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Does the key to your Irish roots lie in Scotland?
When: Wednesday, 17 August, 2022Leaving the Land - Finding Work in Scotland
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Chronicles Insight - Irish in New York
When: Wednesday, 16 September, 2020Today the connection between Ireland and New York is celebrated at the annual Great Irish Fair of New York which takes place each September.
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Irish Linen Industry, Ran by Our Ancestors: Flax Growers List of 1796
When: Saturday, 1 May, 2021Picture: A Linen Bleach Green in County Down circa 1890
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Your ROSCOMMON parish just before the famine
When: Tuesday, 20 April, 2021Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland is one of the most valuable and unique sources of local history in Ireland. The equivalent of a tourist's "Lonely Planet Guide" in its day, this groundbreaking publicatio
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IrelandXO Insight - Irish Proverbs
When: Wednesday, 11 January, 2023"Cad é a dhéanfadh mac an chait ach luch a mharú?" What would the cat’s son do but kill mice? Explanation: Why would the child behave any other way when its parents are the very same?
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IrelandXO Favourite FREE Irish genealogy resources
When: Monday, 9 January, 2023The National Archives of Ireland What records do they hold?
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How to research ancestors who immigrated during the Irish Famine
When: Friday, 30 September, 2022The initial cause of the Irish Famine was the failure of the potato crop, due to a disease called Blight. However, it was a combination of disastrous political actions and poor social structures that turned the crisis into a tragedy of un-precedented proportions.
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Margaret Hurley - An Earl Grey story
When: Saturday, 21 July, 2018Picture: The travelling chest that contained all of Margaret's wordly goods upon arrival in Australia. On loan to the Hyde Park Museum from Orphan Girl descendant Mrs Perry.
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Chronicles Insight - Australian women of Irish descent
When: Wednesday, 6 May, 2020Daisy Bates
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Chronicles Insight - An Irish Explorer in Australia
When: Saturday, 14 August, 2021Robert O’Hara Burke was born in 1821 to a wealthy family in the west of Ireland. He left the family home of St Cleran’s, Co. Galway for a career in the military.
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