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Chronicles Insight - The Irish Superintendents of Liverpool
When: Wednesday, 19 October, 2022Agnes Jones 1832 Agnes Jones was born in 1832 in Cambridge to Irish immigrant parents.
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The Irish in India
When: Wednesday, 30 September, 2020Sister Nivedita - The Enlightened Educator
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Global Festival Series 2019
When: Thursday, 1 August, 2019In Limerick, the Global Irish Festival Series features two great festivals, namely I.NY (12-20 October) and Richard Harris International Film Festival (22-28 October). I.NY Location: Limerick City
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IrelandXO Chronicles - A Diverse Diaspora
When: Thursday, 24 September, 2020Our Irish diaspora is as diverse as the many countries that our ancestors emigrated to. Our emigrants opened our eyes and minds to different cultures and today, both at home and abroad, Irish people can lay claim to ancestry that comes from many different continents.
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Chronicles Insight - Queen Victoria in Ireland
When: Wednesday, 10 July, 2019The 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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IrelandXO Connections - Victoria and County Offaly
When: Friday, 5 July, 2019In 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.
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Chronicles Insight - A True Son of Dublin
When: Friday, 5 July, 2019Shaw’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.
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IrelandXO Connections - Onondaga County and County Tipperary
When: Monday, 30 September, 2019Starting with the information contained within the papers, Eileen began to discover more information about her Grandfather’s family. His mother died when he was only 16, leaving behind 11 children, and his brother had died in a war.
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IrelandXO Connections - searching for Margaret Murphy
When: Wednesday, 17 July, 2019Here Lyn talks about her family history search for her great great grandmother, Margaret Murphy, connecting with local the local IrelandXO volunteer network and visiting ancestral homesteads in County Tipperary.
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