News from Ireland
IrelandXO Insight - Electricity Supply Board (ESB) Archives Website
When: Tuesday, 6 September, 2022The ESB Archives website provides a virtual social commentary of 20th Century Ireland and its journey from darkness into light by way of the introduction of electric power to every home in the land.
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Beara Peninsula Database launched
When: Friday, 29 April, 2016This three-volume work provided researchers and Beara descendants with access to genealogical information, mostly around the Catholic parishes of Adrigole, Allihies, Castletownbere, Eyeries, and Glengarriff.
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Oh Lord send me a sign!....
When: Thursday, 28 April, 2016Signs have been used as far back as the ancient Egyptians and Romans. Many Roman examples are preserved, among them the widely recognized bush to indicate a tavern, from which is derived the proverb "Good wine needs no bush".
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Personal objects - historical artefacts
When: Wednesday, 31 May, 2017Evidence can come in many formats – documents, receipts from a wedding breakfast or funeral wake, letters post-cards and telegrams, old photos and cine-camera footage, newspaper cuttings, and artefacts – the simple mementoes we keep to remind us of key life events.
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Ireland XO Genealogy Round Up
When: Sunday, 22 October, 2017An interactive guide to burials in Fingal (http://buried.fingal.ie/)
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Ireland XO Insight - Letters home
When: Monday, 23 May, 2016The story that follows shows us how important letters, diaries and family journals are as memory keepers and mirrors of the past. Many of those who left Ireland were not lucky enough to come home again, even for a short visit.
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Bournea Reaching Out 2017
When: Tuesday, 12 December, 2017This book has been a community effort, with everyone from primary school students to sporting heroes t
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These old walls
When: Wednesday, 6 April, 2016Here Jamie tells us her plans to connect with her grandfather's parish of origin
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The Freebird Club - peer-to-peer homestay club for older adults
When: Wednesday, 27 April, 2016Picture: (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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