The first visit of Queen Victoria to Ireland took place from the 2nd to the 12th of August 1849. The country was still in the grip of the catastrophic Great Famine. Though Westminster had declared the famine officially over that year, the reality of the matter was quite the opposite.
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Whether your search for that elusive last name is north, south, east or west, you may need to get intimate with Irish naming traditions in all their linguistic glory. The above image of a 1901 Census Return from Co.
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In Ireland, they visited: Tulla, Co Clare; Cree, Co. Offaly; and Dublin. They also met with Margaret, a volunteer with IrelandXO in Birr, who helped them investigate their Colbourn ancestors who had lived in the area in the early 1800s.
Kilcolman (Offaly)
Shaw’s parents, George Carr Shaw (1814-1885) and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly (1830-1913), were of English Protestant descent. Shaw’s father was a notorious drunkard, a fact which prompted his son to adopt a teetotal lifestyle.
Dublin
This celebratory rendition by the Dubliners and the Pogues topped the Irish singles charts in 1987. Lyrics THE IRISH ROVER
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The Annaghdown IrelandXO team were pleased to meet and greet three sets of visitors in recent weeks.
Annaghdown (Galway)
The day itself marks the date, in 1776, on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress. There are certain figures of the American Revolutionary War whom history and popular culture have kept in the forefront of our minds.
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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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With these new years now available, the records on irishgenealogy.ie, cover births from 1864 to 1918; marriages from 1864 to 1943; and deaths from 1878 to 1968.
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Wayne and his wife Ange, and Patti and her husband Dave, hail from a rural farming community in Huron County, Ontario. Wayne and Patti descend from a long line of farmers. In fact on their father’s side, they are sixth generation Canadians – all farmers.
Ardcarn (Roscommon)
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