Ireland XO News

Reaching Out from Australia to Ireland

The O'Brien family research by Christine has discovered roots in Donegal, Cork, Limerick, Roscommon, Tipperary, Clare, Laois, Offaly, Antrim and Derry so far..!

Christina Shaughnessy found new relatives in Galway

In late September the Ireland Reaching Out Office in Co. Galway had a visit from Christina Shaughnessy looking for assistance researching her family tree.

Finding Kellys in Ardrahan, Co. Galway

I started out searching for my long lost relatives in County Galway about nine months ago. I had little more than my great grandmother's name and the name of the village, Ardrahan, where she grew up between 1870 and 1890 before she went to to the US.

A thirty year search leads to the Carmelite Abbey of St. Mary's in Loughrea.

Margaret McKeown posted a message on the Loughrea parish message board from her home in western Australia asking for their assistance in gaining access to the locked Carmelite Abbey ruin in Loughrea, Co. Galway.

Award-winning National Community Programme Ireland XO set to expand in the Shannon Region

The Snow of Black 47

The spring of 1947, otherwise known as Black '47 saw the heaviest snowfall ever and it did not thaw for weeks. Late April and early May were very warm and the children had discarded their shoes and were going to school in their bare feet.

Sharavogue House

Sharavogue House, demolished 1920. Property of The Earl of Huntington . 

Fouhy descendents find their roots in Kildorrery, North Cork

Kathleen O'Connor had a photo of a gravestone of their great grandfather, William, and a story that their great-great-grandmother was buried in Rockmills.

Tulla Boys School Register 1866-1896 and Tulla Boys Infant Register 1885-1895 available online through Clare Library

These registers are a great resource for local historians and genealogists as they not only give names, but also occupations, addresses and ages.  

Treaty 1921 – Records from the Archives exhibition in London

Above image: Minister Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media viewing the Anglo Irish Treaty 1921 at the National Archives, Dublin, September 2021.