News from Ireland

Visiting County Galway in search of Irish Ancestors

Connection Story - New Zealand and Annaghdown

When: Tuesday, 7 February, 2017

Pictured above: Heather with her daughter Linda and Ireland Reaching Out Volunteer, Paul Grainey Fiona Fitzsimons in conversation with Heather Maloney.

Annaghdown (Galway) Galway

Reconnecting with Kiltormer

When: Tuesday, 20 November, 2018

The highlight of our trip to Ireland in September was meeting our distant relatives in Kiltormer!  With the help of Ireland Reaching out, Mary McLaughlin, John Joe Conwell  and Mary Lynch, we were able to re-co

Kiltormer (Galway) Galway
Ireland XO Week of Welcomes 2011

A Ballinakill Homecoming

When: Wednesday, 2 November, 2016

How did your visit to Ireland come about?

Ballinakill Derrybrien (Galway) Galway

Thank you once again for breaking an 11 year wall for me

When: Tuesday, 30 August, 2016

Based on the surname and family stories, Sally always believed that John and Ellen were probably from Galway but most of the information she had was from the UK side of the family history. 

Galway

Visiting Whitechurch

When: Thursday, 30 June, 2016

Helen hoped to visit the resting place of her Co. Down ancestors, Alexander Stevenson and Elizabeth Rainey, and their daughter, Eliza buried at the Whitechurch Graveyard, Ballywalter.

Ballywalter (Down) Down
Mary Leonard with headstones in Roscrea Ireland

So where are the Dwane family buried?

When: Wednesday, 20 April, 2016

Picture: Mary Leonard in Roscrea, County Tipperary.

Roscrea (Tipperary) Tipperary
Gerard Naughton (Lackagh IrelandXO), Steve Luttrell, and Paul Greaney (Annaghdown IrelandXO)

Steve Luttrell Visit

When: Wednesday, 22 June, 2016

L-R: Gerard Naughton (Lackagh IrelandXO), Steve Luttrell, and Paul Greaney (Annaghdown IrelandXO)

Annaghdown (Galway) Galway