News from Ireland
Got an ancestor named after St Brigid?
When: Thursday, 1 February, 2024Lá Fhéile Bríde ~ St. Brigid's Day is traditionally associated in Ireland with the coming of spring and renewal.
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Famine Evictions: Vandeleur Estate July 1888
When: Sunday, 28 January, 2024Major E. J.
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Researching Irish Traveller Ancestors
When: Wednesday, 24 January, 2024This resource is a work in progress; please feel free to add recommendations and suggestions to this message board thread.
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Researching your Irish Ancestry
When: Wednesday, 15 March, 2023IRISH GENEALOGY – FIRST STEPS FAQ #1 Where do I begin researching my Irish ancestry?
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Chronicles Insight - Extraordinary Irish Women
When: Wednesday, 8 March, 2023#1 Kitty Wilkinson
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Registry of Deeds - A Repository of Wills & Land Transactions
When: Thursday, 18 January, 2024The importance of the Registry of Deeds is built on the fact that it is a repository holding memorials of deeds and wills that mention the names, ages, life events, places and family relationships of people involved in land and financial transactions from the mid-1600s to the present day.
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Ten Facts about Irish Workhouses
When: Monday, 15 January, 20241. Why was it called a Workhouse?
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From Edenbane, Ireland to Edenbann, Australia
When: Wednesday, 10 January, 2024The following family story which I first researched in 1988 and then told in the introduction to my Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy (first published 1991, Clearfield Company, Baltimore, Maryland) “sums up for me what makes genealogy and the study of one’s family tree such an absorbing and fascina
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Women's Little Christmas
When: Friday, 5 January, 2024‘Women’s Christmas’ or Nollaig na mBan is also known as Little Christmas and is widely regarded to mark the end of the Christmas season here in Ireland. It falls on January 6th where in many parts of the world, it is known as the Feast of the Epiphany, or Three King's Day in Spain or Twelfth Nig
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IrelandXO Insight - A Traditional Irish Christmas
When: Friday, 15 December, 2023To see if your favourite Irish Christmas tradition is something old, new, or borrowed, read on ...
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