Joseph Thomas Sheridan (better known as just Sheridan Le Fanu) came from a Huguenot family with clerical connections. He was born on Dublin’s Lower Dominick Street in 1814.
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Since opening its doors in 2016, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum has become a must-see for every visitor to Dublin.
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Picture: L to R: Seán Ó Carúin, Seán Mac Mathúna and Pádraig Ó Flannagáin, Co. Clare. Work of the Commission and Department of Irish Folklore. Written and submitted by Michelle Dunne M.A.
Killilagh (Clare)
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Robert O’Hara Burke was born in 1821 to a wealthy family in the west of Ireland. He left the family home of St Cleran’s, Co. Galway for a career in the military.
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These men from all parts of Ireland including set up and funded an organisation that would take on the might of the New Zealand government to prevent them from being conscripted into the army.
Moycullen (Galway)
In Limerick, the Global Irish Festival Series features two great festivals, namely I.NY (12-20 October) and Richard Harris International Film Festival (22-28 October). I.NY Location: Limerick City
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Shaw’s parents, George Carr Shaw (1814-1885) and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly (1830-1913), were of English Protestant descent. Shaw’s father was a notorious drunkard, a fact which prompted his son to adopt a teetotal lifestyle.
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Since opening its doors in 2016, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum has become a must-see for every visitor to Dublin.
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National awards to celebrate “Ordinary people doing extraordinary things”
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