News from Ireland
A visit to a broken, old stone house
When: Tuesday, 7 June, 2016Robert Horwood has just returned home to Australia after a visit to Killaloe, Co. Clare. In April he posted a message to the XO Message Board seeking further information about his ancestors, Thomas Crowe and his wife Margaret O'Donnell from Co. Clare.
Killaloe (Clare) Clare
I think you've struck gold!
When: Friday, 17 June, 2016Ask a simple question
Kiltennell (Carlow) Carlow
A sporting family then and now
When: Tuesday, 21 June, 2016Last Christmas Pete Farrell made contact with Tom the Ireland XO Volunteer in Cahir, County Tipperary, hoping he could learn more about the Farrell family.
Caher (Tipperary) Tipperary
Linking Drogheda and the Algar Family
When: Friday, 13 May, 2016A family Bible provides the basis for the search
St Peters (Louth) Louth
A return trip to Ireland and a visit to Thoor Ballylee
When: Friday, 24 June, 2016One day last winter, Molly Daniel from Charleston, Illinois asked her mother if there were any trips she would like to make. “I’d like to see Ireland again,” she answered. Molly's mom, Roberta has traveled from the USA to Ireland twice before – in 1980 with her brother, Mike Wh
Gort Kilmacduagh And Kiltartan (Galway) Galway
Connection Story - Scotland and Sligo
When: Wednesday, 15 February, 2017In December 2015 I registered and posted what information I had in my search for my maternal relatives Owen and Catherine Coleman. Within this post I included details of my Gt.
Ballymote (Sligo) Sligo
I have located two ancestors!
When: Tuesday, 5 July, 2016Leonie knew that John Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Rourke and Garrett Barry emigrated aboard the Golconda to New Zealand. John and Elizabeth married in New Zealand in 1862.
Tralee (Kerry) Kerry
From Cove to Canada, the journey of John Doody and Eliza Power
When: Sunday, 7 August, 2016Sheila Hennessy is a descendant of one couple who made the journey from Ireland to Canada as part of the Peter Robinson Scheme. Sheila tells us that 'depending on the source, their origin was listed as either Ballyhooly or Fermoy (both Co.
Cork
Connection Story - Baltimore and Silvermines, Co.Tipperary
When: Wednesday, 21 February, 2018John Tobin and Catherine Hayes married about 1858 and had at least four children. Like so many families at that time, the future of these children was one lived-out in the USA. Bridget M.
IrelandXO
Visiting Old Rahoon
When: Wednesday, 7 December, 2016Throughout the early part of 2016 Julie DeFrancesco and her family eagerly planned a trip to Ireland. As the family historian and armed with family papers and documents she hoped to visit the parishes of her ancestors, the Delaneys from Laois and the Maloys from Galway.
Rahoon (Galway) Galway