Chronicles Insight - Inventors and Innovators
When: Friday, 6 November, 2020Here we have put together three individuals from Ireland’s history and diaspora who were noted for their engineering ingenuity.
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DESCUBRE TUS RAÍCES IRLANDESAS
When: Monday, 28 September, 2020¿Sabías que a lo largo de los siglos más de 10 millones de personas han emigrado de la isla de Irlanda? Hoy se estima que hasta 70 millones de personas en todo el mundo son de origen irlandés.
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Bringing the Mountbellew 'Orphan' Girls Home
When: Friday, 25 September, 2020November 1852 was a dark month in east Galway and made even more so by the lingering effects of An Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger, which had blighted the land for the previous 7 years causing the deaths and emigration of millions. In that month a group of 30 young girls set off from Mountbellew Work
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IrelandXO Chronicles - A Diverse Diaspora
When: Thursday, 24 September, 2020Our Irish diaspora is as diverse as the many countries that our ancestors emigrated to. Our emigrants opened our eyes and minds to different cultures and today, both at home and abroad, Irish people can lay claim to ancestry that comes from many different continents.
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IrelandXO Insight - Transatlantic Crossings
When: Monday, 21 September, 2020In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the leaving of Ireland for North America was a difficult and emotional journey for all. From a rural existence which centred on family, farming and prayer, to life in a country that had embraced all the advances of the industrial revolution and was
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Chronicles Insight - Irish in New York
When: Wednesday, 16 September, 2020Today the connection between Ireland and New York is celebrated at the annual Great Irish Fair of New York which takes place each September.
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Chronicles Insight - Irish Educators
When: Wednesday, 2 September, 2020Image: c1902 Miss Crowe and Mr Gildea with their pupils at Kilglass National School, Ahascragh, Co.Galway. Original owned by NLI.
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XO Chronicles - Great Hunger Survivors
When: Monday, 31 August, 2020Rather than be weakened by their experiences, many Irish people lived long and prosperous lives. Our members have been sharing stories of their Irish centenarian ancestors, that were born during or before the famine.
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IrelandXO Insight - Making the most of your Irish surname
When: Tuesday, 25 August, 2020They’re making a list
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Chronicles Insight - Quinn's Immigration Scheme
When: Monday, 24 August, 2020The First Bishop of Brisbane
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