News from Ireland

 Military Service Pensions Collection © Irish Military Archives

Ireland XO Insight - The 1916 Rising Sources

When: Monday, 6 April, 2020

Bureau of Military History Collection

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Safe Home Ireland

When: Monday, 9 October, 2017

Thinking of moving or returning to Ireland?

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Barry and Cook families remembered in County Limerick

When: Monday, 25 September, 2017

In the Autumn of 2012, I was in contact with Mary O'Grady through the Ireland XO website and she connected me with Martin Cleary, a member of the Knockainey Community Council,  who was able to introduced me to Thomas F. Cooke, my closest cousin in Ireland.

Knockainey (Limerick) Limerick
Ria and Michael

Connection Story - Baltimore and Silvermines, Co.Tipperary

When: Wednesday, 21 February, 2018

John 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.

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Brothers Denis and John Walsh

A 'twin' connection - Ontario and Galway

When: Wednesday, 16 March, 2016

Picture above: Denis and John Walsh

Abbeygormacan (Galway) Galway
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

2 for 1 entry to EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum - limited time only

When: Friday, 14 June, 2019

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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St. Patrick's Day - N.A.I.D.A. Queen of the Plough, Mary Shanahan parades through Dublin..1961 © Irish Photo Archives

St Patrick - a national treasure

When: Friday, 15 March, 2019

Picture above: St Patrick's Day 17th March 1961 N.A.I.D.A. Queen of the Plough, Mary Shanahan parades through Dublin

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National Archives, New York City, Records of District Courts of the United States Titanic Memorandum

Aboard the Titanic

When: Monday, 11 April, 2016

A disaster across the social classes

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Lewis' Topographical Dictionary

Lewis' Topographical Dictionary

When: Friday, 25 August, 2017

The publication is part of works on England, Scotland and Wales, which together form Topographical Dictionaries of the three aforementioned countries and Ireland.

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Irish Orphan Girls

Mayo Orphan Girls - An Earl Grey genealogy project

When: Saturday, 21 May, 2022

Earl Grey Assisted Emigration Scheme

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