News from Ireland
IrelandXO Film Club: Award-Winning Irish Movies
When: Wednesday, 6 December, 2023Award-Winning Irish Movies Here's our selection of Irish movies that brought Ireland to international attention, with an honourable mention to the Irish county in which they were set or filmed...
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Famous Irish Piseógs -
When: Wednesday, 18 October, 2023People lived in fear of the unknown, the unexplained and the future, would the harvest be good, will the weather hold out, will it rain when it’s needed, will the sunshine to ripen the crops, will the cows yield a good supply of milk, will the cream be churned to butter.
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William Butler Yeats: Poet and Public Man
When: Monday, 27 November, 2023Ireland was a happening place in the early 1920s. Its' two-year war of independence came to a close with a truce declared in the summer of 1921.
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Chronicles Webinar Playback: Irish Poets & Poetry
When: Friday, 5 February, 2021After a break over the Holidays we returned to the Chronicles Webinar series with a discussion of Irish poets and poetry.
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IrelandXO Book Club – Winter Edition
When: Thursday, 30 November, 2023If you want to recommend a title for our next edition, or add a local-interest book to the Local Guide, scroll to the bottom to find out how. 1. Through Her Eyes, Clodagh Finn (2019)
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Creating Connections Playback: Irish Emigration Sources
When: Friday, 31 December, 2021Scroll down for video We are back to give more guidance about connecting with your Irish place of origin, by looking at Irish Emigration. This webinar will focus on:
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Researching Irish Passenger List of the Immigrant Ships
When: Monday, 5 September, 2022by Brian Mitchell, Genealogy, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Tower Museum
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Chronicles Insight - Irish Stars of the Silver Screen
When: Friday, 20 November, 2020This week we enjoyed welcoming people from all over the world to our Hollywood-themed webinar. If you missed Thursday's meet up, here is another chance to catch up with the historical characters that were discussed.
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Setting up the Irish National School System
When:“The achievement of Catholic Emancipation in 1829 was a practical demonstration that Catholic demands for fair treatment could not be suppressed any longer and a national school system under state control seemed to the government the best way of directing educational
IrelandXO![Young Boys in Connemara c.1892 Miss Crowe and Mr Gildea with their pupils at Kilglass National School, Ahascragh, Co.Galway [ ]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/irelandxo.com/irelandxo/image/content/news/image/Education.webp "Young Boys in Connemara c.1892 Miss Crowe and Mr Gildea with their pupils at Kilglass National School, Ahascragh, Co.Galway [ ]")
Irish National Education sources relating to the 19th Century
When: Friday, 15 April, 2022A new school system begins
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