News from Ireland
A Day in Dublin with Joyce and Bloom
When: Thursday, 11 June, 2020The Martello Tower, Sandycove
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Creating Connections Playback: From Message Board to Meet & Greet
When: Monday, 25 May, 2020Scroll down for video Every year, thousands of bonds are made between people of Irish descent on the IrelandXO Message Board. Make sure that you are one of those connecting this year by replaying the Creating Connections webinar!
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Your MAYO parish just before the Famine
When: Wednesday, 10 June, 2020Lewis' 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 publication came in two volumes, with an accompanying atlas. First published in 1837, it was
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Kindred Spirits - celebrating a historic act of kindness
When: Thursday, 28 May, 2020Kindred Spirits – celebrating an act of kindness that stretches from The Great Famine in Ireland to the COvid-19 pandemic. by Kathy Scott Creative Director of The Trailblazery, Ireland
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Ireland XO at Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2016
When: Wednesday, 27 January, 2016Picture: Orwell Weir circa 1915 courtesy NLI We are excited to meet as many Irish diaspora as possible at the world’s largest family history show - Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2016.
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Standing on the spot her ancestors were married - 156 years to the day later
When: Friday, 3 November, 2017Picture: Traditional Farmers Cottage, Portsalon, Fanad (Mid-late 1800s). On right, Deborah Davies in Donegal in 2015
Clondavaddog (Donegal) Donegal
A 'Leap' of faith and long lost cousins united
When: Wednesday, 24 February, 2016Above picture: The cousins pose for a photo on the steps of Leap Castle in County Offaly
Kilcolman (Offaly) Offaly
XO Chronicles - Destination Mexico
When: Tuesday, 25 September, 2018In the 19th and 20th Centuries, many Irish people choose Mexico as their emigration destination, hoping for a better life of opportunity for themselves and their families.
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