News from Ireland

A Day in Dublin with Joyce and Bloom

When: Thursday, 11 June, 2020

The Martello Tower, Sandycove​

Dublin
Creating Connections: From Message Board to Meet & Greet

Creating Connections Playback: From Message Board to Meet & Greet

When: Monday, 25 May, 2020

Scroll 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

Your MAYO parish just before the Famine

When: Wednesday, 10 June, 2020

Lewis' 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, 2020

Kindred 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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Chronicles Insight - Unbelievable Journeys

When: Thursday, 28 May, 2020

Mary Jemison

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Orwell Weir 1900-1930 courtesy NLI

Ireland XO at Who Do You Think You Are? Live 2016

When: Wednesday, 27 January, 2016

Picture: 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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Deborah Davis at the door of the old homestead 2015

Standing on the spot her ancestors were married - 156 years to the day later

When: Friday, 3 November, 2017

Picture: Traditional Farmers Cottage, Portsalon, Fanad (Mid-late 1800s). On right, Deborah Davies in Donegal in 2015

Clondavaddog (Donegal) Donegal
Leap Castle County Offaly Ireland

A 'Leap' of faith and long lost cousins united

When: Wednesday, 24 February, 2016

Above picture: The cousins pose for a photo on the steps of Leap Castle in County Offaly

Kilcolman (Offaly) Offaly
XO Chronicles - Destination Mexico

XO Chronicles - Destination Mexico

When: Tuesday, 25 September, 2018

In 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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Chronicles Insight - Pioneering Irish Women of Sport

Pioneering Irish Women of Sport

When: Friday, 6 March, 2020

Sophie Peirce-Evans

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