came from Faul Townland in the Civil Parish of Moyrus, on the Ardbear Peninsula, just outside of Clifden, County Galway.
Moyrus (Galway) Galway