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Margaret Hurley's Travelling Chest

Margaret Hurley - An Earl Grey story

When: Saturday, 21 July, 2018

Picture: 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.

Gort Kilmacduagh And Kiltartan (Galway) Galway
Chronicles Insight - Australian women of Irish descent

Chronicles Insight - Australian women of Irish descent

When: Wednesday, 6 May, 2020

Daisy Bates

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Chronicles Insight - An Irish Explorer in Australia

Chronicles Insight - An Irish Explorer in Australia

When: Saturday, 14 August, 2021

Robert 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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Chronicles Insight - Ships and Steerage James Brereton

Chronicles Insight - Ships and Steerage

When: Wednesday, 28 December, 2022

The dreadful conditions faced by the poorest passengers on board the many emigration ships which crossed the Atlantic during the 19th century have been well-documented, and at times romanticised in books, film, and television.

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Chronicles Insight - Newgrange and the Winter Solstice

Chronicles Insight - Newgrange and the Winter Solstice

When: Thursday, 15 December, 2022

Image: Girl at the entrance to Newgrange Passage Tomb c1900 from Tempest Collection @ NLI

Meath
Irish Census

How to Research Irish Census 1911, 1901 and earlier

When: Friday, 18 February, 2022

What information does the census contain?

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Creating Connections Playback: Irish Census and Substitutes

Creating Connections Playback: Irish Census and Substitutes

When: Saturday, 1 January, 2022

Scroll down for video We are back to give more guidance about connecting with your Irish place of origin, by looking at Irish Census and Substitutes. During this 30 minute webinar we will show you how to:

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The most popular last names for every county of Ireland

The most common Irish last names per county

When: Saturday, 24 September, 2022

Having evolved over the centuries to be the surnames we recognise today, Irish last names have a rich and vibrant history. In early times, when Ireland had a much smaller population and mass movement of people was uncommon, it was not unusual for people to be known by only one name. However, as t

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Formation of the Irish Free State

10 Key Facts About the Formation of the Irish Free State

When: Tuesday, 6 December, 2022

Against the backdrop of the Anglo-Irish Treaty which was signed in December 1921, the Irish Free State was formed on December 6, 1922. Ireland then shared the same constitutional status as Canada and other dominions in the British Commonwealth.

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 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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