An Irish Wake for the Living: American Wake
When: Saturday, 8 May, 2021Picture above: An 1868 engraving by Henry Doyle, entitled 'Emigrants Leaving Ireland'.
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Rare Resource - Flax Growers List
When: Saturday, 1 May, 2021Picture: A Linen Bleach Green in County Down circa 1890
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How to research ancestors who immigrated during the Irish Famine
When: Saturday, 1 May, 2021The 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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James Joyce's Bloomsday
When: Saturday, 1 May, 2021In Dublin, the home of Joyce and Ulysses, tours take place where scholars and enthusiasts alike can visit a number of the sites which feature in the novel and retrace the steps of the novel’s main character Leopold Bloom.
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Remembering our Irish Grandmothers
When: Saturday, 1 May, 2021Researching Irish ancestry gets even more challenging when tracing the maternal branches of our family tree. The good news is, we can help each other out by sharing what we know about our maternal line.
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How to Research Irish Census 1911, 1901 and earlier
When: Saturday, 1 May, 20211901 and 1911 Census of Ireland
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MyHeritage subscription OFFER exclusively for IrelandXO Members
When: Friday, 30 April, 2021MyHeritage is an industry-leading platform that makes family history research easy and offers you some of the most advanced tools on the market to make fascinating discoveries about your ancestors.
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Siblings at home and away
When: Monday, 26 April, 2021Picture: from the National Library of Ireland collections
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Remembering our WWI Ancestors
When: Saturday, 24 April, 2021Finding branches of one's family tree touching upon military service in more than one country's armed forces is a common theme in Irish genealogy.
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