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Researching Irish Traveller Ancestors

Researching Irish Traveller Ancestors

When: Wednesday, 24 January, 2024

​This resource is a work in progress; please feel free to add recommendations and suggestions to this message board thread.

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Commonly Asked Genealogy Questions

Researching your Irish Ancestry

When: Wednesday, 15 March, 2023

IRISH GENEALOGY – FIRST STEPS FAQ #1  Where do I begin researching my Irish ancestry?

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Chronicles Insight - Extraordinary Irish Women

Chronicles Insight - Extraordinary Irish Women

When: Wednesday, 8 March, 2023

#1 Kitty Wilkinson

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Registry of Deeds - A Repository of Wills & Land Transactions

Registry of Deeds - A Repository of Wills & Land Transactions

When: Thursday, 18 January, 2024

The importance of the Registry of Deeds is built on the fact that it is a repository holding memorials of deeds and wills that mention the names, ages, life events, places and family relationships of people involved in land and financial transactions from the mid-1600s to the present day.

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Irish Workhouse - Portumna

Ten Facts about Irish Workhouses

When: Monday, 15 January, 2024

1. Why was it called a Workhouse?

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McCook family of Garvagh, County Derry

From Edenbane, Ireland to Edenbann, Australia

When: Wednesday, 10 January, 2024

The following family story which I first researched in 1988 and then told in the introduction to my Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy (first published 1991, Clearfield Company, Baltimore, Maryland) “sums up for me what makes genealogy and the study of one’s family tree such an absorbing and fascina

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Womens Christmas

Women's Little Christmas

When: Friday, 5 January, 2024

‘Women’s Christmas’ or Nollaig na mBan is also known as Little Christmas and is widely regarded to mark the end of the Christmas season here in Ireland. It falls on January 6th where in many parts of the world,  it is known as the Feast of the Epiphany, or Three King's Day in Spain or Twelfth Nig

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IrelandXO Insight - A Traditional Irish Christmas

When: Friday, 15 December, 2023

 To see if your favourite Irish Christmas tradition is something old, new, or borrowed, read on ... 

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Best Irish Movies: IrelandXO Flim Club

IrelandXO Film Club: Award-Winning Irish Movies

When: Wednesday, 6 December, 2023

Award-Winning Irish Movies  Here's our selection of Irish movies that brought Ireland to international attention, with an honourable mention to the Irish county in which they were set or filmed...

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Irish Piseógs

Famous Irish Piseógs -

When: Wednesday, 18 October, 2023

People lived in fear of the unknown, the unexplained and the future, would the harvest be good, will the weather hold out, will it rain when it’s needed, will the sunshine to ripen the crops, will the cows yield a good supply of milk, will the cream be churned to butter.

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