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County in Focus: Sligo Harbour

County in Focus - Sligo

When: Friday, 23 September, 2022

Picture: Sligo Harbour

Sligo
DESCUBRE TUS RAÍCES IRLANDESAS

DESCUBRE TUS RAÍCES IRLANDESAS

When: Monday, 28 September, 2020

¿Sabías que a lo largo de los siglos más de 10 millones de personas han emigrado de la isla de Irlanda? Hoy se estima que hasta 70 millones de personas en todo el mundo son de origen irlandés.

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Stained Glass Window

Ireland XO Insight - May Altars

When: Monday, 2 May, 2016

Building the May Altar

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IrelandXO Connections - Victoria and County Offaly

IrelandXO Connections - Victoria and County Offaly

When: Friday, 5 July, 2019

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) Offaly
George Bernard Shaw

Chronicles Insight - A True Son of Dublin

When: Friday, 5 July, 2019

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
Fairtloughs & guest Michael Carolan Freebird

The Freebird Club - peer-to-peer homestay club for older adults

When: Wednesday, 27 April, 2016

Picture: (L-R) Peter Mangan, Michael Carolan from London who stayed with  Mary & Barry Fairtlough in County Kerry Making this a fun world to grow old in!

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Chronicles Insight - Queen Victoria in Ireland

When: Wednesday, 10 July, 2019

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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2 for 1 entry to EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum - until December 23rd

2 for 1 entry to EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum - until December 23rd

When: Friday, 4 October, 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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Ireland Reaching Out Finalists Good Causes Awards 2019

Countdown to Good Causes Awards Finals begins!

When: Thursday, 24 October, 2019

The Good Causes Awards honour the inspiring work and achievements of thousands of projects, clubs and individuals from all over Ireland who, with the help of National Lottery Good Causes funding, have had an extraordinary impact on their local communities.

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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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