News from Ireland
Chronicles Workshop in Loughrea Library
When: Friday, 28 February, 2020We started the day by getting everyone signed up to the website. Once this was accomplished we were ready to start interacting with our own civil parishes. We learned about how to search for and join a parish so that we receive updates on that particular area.
Loughrea (Galway) Galway
New Online: Maps of Ulster from 1609
When: Friday, 21 February, 2020First published in 1861, the "Maps of the Escheated Counties of Ireland, 1609" atlas is the newest digital addition to the QUB Special Collection online. Among the 31 facsimiles of maps of Ireland dating from c.1594 to 1609, in this collection are:
Antrim
IrelandXO Connections - USA and the Limerick/Tipperary border
When: Tuesday, 28 January, 2020Barbara's Story:
Emly (Tipperary) Tipperary
Tell us where you Ancestor emigrated to
When: Monday, 17 February, 2020If you have already created an Ancestor Chronicle you can now edit it to also include information about whether they stayed in Ireland or moved abroad. Follow the instructions in this video and remember to save your changes at the end.
IrelandXO
Cavan Calling - WIN flights home this summer!
When: Friday, 7 February, 2020Come home to Cavan for a weekend celebration of Cavan, its people, its Diaspora, its culture, heritage, music, and landscape!
Urney (Cavan) Cavan
Tulla Reaching Out 2019 Reflections from Home and Abroad Publication
When: Monday, 3 February, 2020The journal contains a number of interesting articles including: The Tulla Workhouse School Mass Rock at Clonlea Tulla Market Charter & 400th Anniversary Wilful Murder by Persons Unknown
Tulla (Clare) Clare
200th Anniversary: Homesteads and Headstones of the Peter Robinson Settlers
When: Wednesday, 29 January, 2020Community Heritage Training Project: Homesteads and Headstones of the Peter Robinson Settlers
Croom (Limerick) Limerick
The Story of Brickmaking in Pollagh, Co. Offaly
When: Tuesday, 10 December, 2019"The Story of Brickmaking in Pollagh, County Offaly" by Caitriona Devery
Lemanaghan (Offaly) Offaly
Tracing Your Sligo Ancestors (2nd edition)
When: Monday, 2 December, 2019Published by the Ancestor Network, this is an extensively revised and updated edition of their acclaimed guide to ancestral research on the families of county Sligo. In particular, many new on-line genealogy sources have been added.
Sligo
Ruins of Tara Street Church unearthed
When: Tuesday, 26 November, 2019A church was first built on the site in 1709 in Penal times when the practice of Catholicism was banned. In spite of the religious restrictions, the chapel flourished and attracted thousands of worshippers.
St Andrews (Dublin) Dublin