News from Ireland
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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Old Irish first names and nicknames
When: Thursday, 18 January, 2024Cé leis thú? Who do you belong to?
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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.
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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Top Tips for Managing Your DNA Matches
When: Thursday, 9 February, 2023When you first open your DNA results, you are faced with thousands of matches. These are people who share some identical segments of DNA that you have.
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Irish Civil Records Online For Free
When: Tuesday, 15 November, 2022Since 2016, the General Register Office has progressively given free access to over 15.5 million historic register records of births, marriages and death, ensuring that Ireland continues to lead the way in making genealogical information available to the public. The FREE Irish Genealogy
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Best Irish Family Tree Makers
When: Tuesday, 14 November, 2023Talk to anyone who has spent some time researching their Irish ancestry, and they'll all tell you "it grows legs." Despite all our best efforts to keep things simple, Irish genealogy research is a bit... a lot... like our confusing signposts and winding boreens – a fun journey,
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New York and the Green Yacht from Derry
When: Tuesday, 5 September, 2023Over one hundred million Americans can trace an ancestor who arrived, from 1892, in the United States at Ellis Island.
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